Mr Rook + Amnesia; Through the Gates

By django042, in Arkham Horror: The Card Game

If i use Mr Rooks ability, in what order do i resolve it:

Search and draw a card

Seach and draw a weakness (if one is among them)

Put 3/6/9 cards back

Shuffle deck

Resolve Weakness

Edited by django042

I'm far from rules expert, but I think the order is:

  • Search the cards
  • Choose the cards to draw, the other cards are immediately shuffled back into your deck (before you even draw the cards you found)
  • Add the drawn card(s) to your hand
  • Resolve the Revelation or Forced effects on the drawn card(s) in any order of your choice. Note that I'm pretty sure the cards are all considered to be in your hand, so Amnesia still forces you back down to 1 card.

Thanks for your reply. That's also how i'd do it, otherwise the interaction with "Through the Gates" and similar weaknesses that target the top of your deck would not be random.