Question about Blueprint

[gwelty]

Blueprint "Copies *ability* of Joker to the right". So, does that include only the text in the middle of the card? Or does it also include any side text, such as "Holographic +10 Mult" or whatever?

I assume it's the former and not the latter, but I thought I'd ask.

[malogoss]

You can see it this way:

Blueprint in itself has its own edition. The card it copies also has its own edition.

(edition being holo, poly or foil)

[gwelty]

I may be misunderstanding, but I'm not sure that answers my question. Or... it's too cryptic for me to see how it answers my question. :-)

So Blueprint cards come in editions like foil. OK. But that doesn't tell me that Blueprint copies *the foil status* of the Joker to its right. It tells me, at best, that Blueprint copies Jokers that are also foil.

So, does Blueprint copy the foil status of Jokers? Or, to cut to the chase, what counts as the "ability" of a Joker? The text on the card, or the text on the side as well?

[sab0t]

it's a good question, i wondered the same initially, but it does not copy the edition statuses. still one of the best jokers there is IMO!

[gwelty]

OK, thanks.

The only reason I asked is that it affects where I put the Joker. One Joker was at x3 mult, and another was x3 mult +10 mult. I dragged Blueprint next to the latter, just to be sure. But one Joker's mult was linked to how many blinds I have skipped, so it kept changing.

[Draco18s]

Originally posted by gwelty:

So, does Blueprint copy the foil status of Jokers? Or, to cut to the chase, what counts as the "ability" of a Joker? The text on the card, or the text on the side as well?

No, specifically, because it has its own edition.

[Goblin]

Aside from it having it's own edition (usually standard), it also "should have been obvious" because it says copies ability - not copy edition, or copy joker. If the game had an enhancement for playing cards that says "copies the rank of card to the right" would you assume it copies that card's enhancement/edition too? You shouldn't - it copies rank.
Of course in practice this isn't actually obvious to a lot of people, probably because "ability" isn't explicitly defined anywhere. But it isn't like Blueprint is underdefined, it does exactly what it says it will do. Guess it's also just human nature to hope it does the more powerful option.

[gwelty]

Originally posted by Goblin:

Of course in practice this isn't actually obvious to a lot of people, probably because "ability" isn't explicitly defined anywhere.

Right. Thus my question. Compare this to Slay the Spire, which explicitly defines every keyword in a separate panel when you hover over the text of the card. Not a big deal, but it would have helped in this case.

My Blueprint didn't come in an edition (holo / poly / foil). Sure, *now* I know that can happen, since you (and malogloss, and Draco18s) have told me. But it's not like the following inference is a natural one: "the card I just got doesn't have any holo / poly / foil; *therefore* I should think it comes in holo / poly / foil."

Anyway, you guys have answered my question, so thanks!