Dread Domain of Dormammu cleanup phase

[TechLee]

During the Cleanup phase in DDoD the Attacker has Backup! which reads as in the photo  

Is the order of Flip Closed Portals to Open then Bring in Reserves equal to # of Open Portals + 3 Threat onto the battlefield, or should they re-open after the # of Portals + 3 calculated?

 

 

[Thoras]

You should first flip Sealed Portals to Open Portals and then bring in characters from the reserve.

[TechLee]

Got it, that's how we had been playing but it seemed odd that the calculation for threat level was always going to be the same number doing it that way.

[Thoras]

21 hours ago, TechLee said:

Got it, that's how we had been playing but it seemed odd that the calculation for threat level was always going to be the same number doing it that way.

The sealed portal check here should actually be instructing you to check for secured portals rather than controlled portals.

Given this understanding, if the defender is securing a sealed portal, it would not flip to open and can modify the threat value available to be brought in from the reserves.

[TechLee]

Ah, ok.  That makes more sense, and gives another reason to have a defender stick around the portal after they close it.  

 

Thanks!