Hi @quantumodo,
Thank you for reporting the issue regarding card “01123” (Sonic Boom) in version 0.5.9.4.
We were aware of this when coding the card, but we don’t believe the process flow described in the FAQ is correct.
“01123” reads:
Either spend [energy] [mental] [physical] resources or exhaust each character you control.
Spending is a type of action that has only two possible outcomes: Can or Cannot. There is no option for “do as much as you can.” Spending is not the same as discarding, even though the results may appear similar; they are fundamentally different actions.
If this card were to function as the FAQ suggests, it should read:
Either spend [energy] [mental] [physical] resources or exhaust each character you control. If you cannot do either, discard cards from your hand with resource icons [energy] [mental] [physical] as much as you can.
In this case, the last action would not be a Spend action, which means that effects like “After you spend this card, xxx” would not trigger.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you think we should update this card?