Sorcery TCG - How to Play (Part 2): Abilities

This is Part 2 in our Sorcery TCG introductory "How to Play" series.
This video focuses on abilities your units have on the board, including:
- Basic abilities all units have
- Printed abilities
- Common keywords
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[@joshuamcbroom2370]

Please keep these video series going, the community needs it!!

[@jayson_deen]

I love Sorcery TCG, this game is so much fun

[@ShivanAngel15]

In your intercept example the inland eel wouldn’t be able to intercept the vampire because it doesn’t have ranged or airborn and the vampire is airborn.

[@TheWinningAgenda]

That’s true, I was trying to show how intercept could theoretically be useful but chose the wrong minion!

[@CardboardGuide]

Love the video and happy to see the series continue! 🥳 Thank you for another great video! 🙌🏻

[@DudleyNivorous]

Well done. Telling friends to watch these to understand the game better.

[@arnitheking]

the game seems less complicated than magic at first glance, but me and my friend found quite a lot of situations where we had no idea how to proceed :D so thanks for your very clear and cocncise vids

[@cardboard_battlefield]

Yep, positional strategy is among the hardest to plan ahead of time and is extremely impactful in the mid-late game. Same is also true in real life concerning movement, flanking/out maneuvering/surprising the enemy/being in fortified positions, is what wins battles even against overwhelming odds.
It's also why I put Sorcery far ahead of other card games, the tactics/skill is on another level and the strategies are endless and never the same in each game.

[@ToGoBox69]

Amazing job as always, Keep up the great work!

[@mrfish9873]

great job Jesse. Thanks for amazing content. These videos go a long way clarifying game mechanics .

[@a1pha_star]

Awesome stuff, man! Your channel is a valuable resource! 😁

[@der_magische_Investor]

Thank you! Please more content like this.

[@benjaminbutton8660]

This video is very good! Thank you so much 😊

[@thomasperrelli5266]

thank you!

[@ChrisODfam]

Awesome video! I was looking for that kind of content! I hope you can make another one with *Ranged* ability (can we shoot without moving or through the void) and maybe on topic like projectiles and mouvements. Thx

[@SirLemsipAvatarofCardboard]

Ranged is an activated ability that must be activated separately to 'move'. Because you need to tap for ranged, you usually cant both move and ranged in the same turn.
Ranged allows you to target a minion on an adjacent site and strike it. This is not considered an attack, and the attacked minion does not strike back (even if on the same site as the ranged minion).
Ranged can only be shot in a cardinal direction (not diagonally), and it must target within the same region.

[@michaelpeter3392]

Short beginners question for the basilisk: What means "one step in front of it"? Are these all adjacent locations? Or just the same locations as the basilisk?

[@TheWinningAgenda]

The step directly away from your board edge adjacent to it, and also “here” because that’s referred to in the basilisk’s ability.

[@lorenzomario3491]

Great content! I have a specific question which I can't figure out frorm the rulebook: when at death's door can you lose the game by the effect of Black Obelisk? Thanks in advance. Best, Lorenzo.

[@TheWinningAgenda]

Nope! Loss of life can't kill you at Death's Door, only damage.

[@lorenzomario3491]

Thanks! From my MTG background de difference between damage and loss of life is clear but with the element of death's door the wording is very important. Makes Black obelisk a way better card. @@TheWinningAgenda

[@lorenzomario3491]

One more question: can a Monument be buried like normal artifacts?

[@TheWinningAgenda]

@@lorenzomario3491 Sure can!

[@lorenzomario3491]

But will the passive ability still trigger?

[@BenjaminFenlon]

When a site is attacked and not defended, is it destroyed?
Also, when your use a sites activated ability, do you tap it or?

[@ohmsford94]

if u attack a site the sorcerer take damage and thats it.
u dont tap site

[@dancasey8172]

If the target of an attack is a tapped minion, does the tapped minion strike back? I haven't been able to find a clear answer to that in the rules.

[@TheWinningAgenda]

Yep! The tapped minion strikes back if attacked.

[@CUTS_cards]

Can the root spider be burrowed in the bottomless pit?? I assume not

[@TheWinningAgenda]

It can, but it would die straight away as it would “enter” the pit and doesn’t have airborne.

[@omgddd]

what does "Shoot a projectile. If it hits (...)" mean?

[@SirLemsipAvatarofCardboard]

Projectiles move in a straight line in a cardinal direction (N, S, E, W). They will hit the first unit they come across (within the same region).

[@TheWinningAgenda]

I’ll definitely have to cover projectiles and proximity more in the next video!

[@floorsweepings666]

what about ranged?

[@jaysonsanders2124]

Call me old fashioned, but I don’t think a vampire should be able to enter Holy Ground 😉

[@SirLemsipAvatarofCardboard]

Silver rule that into your playgroup 😉