For the purpose of playing against France adversary; when upgrading a tainted explorer to a tainted town, is the town considered as being pulled from the box (thus reducing the remaining town count) or is it considered as being created from outside the box, similar to how Stone's Unyielding Defiance can pull blight from outside of the usual blight limitations.
Mostly just confused as to how this spirit is supposed to interact with France in general.

Originally posted by Jacqueline_Hyde:

For the purpose of playing against France adversary; when upgrading a tainted explorer to a tainted town, is the town considered as being pulled from the box (thus reducing the remaining town count) or is it considered as being created from outside the box, similar to how Stone's Unyielding Defiance can pull blight from outside of the usual blight limitations.
Mostly just confused as to how this spirit is supposed to interact with France in general.

Yes, the part of the special rule that says "Adversary Cards do not count Tainted Invaders as Invaders" does not make it clear. Tainted towns do not count toward the France limit - whenever a Tainted Town comes into play through any means, you can add 1 town to the supply from the box.