Mirage/Q&A

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No.	Question 	Answer
1 	What is Mirage? 	Cards with Mirage can be set on the Burst Area face-up, then their related effects can activate.
2 	How do you set Mirage onto the Burst Area? 	With the card with Mirage in the hand, you pay the cost with cores from your Field/Reserve, then set it face-up onto the Burst Area. You can only do this manually once per turn.
3 	While you have a set Burst in the Burst Area, can you set a Mirage? 	Yes, you can have both one set Burst and one set Mirage at the same time. In this case, the Mirage will stack on top of the Burst.
4 	You have set a Burst manually this turn, can you set a Mirage in the same turn? 	Yes, you can set Burst and Mirage, once each manually in the same turn.
5 	While you already a set Mirage, what do you do when you want to set a new Mirage from hand? 	1) Declare your new Mirage
2) Confirm the cost of the new Mirage and pay for it
3) Swap places between the new Mirage and the set Mirage. The previously set Mirage goes to hand.
6 	While your Burst Area has both a set Burst and a set Mirage, when you set a new Mirage, do you also swap with the set Burst? 	No, only the Mirage is swapped.
7 	During your Main Step, can you return your set Mirage to hand without setting a new one? 	No, you cannot. Set Mirage cannot be moved unless it is done so via an effect, or you are setting a new one.
8 	When you use your effect to set a new Mirage, do you still swap with the set Mirage? 	Yes. Unless the effect specifies discarding the set Mirage, the procedure is the same as setting a new Mirage manually. If the new Mirage is set from other areas that are not the hand, such as from the Trash, the previous Mirage will go to the trash.
9 	When you set a Mirage with an effect, do you have to pay the Mirage cost? 	Yes, you do, unless the effect states that you can set it without cost.
10 	After you have set a Mirage manually, can you set another Mirage via an effect in the same turn? 	Yes, you can. You can set Mirage any number of times if it is via effects.
11 	When an effect changes the costs and reduction symbols of cards in hand, are the Mirage costs and reduction symbols affected? 	No, they are not.
12 	Can you put cores on the set Mirage? 	No, you cannot put cores on the Burst Area.
13 	Can you set a Mirage from the Removed Zone? 	No, it has to be set from hand.
14 	Can a set Mirage activate its Spirit/Nexus/Magic effects besides its Mirage effects? 	No, it cannot.
15 	Can you pay the cost to summon/deploy/use the Spirit/Nexus/Magic which is a set Mirage at the moment? 	No, you cannot.
16 	Can you reference the aspects of the set Mirage, such as card type, cost, symbols, with an effect which targets the Field? 	No, you cannot.
17 	Can you destroy a set Nexus Mirage with a "destroy a Nexus" effect? 	No, you cannot. Set Mirage can only be affected by effects that specify "Mirage".
18 	Can Mirage effects be prevented by "unaffected" effects? 	Yes, they can be.
19 	While you have a White Magic Mirage set, can the opponent negate the Mirage effects with the Grand Skill of Future Hera (BS54-TCP01 (B))? 	The Mirage effects of White Magic cards with timings such as (When Set) or "flash", or specific durations specified in the effects such as "during this battle", "during this turn", or "at the end of battle", can be negated. However, continuous effects, including timings like "during set" or between steps and turns, cannot be negated.
20 	When you set a Magic card Mirage by paying the cost, can the opposing The WingDeity Grand-Woden Revival version (BS43-RVX06) advent and negate the set card? 	No, it cannot. "Setting" does not equate to "using", so the opposing Grand-Woden cannot advent.
21 	When you discard your set Burst, do you discard the set Mirage altogether? 	No, you do not.
22 	While you have a set Mirage, and The HeavenMarshall Chohakkai (BS15-052) is on the Field, can the set Mirage swap places with a new Mirage? 	Yes, it can. Swapping places does not count as increasing hand size.
23 	Can your Nexus with Mirage deployed on the Field, be referenced by "while you have a Mirage set" effects or targeted by "discard a Mirage" effects? 	No, cards with Mirage outside of the Burst Area cannot be referenced or targeted by those effects. However, they can be referenced or targeted if the effects state "cards with Mirage", or in this case, "Nexus with Mirage".
24 	A set Mirage activates its effect, which has the timing (When Set), "flash", or "when/if...", can "when being targeted" effects such as Kagemusha and Tenma-Kagemusha change the targets? 	Yes, they can. "When being targeted" effects such as Kagemusha can change the effect targets. However, Tenma-Kagemusha cannot change the text from "opponent"/"opposing" to "you"/"your".
25 	Can effects such as Kagemusha change targets for continuous effects, such as effects without specific timings in texts like the second "during set" effect of "Oracle XVII Over Star", or effects between steps or turns like (Your Turn) or (Either Attack Step)?	No, they cannot.
26 	A Cost 5 Nexus card is set as Mirage by paying three costs. Are its "During Set" effects treated as Cost 3 Nexus effects? 	No, the Mirage cost is only referenced when the card is set as a Mirage. The "During Set" effects which the Nexus card activates are treated as Cost 5 Nexus effects.
27 	Can effects activated from Mirage be targeted by effects such as the increase of limit of "BP destruction" effects from Charge? 	Yes, same as Burst effects, Mirage effects can be targeted.
28 	A Mirage effect activated its "once per turn" effect, then it is switched in places with another Mirage card of the same card name, can the "once per turn" effect be activated again? 	Yes, it can be.
29 	When a Magic card set as Mirage activate its flash effect, can "after a Magic card is used" effects activate? 	No, they cannot. Effects of Magic cards that are not from the hand or Removed Zone are activated, not used. However, if the effects are activated through another effect with the written text "can use", that Magic effect is treated as being used, and hence "after used" effects can activate.
30 	When your Spirit's (When Attacks) effect sets a Mirage, can that Mirage's effect with "when your Spirit attacks" timing activate? 	Instantaneous effects that activate on attack, such as draw and destruction, can't activate. However, effects from other timings, (such as flash, "when resolving battle", "when destroyed"), or effects without the "during this battle" or "during this turn" wordings but are continuous during the attack, such as "the attacking Spirit gains +5000 BP" or "the opponent can't activate Burst effects", can activate.
31 	Multiple cards with Mirage effects are revealed, and they all have the effect "when revealed from the deck by effect, you can set it". What do you do? 	Since only one Mirage can be set, choose one card among them to set.