Attachment — Riftbound Rules

Section 716 — 35 rules

717.: Attaching is a limited action that causes cards to become linked to each other to combine their effects in some way. This causes one card to become Attached and the other to become A Top-Most Card. See rule 421 Attach for more information.
718.: Attached is the state of a card being linked to another card in this way.
718.1.: A card remains in this state until Detached.
718.2.: While in this state, the card’s Rules Text is Inactive. See rule 720 Inactive for more information.
718.3.: While in this state, Abilities in the card’s Effect Text are appended to the Rules Text of the Top-Most Card.
718.4.: While in this state, the card’s Might Bonus modulates the Top-Most Card’s Might by the value listed.
718.5.: Attached cards still have all properties of being a card on the board while in this state.
718.5.a.: Attached cards still have all Types and Tags while Attached.
718.5.b.: Attached cards still can be chosen or targeted by game effects while Attached.
718.6.: Attached cards cannot be moved separately from the Top-Most Card they are Attached to.
718.7.: A card may be Attached only to a single Top-Most card at a time.
718.8.: Attached cards may have different Controllers from their Top-Most card.
718.8.a.: Changes in Control of the Top-Most card do not impact Control of Attached cards and vice versa.
718.8.b.: An Attached card still appends the abilities in its Effect Text to the Rules Text of the Top-Most card and modulates the Top-Most Card’s Might by its Might Bonus.
719.: A Top-Most Card is a card that has one or more cards linked to it through the process of Attaching.
719.1.: The Effect Text of all cards Attached to this card are appended to the Rules Text of this card for as long as they remain Attached.
719.2.: This card ceases being a Top-Most Card when there are no longer any cards Attached to it.
719.3.: A Top-Most Card and all cards Attached to it are at the same location.
719.3.a.: When the Top-Most Card moves, all Attached cards move with it.
719.4.: The Exhausted and Ready state of the Top-Most card does not affect nor change the status of the Attached cards and vice versa.
719.5.: When a Top-Most Card changes zones from a board zone to a non-board zone, all Attached cards Detach from it, remaining in their current zones.
719.5.a.: The player that controls the Top-Most Card that changed zones decides the order these cards Detach in, and thus the order of any relevant effects that occur due to the Detach occurring.
720.: Inactive
721.1.: Card text can occasionally be assigned to be ignored, disregarded, or otherwise rendered as not applicable during the course of play. This state is referred to as Inactive.
721.1.a.: Text marked this way is not applied at all while in this state.
721.1.b.: Inactive Abilities do not trigger, do not apply, and cannot be activated. Inactive instructions are not processed.
722.: Inactive text is still present on cards.
722.1.: Cards with Inactive text still have keywords for the sake of Game Effects that want to reference or see if a card has a keyword.
722.2.: Game Effects that parse or interpret text to determine target eligibility may still parse Inactive text for the sake of eligibility. Example: Spinning Axe is a gear with [Temporary]. While it’s attached and its rules text is inactive, its [Temporary] ability doesn’t trigger. However, a spell that reads “Destroy a gear with [Temporary]” could still choose and destroy Spinning Axe.
723.: Rules Text is never Inactive by default.
724.: Effect Text is Inactive unless the card with the Effect Text is Attached.
725.: Inactive text can partially cease to be Inactive under specific circumstances and exceptions.
725.1.: If an Attached card has a Passive or Replacement ability that applies during the process of Attaching or a Triggered ability that triggers off of Attaching, that text exists and can be processed as it Attaches.
725.2.: If an Attached card has a Passive or Replacement ability that applies during the process of Detaching or a Triggered ability that triggers off of Detaching, that text exists and can be processed as it Detaches.
725.3.: If an Attached card has an Equip ability, the Weaponmaster keyword can reference that Equip ability and any abilities that passively modify that Equip ability.