Questions about Ancestral Knowledge and Chaos in the Prison

By Angus Lee, in Marvel Champions: The Card Game

Two questions:

1`. Can a card used to pay the resource cost for Ancestral Knowledge be picked up and shuffled back into the deck by Ancestral Knowledge?

2. Chaos in the Prison (from the Wrecking Crew): "When Revealed: Choose to either discard an upgrade you control or place 1 threat on the active villain's side scheme for each upgrade you control."

I am not sure if the "for each upgrade you control" part applies to both options or just the latter option? That is, if I have 5 upgrades, should I choose for each upgrade if I would discard it or place 1 threat (e.g. I can choose to discard two upgrades and place 3 threats), or should I choose to either discard one upgrade or place 5 threat?

3 hours ago, Angus Lee said:

Two questions:

1`. Can a card used to pay the resource cost for Ancestral Knowledge be picked up and shuffled back into the deck by Ancestral Knowledge?

2. Chaos in the Prison (from the Wrecking Crew): "When Revealed: Choose to either discard an upgrade you control or place 1 threat on the active villain's side scheme for each upgrade you control."

I am not sure if the "for each upgrade you control" part applies to both options or just the latter option? That is, if I have 5 upgrades, should I choose for each upgrade if I would discard it or place 1 threat (e.g. I can choose to discard two upgrades and place 3 threats), or should I choose to either discard one upgrade or place 5 threat?

1) Yes - you generate resources by discarding cards and you must pay the cost before the Event is played. So if you discard a card to pay a cost, it’s already in the Discard pile when Ancestral Knowledge enters play.

2) The choice is between either:

a) Discarding an upgrade you control

or

b) Placing 1 threat on the side scheme equal to the number of Upgrades you have.

Thank you for your reply

15 hours ago, FearLord said:

1) Yes - you generate resources by discarding cards and you must pay the cost before the Event is played. So if you discard a card to pay a cost, it’s already in the Discard pile when Ancestral Knowledge enters play.

2) The choice is between either:

a) Discarding an upgrade you control

or

b) Placing 1 threat on the side scheme equal to the number of Upgrades you have.

Thank you for your kind reply.