Earth Tags not registering properly

[coffeediction]

Hi, Ive had played yesterday and noticed following scenario:
1. First prelude cards played, one had 1 earth tag.
2. Next turn Red card played, 1 earth tag.
3. Next turn 2nd Red card played, 1 earth tag.

Now thanks to a few posts here, people saying red cards dont count OR they also say they count only during the turn they are played.
When I played the first prelude card, it counted as 1 earth tag which stayed overall for the entire game, then Ive played a red card and didnt get +1 just for this turn.

Which cards give permanent or 1-turn earth tags?
1. I assume red card's earth tags are not even counting same turn as +1 tag?
That makes the tags 100% useless on red cards or Im not sure why they are even there if they don't count :)
2. If they count as +1 just for the turn, there is definitely a bug, because I had 1 from prelude and played 2 red cards, which did not change it to +1 for just this turn.
Screenshots present.
Thanks

[JonSander]

Hello,

Red card's tags count only the moment you play them. Once played, they are not considered anymore (in the board game, when played, you put thes cards face masked).

Red card's tags are not useless :
1. You can use Titanium to play a red card having a Space tag.
2. They activate other cards or effects (for instance, "Earth Office" allows to pay 3 MC less for a card with a Earth tag).

[coffeediction]

Hi,
So with "that moment" you mean not that generation or turn? I see, then it makes sense.
Were there even Red cards with Earth Symbols before preludium?
In any case, thanks for clarification!

[AronFJenks]

Originally posted by coffeediction:

Him
So with "that moment" you mean not that generation or turn? I see, then it makes sense.
Were there even Red cards with Earth Symbols before preludium?
In any case, thanks for clarification!

Yes, quite a few Red (event) cards have earth tags in the 208-card CE deck, which means the Teractor discount would apply (as would the Earth office discount) when playing the card.

The rulebook does a decent job of explaining this. It says to play the red card, perform the effects, then turn it over, facedown and the tags no longer have any effect for the rest of the game. It doesn't say anything about the tags remaining in effect for the rest of that turn or generation.

[coffeediction]

Yeah makes total sense when there is such an order of action with the red cards.
One could say it gives +1 and after the effect is done -1 again but we dont see because of animations. Thanks guys