Cosmic Quakes

If a player needs to draw a card from the cosmic deck and both the cosmic deck and discard pile are empty, then a cosmic quake occurs! All players discard their hands, and the discard pile is shuffled to make a new deck, then 8 cards are dealt to each player.

if after performing a Cosmic Quake there still aren’t enough cards to deal out a full hand to each player, then a Cosmic Aftershock occurs. All cosmic deck cards (and reward deck cards) are discarded (including Miser’s hoard, Cryo’s deep freeze, etc.). Game Setup effects like Cyborg and The Claw get to replenish as if starting the game. Any alien powers that start the game with 1 or more cards (such as Miser’s hoard) are dealt those cards now.

Q: What if a player is taking rewards from the reward deck while there is no cosmic deck or discard pile? Does a Cosmic Quake still occur?

A: The Cosmic Quake is only triggered when a player needs to draw from the cosmic deck and there are no cards available.