This might be a trivial one:
Life Boon
Master: out-of-turn. Boon
Give pool to a Methuselah with no pool to keep him or her in the game; put this card in play.
During each of his or her untap phases, you can collect 1 pool from that Methuselah. The first victory point that the Methuselah wins is given to you (unless you are ousted by then). This Life Boon is then burned.
The question is: Is a methuselah, who is ousted due to pool damage, always at 0 (zero) pool, or can it be less?
Example: Peter is at 2 pool. Catherine bleeds Peter successfully for 6. Is Peter then at 0 (zero) pool or at -4 (minus four) pool?
I assume, that a methuselah cannot have less than 0 (zero) pool, so that in the example given above only 1 (one) pool has to be spent via Life Boon to keep Peter in the game.
Thanks
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> Hakuron wrote:
> This might be a trivial one:
>
> Life Boon
> Master: out-of-turn. Boon
> Give pool to a Methuselah with no pool to keep him or her in the game; put this card in play.
> During each of his or her untap phases, you can collect 1 pool from that Methuselah. The first victory point that the Methuselah wins is given to you (unless you are ousted by then). This Life Boon is then burned.
>
> The question is: Is a methuselah, who is ousted due to pool damage, always at 0 (zero) pool, or can it be less?
> Example: Peter is at 2 pool. Catherine bleeds Peter successfully for 6. Is Peter then at 0 (zero) pool or at -4 (minus four) pool?
>
> I assume, that a methuselah cannot have less than 0 (zero) pool, so that in the example given above only 1 (one) pool has to be spent via Life Boon to keep Peter in the game.
>
> Thanks
>
Check the "All Rulings" link in the Rules section to the left, go to Life Boon, you'll have your answer.
www.vekn.net/index.php/all-rulings/card-rulings-g-to-o
Prince of Paris, France
Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director
> Hakuron wrote:
> I assume, that a methuselah cannot have less than 0 (zero) pool,
>
Physically, you're right. For the maths, consider he or she has negative pool.
Prince of Paris, France
Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director
an easier way to think of it:
they're not going down to 0 pool, and then back up. you're giving them pool before they take the hit so they never get to 0 pool. so if player A is at 2 pool and is bled for 3, you have to give them at least 2 pool, which happens before the 3 is subtracted.