Imperial Blockade is in play. All dark side objectives are exhausted. I play Undercover operative. Is the cost increased by one and then reduced to zero, or is it reduced to zero and then increased by one?

Because of the silmutaneous of the effect, i think the active player can choose the order of the resolution.

Because of the silmutaneous of the effect, i think the active player can choose the order of the resolution.

Agreed. This falls under applying cost modifiers before playing a card. The lastest FAQ reads,

" (2.8) Simultaneous Effects Conflict

If the resolution of two or more simultaneous effects

would conflict with one another, the active player

determines the order in which the effects resolve."

So DS increase the cost by 100, but LS will reduce it all the way to 0 if each objective is exhausted.

I got an answer back from FFG on this one. I put it here: http://www.cardgamedb.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5916-official-rule-clarifications-direct-replies-ffg-only/page__st__60#entry54835

In summary, the absolute value adjustment (reduction to 0 cost) trumps the incremental adjustment (+1 cost from Imperial Blockade). You could have +99 to cost and the Undercover Operative would still cost 0 if all the DS objectives are exhausted.