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A player, 29 July 2007
This post is in regard to your response on this thread: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=59778
The followers created by Matsu Benika are cards. This leads to a few questions: 1. For a tournament, do they need to be represented by L5R cards or some type of proxies? 2. Do they need to be sleeved like your fate deck? 3. Would they go to your fate deck discard pile if destroyed? 4. If destroyed and in your fate deck discard pile, could they be shuffled into your fate deck by a card effect? 5. If a card effect allows followers to be played from the discard pile, would their gold cost be zero?
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 30 July 2007
This post is in regard to your response on this thread: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=59778
The followers created by Matsu Benika are cards. This leads to a few questions: 1. For a tournament, do they need to be represented by L5R cards or some type of proxies? 2. Do they need to be sleeved like your fate deck? 3. Would they go to your fate deck discard pile if destroyed? 4. If destroyed and in your fate deck discard pile, could they be shuffled into your fate deck by a card effect? 5. If a card effect allows followers to be played from the discard pile, would their gold cost be zero?
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