If the Imperial Player has 4 agenda cards on hand already, can he purchase Death Mark and put it into play immediately without having to discard an existing agenda card? Or if Death Mark is in play, can the Imperial Player have 4 other agenda cards?
Some relevant rules:
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During a campaign, the Imperial player can purchase Agenda cards. These cards have a wide range of powerful abilities and are usually discarded after use.
Ongoing: Some Agenda cards are placed in the Imperial player’s play area after purchasing. These cards have an ongoing effect and remain in play until discarded by another effect. These Agenda cards are kept with the Imperial player’s components between sessions.
Quote... the Imperial player can only have a total of four Agenda cards between their hand and their play area . If, at the end of an Imperial Upgrade Stage, they have more than four Agenda cards, they must choose cards to discard until they have four
Death mark is neither in "their hand" or "their play area".
When purchasing an Agenda card, it was never specified whether the cards goes to the hand before coming into effect.
Components doesn't seem to have any relation to hand or play area as well.
I'm assuming that Death Mark effectively allows you to have 5 Agenda cards instead of 4?
