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Are temperature, oxygen and ocean requirements checked at the start of the phase?
The designer ruled on this directly on BGG. The rulebook text points the same way.
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- Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition rulebook · Rulebook · Playing Project Cards
Yes. Those three requirements use the board as it stood when the phase began, so a parameter raised earlier in the same phase does not unlock a card, even for the same player's second card. Requirements based on tags, production or resources are checked when you play the card, so an earlier card this phase can satisfy them.
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