Unmatched: Houdini vs. The Genie
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When the opponent's This Is No Parlor Trick sets the defending card's value, does the defender's BOOST still count?
One reply and the rulebook's card text and tie-order rule support it, but two replies dispute it and no ruling addresses it directly.
- Unmatched: Houdini vs. The Genie rulebook · Rulebook · Houdini: Boost Tricks
- Born-of-Ashes · Community · 2023-03-08
- Stephanie Baynes · Community · 2023-03-08disagrees
- tienlevy · Community · 2023-03-08disagrees
No, in the most common reading. The defender's effects resolve first when timing ties, so any boost is added first, and then This Is No Parlor Trick sets the card's value to its BOOST value, replacing the boosted total. Two replies read it the other way, so this is not settled.
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