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Can you Burn a bidding card to acquire a Kingdom Card from the discard pile outside the Bidding step?

The designer called the play correct, and a player gave the same reading.

  • PabloClark · Designer · 2025-11-07
  • adxmws · Community · 2025-11-08
  • The Old King's Crown rulebook · Rulebook · Burn/Burned

Yes. When a Kingdom Card is acquired outside Bidding, the card used to acquire it counts as the bidding card, so it can be Burned. The designer said the play in the reported game was correct.

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