Hello I am new to the forums! :) Maintenance Level Question

Hello,

My girlfriend and I played SotM for the first time last night. It was fun and we ended up killing the Baron and Omnitron. It took some time to figure out how things worked and we debated on how we thought some rules worked or did not work. Using Google search has been the most effective for searching the forums and finding out answers :)

There was one card that was bothering us. Maintenance Level from Wagner Mars Base (Environment Card)

The card states:

"At the end of the envionment turn, play the next environment card"

"At the start of the environent turn, if each player shuffles thier trash into their hero deck, destroy this card."

"When this card is destroyed if "self-destruct sequence" is in play, put this card on top of the countdown pile"

We had Tachyon in play and this is quiet annoying for her, as her power is from burn cards. This essentially takes her out of the game, so we had were able to destroy the card eventually. However, we had to play the next environment card. So if we do not destroy this card by everyone shuffling their trash into their deck or using a destroy enviroment card, would this card stay in play and we would have to draw the normal environment card plus another one for the maintenance level? Dealing with 2 Environmental cards per round is tough.

Yeah that sounds correct. Even though Tachyon would shuffle her discard, I wouldnt consider her "out of the game". She still has a great deal of Utility to her, and doubling up on some of those cards might be enough to offset the damage loss. Tachyon can destroy Environment cards too remember! You could always abuse Meteor Storm and just buy time until her discard is full again, though this would be a very long road to trod.

ty for the quick response! :)

Fortunately, we had a destroy enviornment card!!! But playing 2 environment cards per round just to keep Tachyon's trash full is a high price!!

Yup, lots of great choices like that throughout the different games.