Unmatched: Houdini vs. The Genie FAQ
38 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Action: Attack
- After The Big Reveal's After Combat effect, can you take back the card you boosted with, or is it already discarded?
- Can you start a new action, such as another attack, before the current combat is fully resolved?
- Does Three Wishes set the BOOST value of cards to 4 as well as the attack and defense values?
- Can you decide which cards to boost with during the During Combat step, rather than when you play the attack?
- What is the difference between I Grant You Death and Imprisoned Wrath in choosing targets?
- When the opponent's This Is No Parlor Trick sets the defending card's value, does the defender's BOOST still count?
- Can an attacker's value-changing During Combat effect, like Momentous Shift or Sexism in Survival Situations, still change a value that This Is No Parlor Trick set?
Defeating a Fighter
Special Rules for This Set
- Is the Genie a LARGE hero, so that he cannot move through secret passages?
- Does A Magician Never Reveals His Secrets cancel the draw on a card like Plot Twist, or only the hand-revealing part?
- Can A Magician Never Reveals His Secrets cancel Sherlock's or Watson's card effects?
- If A Magician Never Reveals His Secrets is played as a counter, does the player still draw 2 and gain 1 action?
- Can The Big Reveal boost with just one card, or only twice or not at all?
- When Houdini boosts with a card that has a BOOST bonus, do you get both its boost value and its bonus effect?
- If an opponent's card adds a discarded card's BOOST value, does that card's BOOST bonus trigger?
- Does I Am Freed's 1 damage hit every adjacent fighter, including ones not in the combat?
- Does the Genie have to move after playing I Am Freed, or can he stay in his space?
- Can the replacement card from Sleight of Hand be a non-attack card?
- When Sherlock's Elementary guesses 1 and Houdini swaps Sleight of Hand for another card, which card's value does the guess apply to?
- Can Misdirection's 2 damage hit a fighter that is not adjacent?
- Is the BOOST bonus of All Part of the Show protected by its 'cannot be canceled' text?
- If A Magician Never Reveals His Secrets cancels Do My Bidding's immediate effect, does the attack still proceed with its original card?
Unmatched: Bruce LeeExpansion
- Does playing a second Nunchaku stack its attack bonus, so that all your attacks that turn get the bonus?
- Does Corkscrew Finger Jab's damage still apply if the defender moves away from Bruce Lee after combat?
- When Bruce Lee takes a card from the discard pile, is the card he picks public information?
- Does Feint cancel the attack bonus from Bruce Lee's Nunchaku?
- Does Feint or It's Just Your Imagination cancel Bruce Lee's Intercepting Fist, or does Intercepting Fist cancel them first?
Unmatched: DeadpoolExpansion
- If Time Out! is used as a defense, does Feint still cancel the replacement card?
- When does Deadpool heal from his ability relative to After Combat effects?
- Does Time Out! make Deadpool shuffle his deck after picking a card?
- What does the Push to Teleport card do?
- Can Push to Teleport be used as a boost for Deadpool's attack?
- Does Holy Mackerel require naming the exact card, such as Corkscrew Finger Jab rather than Jeet Kune Do?
- What counts as a yellowish space on Deadpool's cards?
- Can an opponent cancel Deadpool's ranged attack card, and does the attack end if the target leaves range?
- Does 'your opponent' on Deadpool's Call Me card mean the real-life player or the enemy fighter?