Res Arcana
How does the Phoenix react work?
The designer answered this directly in a BGG reply.
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2023-12-28
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2023-12-06
- zedman · Community · 2022-02-05
- qwertymartin · Community · 2022-01-09
- DaveHz · Community · 2022-01-09
- RDewsbery · Community · 2023-12-28
When you would lose Life, its React power lets you destroy the Phoenix to ignore the loss, and it goes on top of your deck without shuffling. Essences on it are lost. Destroying it by other means (such as Sacrificial Pit or Gate of Hell) does not trigger the effect.