Card again sweater

[Majobasil]

Can you zap and discard any amount of cards? Or can you only discard equal to or less than the amount of damage you’re trying to prevent?

You may wonder why would anyone want to discard more than they need to: hot poker.

[Malkavman]

From The rules:

Prevent
Applies to damage only. Prevent an amount of damage as specified by an ability. If less damage is dealt/taken than the amount being prevented, prevent all damage dealt/taken (in this case, only the amount of damage that was dealt/taken is prevented). Damage prevention is an interrupt.

Since the card-Again Sweater has no Maximum number of discards allowed once the card is zapped, the play should be legal.

(This means I can totally discard 13 cards to prevent 6 damage from a Toll Dragon, Matt) (hehe)

[Majobasil]

Originally Posted by Malkavman

From The rules:


Since the card-Again Sweater has no Maximum number of discards allowed once the card is zapped, the play should be legal.

(This means I can totally discard 13 cards to prevent 6 damage from a Toll Dragon, Matt) (hehe)

I’m not giving up on this one! The pain of getting you to 17 then you doing 20 in one turn has left a bad taste in my mouth :-).

What it comes down to is the intent of the card (again sweater) itself. Was the intent to allow the discarding of as many cards as possible, or was the intent only to discard equal to or less then the damage one is attempting to prevent.

[Malkavman]

I have further evidence:
The Card again Sweater has 3 distinct steps:
1 - Zap(This activates the card)
2 - Discard X cards(this now gives it the ability to prevent a maximum of X damage, where X is the number of cards discarded)
3 - Prevent up to, but not exceeding, X damage(As per determined value X above)

So, as per the rule for Prevent, this is a perfectly valid move.

And the point of the card, as with all cards in the game, is to be munchkinly, and this was a very munchkinly, but legal, play.

(And to anyone reading this thinking we are actually mad at each other while arguing this point, we are not. This is a spirited debate that I'm sure we are both smiling widely while typing. There is zero animosity here, Mods.)

[Majobasil]

Ha, yes indeed. We need to know because we play so often (I like to think more than anyone else out there) and rules clarifications are important for our meta game!

[Aleph]

The cost (Discard X Cards) is not limited by the actual damage done in this case. Prevent in the rules does allow for scenarios where more damage is prevented than is being dealt.

[Majobasil]

Thanks Aleph!

[Malkavman]

*does a dance* My strategy is perfectly legal and awesome!

[Majobasil]

Originally Posted by Malkavman

*does a dance* My strategy is perfectly legal and awesome!

lol well played!!