What does Flame Eyed Reika count as for “cards played this turn”?
Two plays, by our read. Reika is one entity played, and the entity her On Play puts into your Alley is another, so one paid card gets you two plays for effects that care how much you played.
Step by step
- Play Flame Eyed Reika. On Play, deal 3 damage to your leader to play an entity with cost 2 or less into your Alley, tapped.
- Kagoro of the Burnt Path’s ability now sees 2 entities played this turn: +2 attack, its cap, for the cost of one card.
- Cinderwake Pursuer and Bandit Ringleader check for 2 other cards played this turn, so either one played next turns on its bonus.
- Pip draws 1 and discards 1 when it’s played in the Alley, so it should trigger when Reika puts it there.
Good to know
The second entity enters tapped, so it can’t go through your Gate until it untaps next turn. In constructed play your deck only holds your Leader’s element and Neutral cards, so the entity is Fire or Neutral.
Fractured Domains isn’t out until November 20, 2026. This is our read of the revealed card text, not an official ruling.
