The rulebook state that :
>
> Withdrawing from the Game :
> You can also end your participation in the game by declaring your intent to withdraw from it. If you have exhausted your library and begin your turn with less than a full hand, you have the option to withdraw from the game.
>
If I have exhausted my library and an effective hand size of 0 (due for example to a lot of gehena cards). My understanding is that I can't withdraw for the game.
Correct ?
> Timo wrote:
> The rulebook state that :
> >
> > Withdrawing from the Game :
> > You can also end your participation in the game by declaring your intent to withdraw from it. If you have exhausted your library and begin your turn with less than a full hand, you have the option to withdraw from the game.
> >
> If I have exhausted my library and an effective hand size of 0 (due for example to a lot of gehena cards). My understanding is that I can't withdraw for the game.
>
> Correct ?
>
Correct.
Prince of Paris, France
Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director
Why ?
You can't have less than zéro card in hand so I would rule that zéro is ok to withdraw...
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> Vlad wrote:
> Why ?
> You can't have less than zéro card in hand
>
Correct, so you can't fulfill the condition.
> Vlad wrote:
> so I would rule that zéro is ok to withdraw...
>
No, it wouldn't follow the rule.
Prince of Paris, France
Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director
Ok very strange for me.
Even if it's rather cornercase, I thought zero was a kind of "Magic" number and that less than 0 would still be 0 as you can't have -1 as a hand so I would have ruled wrongly that one...
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So if you play 7 Meddling of Semsmith (or any combo of this promo and Évents that reduce your hand) you can never withdraw ?
Very counter intuitive for me, but I will try not to forget this ruling.
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