Operative

The icon indicates that a unit has the rank of operative. Operatives are powerful villains and heroes, but they rarely issue orders to other units. When building a standard army, a player may include up to two operative units.

• Each operative has three command cards specific to that operative that can only be used if that operative is included in an army.
  • Operative-specific command cards are identified by the image in the upper-right corner that matches the image on that operative’s unit card.
• When playing an operative’s command card, the player does not nominate a commander; instead they nominate the operative, and that operative issues orders.
• When playing a non-operative-specific command card, a player cannot nominate an operative.
• Any units indicated on an operative’s command card can be issued orders only if they are at range 1–3 of the nominated operative. A nominated operative is at range 1–3 of itself.
• If all of a players commanders have been defeated, an operative can be promoted to be a new commander. If promoted in this way, it loses the rank of operative and can be nominated as a commander and can issue orders using non-operative-specific command cards during the Command Phase.