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Rules Questions / Re: New Overlord with Highway
« on: December 18, 2019, 10:41:49 pm »
Another example of "while this is in play" vs. "when you play this".
Any effect that says "while this is in play" won't work with Overlord. The card isn't in play... the Overlord is. For Highway, you would get +1 Card / +1 Action but you wouldn't get the cost reduction. Another big one is Groundskeeper. No bonus VP when buying green, as no Groundskeeper is in play. Same with Goons if you can manage to Overlord a Goons. You get +1Buy and +$2 and the opponent discards down to 3 cards, but no bonus points for your buys, as no Goons is in play.
The classic "when you play this" card that does work with Overlord would be Bridge.
Any effect that says "while this is in play" won't work with Overlord. The card isn't in play... the Overlord is. For Highway, you would get +1 Card / +1 Action but you wouldn't get the cost reduction. Another big one is Groundskeeper. No bonus VP when buying green, as no Groundskeeper is in play. Same with Goons if you can manage to Overlord a Goons. You get +1Buy and +$2 and the opponent discards down to 3 cards, but no bonus points for your buys, as no Goons is in play.
The classic "when you play this" card that does work with Overlord would be Bridge.