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in tournament play, if you want the special ability to work you must tear it. in casual play, you dont have to tear it for it to work.

Yes, you must rip the card for it to work in tournament play.  In fact, I ripped 3 of the at Nationals.

When playing with my friends or online we don't rip Haman's Plot, we simply remove it from the game so that it cannot be gotten back and used twice.

You should agree on that beforehand. There is no rule that says "you don't have to tear this in casual play." His opponenent was well within his rights to insist it be torn if the special ability is used. Keep in mind, you can just play it for the numbers (not use the special ability) and then you don't have to tear it.

actually, i seem to remember rob ruling it that way regarding plots in casual matches; you dont have to rip it to use the special ability.

Ok next time I use it and/or see someone use it, I will clarify this.

You make up whatever rules you want in casual play.

You make up whatever rules you want in casual play.

This is very true. At my camp, we use rules we call Prairie Camp Rules (using the name of the camp.) For Storehouse, we can keep all of the cards in our hands during our turn, but at the end, you must decrease down to 8 cards. For Solomon's Temple, you can place any Artifact there instead of just Temple Artifacts. We also have a rule that you can place Dominants face-down on the table instead of holding them in your hand, along with many other special rules we have created.