Slayer Oath/Reclaiming the Fallen

[sammann11 70]

I'm playing a dwarf deck. Let's say I have 5 units in my discard pile. If I play the Slayer Oath (Target unit gains 1 P for every unit in your discard pile) then play Reclaiming the Fallen (put all units in your discard pile into one of your zones) does the unit I targeted with Slaer Oath still gain the additional 5 P or is this a constant effect thing were he gains 0?

[HappyDD 33]

This is one of those things that goes all the way back to "How does Toxic Hydra work?" Cool people like me think that Toxic Hydra does not create a constant effect but is a one shot thing, but that was never clarified in writing. So the analogue here is "Does Slayer Oath create a constant that the unit gains P = # units in discard pile that is on until the end of the turn? Or does it simply check # when you play it?" I would play it's a one time thing, again because I am cool, but coolness has no weight in rule interpretations and I have been wrong in the past. Many, many times.

 

For what it is worth: I was playing a game with Brad Andres present and he ruled that Toxic Hydra created a constant effect. That means that using the same logic he employed in a most uncool fashion, the Slayer Oath would result in the unit gaining 0 P after you play Reclaiming the Fallen.

[Papa Midnight 73]

I fully agree with you HappyDD, as does our small group of players. (total of 6)

[HappyDD 33]

Wait, you agree with the cool interpretation or the uncool one? Be cool.