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*Ditto* · 06/15/2006, 12:37 AM

concerning this question here...

Minun says that you can get ANY card out, so why would you have to show your opponent since you can get any card, just the same as Quick Search?

The discard is public knowledge, so the opponent can check to see what you took if they can remember what was in there before, but there's no reason for me to show my opponent something that is in my hand, since that's what it becomes, a card in my hand, unless a card's text tells me to.

***PokePop*** · 06/15/2006, 07:05 AM

Because the discard pile is public knowledge. That's not the same thing as moving a card from one concealed location (the deck) to another (the hand).

I'll bring it up at the next rules team meeting to see if there is any disagreement with my rulings, but I feel very sure that it is correct or I wouldn't have posted the answer.

mtjimmer · 06/21/2006, 06:47 PM

In the office, we occasionally use a wording template that we call informally "search, show, put". It accurately describes most of the search functions to the deck. We have debated applying that to the discard pile, but it's unlikely to change.

Is the discard pile public? Yes.
Do we want to change that perception? No.

At this time, at this place, I don't expect Sniff Out to change phrasing.

06/15/2006, 12:37 AM	#1
Ditto Images: 4	Sniff out again concerning this question here... Minun says that you can get ANY card out, so why would you have to show your opponent since you can get any card, just the same as Quick Search? The discard is public knowledge, so the opponent can check to see what you took if they can remember what was in there before, but there's no reason for me to show my opponent something that is in my hand, since that's what it becomes, a card in my hand, unless a card's text tells me to.

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06/15/2006, 07:05 AM	#2
*PokePop* Administrator Images: 1073	Because the discard pile is public knowledge. That's not the same thing as moving a card from one concealed location (the deck) to another (the hand). I'll bring it up at the next rules team meeting to see if there is any disagreement with my rulings, but I feel very sure that it is correct or I wouldn't have posted the answer.

06/21/2006, 06:47 PM	#3
mtjimmer Master Trainer, Emeritus	In the office, we occasionally use a wording template that we call informally "search, show, put". It accurately describes most of the search functions to the deck. We have debated applying that to the discard pile, but it's unlikely to change. Is the discard pile public? Yes. Do we want to change that perception? No. At this time, at this place, I don't expect Sniff Out to change phrasing.