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Updated per Rulebook 1.3
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=Errata=
Should read: “Play: If your opponent has more A than you, steal 1 Æmber.
Repeat the preceding effect if your opponent still has more A than you.”
=FAQ=
=FAQ=
'''My opponent has 14 Æmber in their pool and I have 0 in mine. At
'''My opponent has 14 Æmber in their pool and I have 0 in mine. At the start of my turn I select Shadows as the active house and play the card Bait and Switch (CoTA 267). How many times does Bait and Switch trigger?'''
the start of my turn I select Shadows as the active house and play
 
the card Bait and Switch (CoTA 267). How many times does Bait
In this situation, Bait and Switch’s effect will be triggered 2 times. When
and Switch trigger?
the effect is triggered for the first time time it checks if your opponent
'''In this situation, Bait and Switch’s effect will be triggered 7 times. Each
has more Æmber than you, and if they do it will repeat the first effect
time the effect is triggered it will check if your opponent still has more
again, stealing another Æmber. However, since the card says to repeat
Æmber than you, and if they do it will trigger again. So after the first
the preceding effect and not the whole effect it can only ever trigger
time the effect triggers you will have 1 Æmber and your opponent will
twice.
have 13, the second time you will have 2 Æmber and your opponent
will have 12, then 3 and 11, 4 and 10, 5 and 9, 6 and 8, then finally 7 and
7. Once both players have the same amount of Æmber when the effect
checks if your opponent has more Æmber than you the effect will see
that your opponent does not and the card effect will not trigger again.
Note: Repeating an effect does not interact with the Rule of Six (see
page 7), as the Rule of Six only applies to playing or using cards, not
triggering their effect multiple times.