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Ongoing
Scheme
Supertype
Rules Ongoing scheme cards remain in the command zone until they are abandoned.
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type:"Ongoing"

Ongoing is a supertype introduced in Archenemy. Schemes with the supertype ongoing remain in play until a particular condition is met that requires the archenemy to abandon it.

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From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

Ongoing
A supertype that appears only on scheme cards. See rule 205.4, “Supertypes.”

From the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

  • 205.4h Any scheme card with the supertype “ongoing” is exempt from the state-based action for schemes (see rule 704.6e).

From the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

  • 904.11. Once an ongoing scheme card is set in motion, it remains face up in the command zone until an ability causes it to be abandoned (see rule 701.26).

From the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

  • 701.25a Only a scheme card may be set in motion, and only during an Archenemy game. Only the archenemy may set a scheme card in motion. See rule 314, “Schemes,” and rule 904, “Archenemy.”
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