The Procession
Implemented; destination depends on match formatThe Procession offers five public cards. Recruit by paying champion health once. In current creature matches, a Broker contract can replace the upfront price with recurring health debt and a one-point energy-cap reduction.
How it works
- Open the Procession and inspect five face-up offers.
- Once that turn, choose one offer to recruit or one offer to refresh; Classic's Muster Omen permits a second choice.
- Pay champion health once: the printed energy cost in current creature matches or the printed recruit cost in Classic.
- In creature matches you may instead contract an ally priced at two or more. It enters the field and costs health at each of your turn ends while lowering your energy cap by one.
Rules this mechanic controls
- Inspect five face-up offers. Current creature matches use the offer's printed energy number as its health price; Classic uses the printed recruit number as its health price.
- Once per turn, recruit one offer or refresh one offer; Classic's Muster Omen grants a second choice.
- A contracted ally costs health at each turn end and lowers the energy cap while it remains in play.
- Procession recruits never become permanent Trunk ownership merely because they were used in a match.
Worked example
A five-energy ally costs five champion health to recruit directly onto the field, leaving your energy available for hand cards. If you take its Broker contract instead, it costs three health at each turn end and caps your energy at seven rather than eight while it remains. It never becomes an owned Trunk card. Classic uses its printed recruit cost in health and sends the card to discard.
Limits and availability
Implemented; destination depends on match format
Campaign, Nightfall, current local and hosted creature matches; Classic sends its health-paid recruit to the discard pile rather than the field.
The selected match format is authoritative. If its setup screen disables this mechanic, its board control cannot activate it.