Originally posted by
Pandaemonium
u/RiotExis for text clarity - I've been surprised multiple times now by effects that say "Draw an [X]" but don't actually draw it when it doesn't exist in your deck. In other card games, "Draw an [X]" effects activate regardless of whether that card exists in your deck.
Playing Expedition, both [[The Tuskraider]] and [[Lure of the Depths]] have surprised me when I didn't draw a card from them.
Could cards like Tuskraider say "Draw a Sejuani *from your deck*" instead of just saying "Draw a Sejuani"?
(is it appropriate to tag you in posts like this btw?)
You're always welcome to tag me! Disclaimers are that I won't always be able to respond, and when I do it'll be my perspective: I'm not an expert on all the things. I promise to always be honest when I have no idea what the f*ck I'm talking about though.
This is one I kind of know about, and went and confirmed with design folks so I don't speak out of turn. In LoR, Draw is intended to implicitly convey "from deck." You're right that some other games create different expectations, and maybe we pay some adjustment cost... but every word is precious. Our cards do lots of things, and if you think they're long in English you should see them in German!
If we can make a word mean a thing, distinctly and consistently, that can save us some card space and still be clear to players. But the devil is in the consistency... hence this post!
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