Fairy dust: face up or down?

phiwum · 03-16-2012, 07:40 PM

If you help in a combat, you get a fairy dust card. Now, in the same situation, all treasures are drawn face up, so my boy thinks (wrongly) that the fairy dust card should also be face up. Because I am a right-thinking person, I realize that fairy dust is always face down, as God himself intended.

But, I like hearing people tell me that I'm right, so here's my question: am I right or is he wrong?

Thanks.

TheBiff · 03-16-2012, 08:11 PM

Fairy Dust cards are not Treasures. They are face down.

Clipper · 03-16-2012, 08:12 PM

The rule is that all treasure must be drawn face up when a munchkin has help winning a combat. Not all cards. That should be enough to prove it. You could also use the fact that the owner of the combat is the one that draws all the treasure, but the SGF clearly gives the fairy dust card to the helper, not the owner. It is thus a totally different draw to the draw for face-up treasures.

03-16-2012, 07:40 PM	#1
phiwum Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Boston area	Fairy dust: face up or down? If you help in a combat, you get a fairy dust card. Now, in the same situation, all treasures are drawn face up, so my boy thinks (wrongly) that the fairy dust card should also be face up. Because I am a right-thinking person, I realize that fairy dust is always face down, as God himself intended. But, I like hearing people tell me that I'm right, so here's my question: am I right or is he wrong? Thanks.

03-16-2012, 08:11 PM	#2
TheBiff Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bay Area, CA	Re: Fairy dust: face up or down? Fairy Dust cards are not Treasures. They are face down.

03-16-2012, 08:12 PM	#3
Clipper Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia	Re: Fairy dust: face up or down? The rule is that all treasure must be drawn face up when a munchkin has help winning a combat. Not all cards. That should be enough to prove it. You could also use the fact that the owner of the combat is the one that draws all the treasure, but the SGF clearly gives the fairy dust card to the helper, not the owner. It is thus a totally different draw to the draw for face-up treasures.