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When a card is taken at random from a hand, may the taker choose by card back, and may the holder talk?
Designers discussed this and did not fully agree; the card-back part comes from the Cosmic Dominion rules.
- Bill Martinson · Designer · 2014-07-13
- Bill Martinson · Designer · 2014-07-14
- The Warp · Designer · 2014-07-14
- Bill Martinson · Designer · 2014-07-14disagrees
- Bustoffson · Community · 2014-08-18
Picking by card back is allowed: when a hand mixes cosmic and reward cards, the Cosmic Dominion rules let the taker choose which back to target, and "at random" just means without seeing the faces. Whether the holder may announce or lie about what a card is was debated: one designer reply calls holding up a card and naming it perfectly legal, while another prefers sportsmanship limits on constant truthful disclosure.