<p>The runner can't lose a click if they don't have one left.</p>
<p>Enigma says: &quot;The runner loses [Click], if able&quot;.  The &quot;if able&quot; is the key phrase.  Without a click left, the runner cannot lose one, so the corp ability doesn't trigger.</p>
<p>All of the abilities that cause the runner to lose a click (there are 10 of them as of Reign and Reverie) have this &quot;if able&quot; qualifier.</p>

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<p>The Corp has <a href="https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/13028" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Seidr Laboratories: Destiny Defined</a> ID: „The first time each turn the Runner loses or spends click during a run, you may add 1 card from Archives to the top of R&amp;D“. </p>

<p>A runner performs a run spending her last click and encounters <a href="https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/25143" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Enigma</a>. Then the first Enigma's subroutine triggers: „The Runner loses click, if able“.</p>

<p>Does the corp add one card from archives to the top of R&amp;D?</p>

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Is the runner *able* to lose a click? By hypothesis, there are no clicks remaining. So the conclusion of the conditional statement of Enigma doesn't happen. No click lost.
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Does a runner lose a click when encountering Enigma with no clicks left?
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# Does a runner lose a click when encountering Enigma with no clicks left?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-02)

The Corp has [Seidr Laboratories: Destiny Defined](https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/13028) ID: „The first time each turn the Runner loses or spends click during a run, you may add 1 card from Archives to the top of R&D“.

A runner performs a run spending her last click and encounters [Enigma](https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/25143). Then the first Enigma's subroutine triggers: „The Runner loses click, if able“.

Does the corp add one card from archives to the top of R&D?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is the runner *able* to lose a click? By hypothesis, there are no clicks remaining. So the conclusion of the conditional statement of Enigma doesn't happen. No click lost.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-11-02. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

The runner can't lose a click if they don't have one left.

Enigma says: "The runner loses [Click], if able". The "if able" is the key phrase. Without a click left, the runner cannot lose one, so the corp ability doesn't trigger.

All of the abilities that cause the runner to lose a click (there are 10 of them as of Reign and Reverie) have this "if able" qualifier.


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