Ace Attorneys

## Overview

*Objection! Your honor, the prosecution just submitted an updated autopsy report. How is that even possible?*

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### Details

#### General

* **Name:** Ace Attorneys
* **Author:** SirErrant
* **Complexity:** 3.5/5
* Version: 2.1
* Last updated: July 25, 2023

## Cards

### Breakdown

Ace Attorneys have the standard set of 10 minions and 10 actions. They have a lower than average total minion power of 27, or an average of 2.7 per minion. Their actions feature:

* 1 play-on-base action: Psyche-Locks
* 0 play-on-minion actions;
* 9 standard actions, 3 of which directly affect one or more minions (in **bold**): Objection! (2x), Hold It! (2x), Take That!, Updated Autopsy Report, **Witness Breakdown**, **Kurain Channeling Technique**, **Burden of Proof**
* 7 actions that react to a card being presented: Objection! (2x), Hold It! (2x), Take That!, Updated Autopsy Report, Witness Breakdown
* 2 actions that directly increase a minion's power: Witness Breakdown, Burden of Proof

### Minions

* **1x Phoenix Wright (5) -** Talent: Choose another player. They must present a card from their hand. If it is a minion, you may play an extra minion of that printed power or lower. If it is an action, you may play an extra action or draw a card.
* **1x Miles Edgeworth (4) -** Choose up to two cards from a player's hand. That player may present any number of those cards. For each card they choose not to present, they must discard a card.
* **1x Mia Fey (4) -** Choose another player. They must present a card from their hand. Search your deck for a card of the same type and place it on top of your deck. Special: Immediately after drawing this card or placing it on the bottom of your deck, you may discard it to draw a card.
* **3x Maya Fey (2) -** Talent: Destroy this minion to play a differently-named minion of power 4 or less from your discard pile here. At the end of the turn, place that minion on the bottom of your deck.
* **1x Pearl Fey (2) -** You may discard any number of minions from your hand. Draw a card for each minion discarded this way.
* **3x Dick Gumshoe (2) -** Choose a card from another player’s hand. They may choose to present that card. If they do not, draw a card or place a +1 power counter on this minion.

### Actions

* **2x Objection! -** Special: Before another player presents a card from their hand, play this card and store a card from your hand under it. After they present their card, present the stored card. If both cards are the same type, you may play it as an extra card. If not, place this card back in your hand.
* **2x Hold It! -** Choose a player. They must discard one of their presented cards to draw a card and present it from their hand. Special: After another player presents one or more cards from their hand, play this card. Choose that player.
* **1x Take That! -** Special: After another player presents a card from their hand, play this card. Play a presented card as an extra card. At the end of the turn, place that card into another player’s hand instead of where it would normally go.
* **1x Updated Autopsy Report -** Discard any number of cards from your hand. Draw a card for each card discarded this way. Special: After a player presents one or more actions from their hand, play this card. Draw an additional card.
* **1x Witness Breakdown -** Present a minion from your hand. Discard a presented minion to place +1 power counters total on any of your minions equal to that minion’s printed power. Special: After a player presents one or more minions from their hand, play this card.
* **1x Kurain Channeling Technique -** Destroy one of your minions at a base to play a differently-named extra minion there from your discard pile. At the end of the turn, place it on the bottom of your deck.
* **1x Psyche-Locks -** Play on a base. Ongoing: After a player plays or moves a minion here, they must present a card from their hand. At the start of your turn, if five or more players’ cards are presented, reduce this base’s breakpoint to 0.
* **1x Burden of Proof -** Present any number of cards from your hand. For every two cards presented in a player’s hand, you may place a +1 power counter on one of your minions. Special: Play this card after another player plays or discards a revealed card.

### Bases

* **Courtroom No. 3 (30, 5 3 2) -** On your turn, if you have a minion here, you may choose another player with a minion here; they must either present a card from their hand or discard a card. This base's breakpoint is reduced by 2 for each presented card.
* **Sacred Cavern (21, 4 2 1) -** Before this base scores, the player with the most power here destroys one of their minions here at random. They may play an extra minion of equal or lesser power here from their discard pile.

## Clarifications

### Presenting Rules

1. *To present a card, place it face-up in front of you to reveal it to all players.*
2. *For all intents and purposes, a presented card is considered part of your hand.*
3. *Players may play and/or discard one of their presented cards just as they would with any card in their hand.*
4. *Presenting a card triggers any reactions that card may have to revealing itself and/or being revealed.*
5. *When a presented card is placed into another player's hand, it is no longer considered presented.*
6. *Players may not present a card that is already presented.*

### Other Clarifications

**Phoenix Wright, Mia Fey -** The other player may choose to present any card in their hand.

**Miles Edgeworth, Dick Gumshoe -** The other player does not reveal their hand before you choose a card from it. If the other player decides to present a card, they must present the card you have chosen from their hand.

**Mia Fey -** "A card of the same type" refers to either a minion or an action. "Characters" are considered to be the same card type as minions.

**Objection! -** This card explicitly triggers *before* a player presents a card to prevent that card's type from being revealed. As such, players should always ask if other players have any reactions before presenting a card.

**Miles Edgeworth, Hold It! -** You may choose any player, including yourself.

**Take That! -** You may play any presented card, including those in other players' hands. You may place the card into any other player's hand, even if they did not originally own that card.

**Updated Autopsy Report -** You may discard any number of your presented cards, since they count as part of your hand.

**Witness Breakdown -** You may discard any presented minion, including those in other players' hands.

**Psyche-Locks -** This card's ability is triggered by any player's minions, including your own.

**Burden of Proof -** The second part of this card's ability scales based on all presented cards, including those in other players' hands.

## Strategy

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