Sorry I took so long! I had a busy weekend. I'm glad you went ahead without me
Happy to continue with your blessing.
A few answers, based on my interpretation of the contest.
hhelibebcofnena is correct on each count attempted.
If creating a victory card, would it be disqualified if it gave vanilla VP? (Like would Island or Tunnel be disqualified)?
For additional clarity:
Island and
Tunnel qualify for the challenge because they have an Action and Reaction effect respectively that do not have any Vanilla++ effects.
Nobles and
Harem do not because
Nobles is an Action with Vanilla++ effects and
Harem is simply worth $2. The way in which a Victory card is worth VP is irrelevant.
Does +$1/card per _____ count? (like vault, harvest, crossroads etc.)
I think this covers the Philosopher's Stone issue as well and is better worded as: "Does a Vanilla++ that scales based upon a condition qualify for the challenge?"
Thinking about it,
Watchtower's draw is a draw which scales from 0 to 6 based upon your hand size, so I think I have to say that
Harvest and
Philosopher's Stone count (
Vault doesn't because it has +2 Cards and the first
Crossroads gives +3 Actions, but the scaling would be fine).
I've updated the requirements to match this revelation.
I will +1 entries for clarity.