Blue dog rule
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[[Image:Trader.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Trader]], the card that most often invokes this rule.]] | [[Image:Trader.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Trader]], the card that most often invokes this rule.]] | ||
− | The "'''blue dog rule'''" is a ruling by [[Donald X]] on what to do when | + | The "'''blue dog rule'''" is a ruling by [[Donald X]] on what to do when an ability has an effect either on a card it's gaining, or based on a card it's gaining, but the card to-be-gained is never actually gained for one reason or another. In this case, the ability has no effect, since it did not gain a card. |
The archetypal example of this rule is the interaction between {{Card|Ironworks}} and {{Card|Trader}}. If you would gain a card with Ironworks, and then reveal Trader to gain a {{Card|Silver}} instead, you never actually gained anything with Ironworks, so Ironworks fails to give a bonus effect based on the type of the card gained. | The archetypal example of this rule is the interaction between {{Card|Ironworks}} and {{Card|Trader}}. If you would gain a card with Ironworks, and then reveal Trader to gain a {{Card|Silver}} instead, you never actually gained anything with Ironworks, so Ironworks fails to give a bonus effect based on the type of the card gained. |
Revision as of 14:34, 25 February 2016
The "blue dog rule" is a ruling by Donald X on what to do when an ability has an effect either on a card it's gaining, or based on a card it's gaining, but the card to-be-gained is never actually gained for one reason or another. In this case, the ability has no effect, since it did not gain a card.
The archetypal example of this rule is the interaction between Ironworks and Trader. If you would gain a card with Ironworks, and then reveal Trader to gain a Silver instead, you never actually gained anything with Ironworks, so Ironworks fails to give a bonus effect based on the type of the card gained.
Many cards gain a card to the top of your deck or to your hand; if you reveal Trader, or are being Possessed, the Silver (or the gained card) goes into your discard pile (or the player to your right's discard pile).
It is called the "blue dog" rule because when Hinterlands was first released, Donald X posted a bizarre anecdote about walking a blue dog to try to explain the interaction.
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List of cards that can invoke the Blue dog rule
Gaining-hinderers
If a chosen Supply pile is empty, this also hinders gaining.
Gain-effect cards
- Bureaucrat
- Mine
- Ironworks
- Trading Post
- Treasure Map
- Explorer
- Bag of Gold
- Tournament
- Horn of Plenty
- Develop
- Beggar
- Armory
- Graverobber
- Taxman
- Messenger
- Transmogrify
- Artificer
- Seaway
- Summon
Trivia
Donald X.'s original quote: