Arkham Horror: The Card Game

Yes, you can sort of treat it as if you drew a "0" chaos token. Or a "blank" token with no effect or modifier.

The effect simply cancels the token. It doesn't cancel the whole skill test, nor does it instruct you to reveal a new one (like for example on "False Covenant" or "Third Time's a Charm").

When I cancel a token, does that make the value 0 and I ignore the text, or do I draw a new token, or is the whole skill test cancelled?

If you only find a Unique ally card who is already in play, you simply can't put that ally into play and that part of the effect fizzles out.

If you can't put an ally in play, or if you don't find an ally to put into play, you simply discard flare instead of exiling it.

"Then" means that every part of the preceding effect needs to be successfully resolved in order to be able to resolve the "then"-effect.

Since you couldn't put an ally into play, the "then"-effect doesn't get resolved, and thus Flare doesn't get exiled.

Note that you always shuffle the searched deck no matter if you put an ally into play or not, since that effect is not preceded by a "then".

What would happen if the only Ally you find in your search is a Unique card that is already in play?
 

I assume the 'put into play' fizzles, but what happens to the card?

Also, should I resolve the Exile on the Flare, or just discard it as normal?

No, you can only advance when all the Broods have been defeated, i.e. none are in play, and there are none set aside any more.

If need be, make use of the "The Creature's Tracks" treachery card to spawn the set-aside Broods.

Typo in the name of the card itself: Atlatch-Nacha, instead of Atlach-Nacha.

On the other hand, do we ever really know how these names are supposed to be spelled correctly in the first place anyway?

It's an encounter card which gets shuffled into the top 10 cards of the encounter deck when an investigators plays a copy of the Mystic card "Stargazing".

Here are the rules for Bonded cards:

I am a bit confused. Is this a player card or encounter card? It has front of a mystic player card, but back of a mythos encounter...

The text listed here is not the same as the one actually written on the card.

My bet is that it's forward compatibility and Return to the Forgotten Age may interact with it.

I haven't seen a card that interacts with it.

Possibly just flavor. Possibly leftover from something that didn't make it thru development.

I know I saw a couple of people struggle to get this off them the first couple of times we saw it just for fear it mattered - one of the mixed advantages of unspoiled play.

Is the Serpent trait there just for fluff purposes, or does something actually check for that?

There is an error in this card's text as displayed. It's missing the text: "Shuffle both set-aside copies of Ghostly Presence into the encounter deck."

Yes, but there's at least one non-Rogue Illicit card spoiled for an upcoming set

He only has 3 cards out of his reach in the Rogue Pool of cards and Suggestion would never make the cut anyway. He also has access to 5 out of class cards from TWO other factions. Not very limiting at all.

Regarding deck-building aren´t the only illicit cards rogue anyway, practically limiting Finn in a big way, till more cards enter the pool?

The Prey can affect how you move and who you engage with if there are multiple available choices. Obviously this prey clause doesn't do the second, but it can still affect movement. Hunters prefer the closest investigator, but if there are investigators at two+ equidistant locations then it moves towards the one of those that is closest to Mouth of K’n-yan.

The Forced is likely only active when a Basilisk is in play. A Vengeance Hunter is a pretty nasty thing, and this effect limits the amount of time it's on the table a little.

I don't think they count.

That second rule you quote being the important one. When doing the counting for the elder sign effect it can only count Tomes in play.