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Gabe and I discussed this (since I was running Plot) and our plan is to make mention of this in the Tournament Guide under the "Haman's Plot" paragraph.

Basically if it's known for certain where the Plot came from you remove it from that (deck or Reserve). If it could have been from either, you can choose from where it gets removed.

Example 1: 2 Plots in Reserve, 2 in deck. You rip one before taking any cards from Reserve therefore it must have been one from deck and it gets removed from deck.

Example 2: 2 Plots in Reserve, 2 in deck. You shuffle a Plot with Gain LS and then draw one and rip it. There's no way to know where it originally came from so you can choose either deck or Reserve.

Example 3: 1 Plot in Reserve, 1 in deck. You have the "deck Plot" in hand, but during battle you grab the other one with Wages of Sin. You play one of them--since they were both in hand, you could choose which one gets removed ("deck Plot" or "Reserve Plot").

Similar to how a negated draw requires an element of trust that the same cards are put back, there will be certain situations where it is up to the player to be honest about the other in which he got them/played them.

Following the removal of the Plot, the corresponding location (Deck or Reserve) then has a corresponding good card removed also to maintain balance. Correct?

Correct, so you HAVE to make sure your main deck can remove cards per Plots.  Can't run a 100-101 card deck with plot main deck, unless you checked in a second one.

It is not illegal to use a 100 or 101 card deck with Haman's Plot(s) in T2, but if any Plots are ripped then the deck cannot be used for the remainder of the tournament.

You can check on in, but if you rip a plot before the last round, you are DQed.

You aren't necessarily DQ-ed, but that deck is. If it was the only deck you checked in, then you would be DQ-ed...

Haman's Plot is the reason I think players should only be able to check in one deck.  Using a Plot should actually be an in-tournament trade-off and not just a financial cost.

I mean I've played Haman's Plot about 25 times (using 1 deck) in my last five tournaments  (2 states, 2 regionals and Nationals) and I've only ripped one. Haman's Gallows is a thing 

Quote from: The Guardian on August 12, 2018, 12:40:41 PM

Quote from: Kor on August 12, 2018, 08:41:32 AM

Haman's Plot is the reason I think players should only be able to check in one deck.  Using a Plot should actually be an in-tournament trade-off and not just a financial cost.

I mean I've played Haman's Plot about 25 times (using 1 deck) in my last five tournaments  (2 states, 2 regionals and Nationals) and I've only ripped one. Haman's Gallows is a thing 

Interesting, do you find yourself ending up with them in hand not using them while waiting for Gallows?  Or how do you balance those decisions?

The one he ripped was against me in T2. There was a slight hesitation, but not a lot.  I was playing a Daniel deck and got a pretty quick setup, so I am thinking he was feeling like he needed to do something before it was too late. I think he got Michael, Daniel and Foretelling Angel if I am not mistaken.

...he won...

The details just to say I think it’s more situational than anything, but when it’s a time that you should play it, don’t worry about Gallows.

Nice, I like the idea of keeping them in reserve until needed, and then grabbing them later on (possibly with wages of sin).