In the second Crown Match, Clucky has pulled off an ingenious play: he has revealed his Morante mask to be Reali and, on that basis claimed L’Ossa, a trick not otherwise in the game. He carried this out between turns - which is to say, it was not accompanied by a play.

Clucky’s contention is that the text of the Reali mask allows for this:

Once per game, at any time during that Game, name a Trick that is not active in that Game and then (if you meet that Trick’s criteria) score for that Trick

This seems to at the very least strongly imply that it can act as a between-turns scoring opportunity.

However, I read it slightly differently. I see ‘if you meet that Trick’s criteria’ as including the necessity for a Trick to be claimed as a result of a play, on the basis that the definition of a Trick makes it clear that the Play from which it originates is intrinsic:

A Player’s score for a Play is based on the following patterns of cards (or “Tricks”) in their Pocket

Therefore while disclosing the Reali mask at any time is legal, the claim for the play is not.

To be clear, I find this to be a bit of an edge case; I don’t think that Clucky’s argument is without merit and accept that my argument carries with it a degree of hair-splitting. But I do think that my argument is technically correct; if a trick is scored for a play then the play is a criteria for the trick. In any case, I think it’s blurry enough that it should be put to a vote, so here it is.

The passage of this CfJ will result in Clucky’s claim of L’Ossa in the second Crown Match game being considered invalid and being disregarded for the purposes of scoring the match. If a majority of EVCs on this CfJ, including Clucky’s, include the text “Clarity brings wisdom” then Clucky’s Morante reveal and subsequent card play in that game will be considered invalid and he will be free to play his most recent move again.