Tapestry
If the tech market and tech deck are empty, what does Technocracy give the first player to enter an era?
Nothing. The tech market refills immediately and the deck is reshuffled from the discards, so the cards run out only in an extreme case. If none remain, the first player into the era gains nothing, and other players take 3 VP per opponent instead. The VP is not a backup for the benefit; you get one or the other.