Detach — Riftbound Rules

Section 435 — 15 rules

435.1.: Detaching is the act of unlinking two cards that are currently linked through the act of Attaching. This causes one to cease being Attached, and potentially causes the other to cease being a Top-Most card.
435.1.a.: Detaching affects only cards that are currently Attached to another card.
435.1.a.1.: Game effects that instruct a player to Detach a card that is currently not Attached to anything will do nothing.
435.1.b.: When one or more cards become Detached, they cease to be in the Attached state.
435.1.b.1.: To represent this, these cards should no longer be placed under the card they were previously placed under as Top-Most Card.
435.1.b.2.: If the Top-Most Card no longer has any cards Attached to it after this, it is no longer a Top-Most Card.
435.1.c.: The card being Detached has its Effect Text become Inactive and its Rules Text cease being Inactive.
435.1.d.: The Top-Most Card ceases to have the Effect Text of the card being Detached appended to its Rules Text.
435.1.e.: The Top-Most Card ceases to have its Might modulated by the Might Bonus of the card being Detached.
435.2.: Detaching is a Limited Action.
435.2.a.: Players may only Detach cards when directed to by Game Effects.
435.3.: Detaching cards does not inherently choose, or specify a target. However, Game Effects that Detach cards may.
435.4.: When a card Detaches from a Top-Most Card, its location is the same as the Top-Most Card from which it Detached.
435.4.a.: If the Detached card was a Gear and this causes it to become present at a Battlefield, it will be Recalled during the next Cleanup.
435.4.b.: If the Attached card was Detached because the Top-Most Card changed zones from a board zone to a non-board zone, then the location that the Attached Card will Detach to is the last location the Top-Most Card was at before changing from a board zone to a non-board zone.