Stacking



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Q: When a card gains the Edge keyword from multiple sources (e.g. 2 copies of Hoth Operations with a Speeder), do those instances of Edge stack? In addition, would Shielding or Elite stack?

A: The value of Edge (x) would stack from multiple sources. This is true whether the multiple sources are from different units participating in a single engagement, or from a single unit gaining Edge from multiple cards: X is going to be cumulative.

Non-value dependent keywords are a case where you either have the keyword or you don't and if you have it the effect resolves. Having it multiple times does not alter the effect. So they do not stack in the sense that having Elite "twice" is better than having Elite "once." Hypothetically, it could become mildly useful in the sense that a unit could have Elite, be gaining Elite from an enhancement, and then encounter an ill-effect that says something like "Target unit loses Elite until the end of the phase." This would be a case where the equation would be "2 instances of Elite, and 1 instance of losing Elite; the unit still has Elite."