| Cost | 5 |
| Phase | Play before your opponent's dice roll |
| Target | 1 defending unit in Melee |
| Effect | Target may evade, retreating up to 3 hexes toward its side, before its opponent attacks. Target ignores terrain movement restrictions during this retreat, but may not move through unit-occupied hexes. Attacking unit may not pick another target, nor battle this turn. |
Can a targeted unit retreat through impassable terrain? (C/Q) 2006-12-27 06:22:22
Q: Does this mean that a unit can ignore the terrain movement restrictions of a river?
A: Yes, this means that a unit may ignore terrain movement restrictions of (fordable) rivers, forests, and other terrain hexes that restrict movement. However, impassable terrain remains impassable.
Can this card be used to just prevent a unit from attacking? (C/Q) 2007-01-06 18:26:27
Q: If you literary interpret the card, you choose to not retreat a single hex (up to 3 can be 0), and then the attacking unit still can't attack (.. nor battle this turn). This seems to violate the spirit of the card, so is it possible?
A: No, it is NOT possible to stay put. It says "retreating", which implies that you must move at least 1 hex toward your side.
Can “Evade” be played on a unit that cannot retreat? (C/Q) 2007-03-24 16:13:50
Q: If you are add the edge of your side of the board can you retreat along the side of your board or would I not be able to play this card because I can’t retreat any further without going out of the board?
A: Retreats are always toward the back, never sideways. So if you're already at your edge of the board, your units can retreat no further. Evade would be useless here.
Can a battle back be countered by “Evade” or “Scatter”? (C/Q) 2007-05-03 18:57:39
Q: Is this card able to be played in response to a battle back?
A: Yes, you may play a Reaction card such as Evade or Scatter during your turn as the active player, for instance in response to a battle back. The one limitation that you are still subject to however is the limit of one Lore card per turn, period (meaning that you can only play that Reaction if you haven't played another Lore card earlier during your turn).
Can a unit, whose right to battle back was denied by “Evade”, battle back in a different battle? (C/Q) 2007-05-04 18:27:12
Q: If a unit is battling back in response to an attack, and Evade/Scatter is played against the unit battling back, that unit loses it's opportunity to battle back for that attack. Does that same unit lose that ability for the rest of the turn (i.e. if attacked by other adjacent units later in the turn, besides the unit that was the target of Evade/Scatter)?
A: No. While the text of the card might indeed lead to that impression, it stems from a loophole (because a unit played by the active player will usually do a single attack, whereas a unit battling back may be involved in several different, unrelated battle actions during a turn). So the correct answer is: The unit battling back is prevented from battling back because its opponent evades. However, if the unit battling back is then attacked again by another unit during the same turn, it may be entitled to battle back that later attack (if the conditions for battling back are there, of course).
May an evading unit move and still end up adjacent to its attacker? (C/Q) 2007-07-05 11:16:14
Q: May a target of Evade retreat one or more hexes (I guess the current legal total for this example would be two - no two hex units yet ;) ) and still end up adjacent to the original attacking unit yet receive full benefit of the card - no battle for the attacker against any other unit?
A: Yes, it may. As long as the evading unit moves at least 1 hex, its attacker will be unable to battle for this turn, against this unit or any other one.
Can the attacking unit gain ground and/or pursuit ? (C/Q) 2007-12-27 07:59:43
Q: If a unit was going to attack defender's unit and defender played an Evade on the unit, could the original unit still be able to gain ground or if mounted a pursuit move? In other words, does the Evade qualify as successful attack for doing a follow-on action ?
A: No. The NO BATTLE also applies to follow-on action. The original attacker cannot battle this turn, and as a result, can also conduct no follow-on action.