<p><strong>If the Well Stocked city has 2 supply cubes and is the bottom card of the Infection deck during an Epidemic, you will not remove any cubes.</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://images-cdn.zmangames.com/us-east-1/filer_public/21/6a/216a62af-fad8-40a9-9d1e-660e7adada93/zm7173-pls2_y-rules-20pp_en.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">On page 13 of the rulebook</a> (emphasis mine):</p>

<blockquote>
  <ol start="2">
  <li>Infect: <strong><em>Draw</em></strong> the bottom card from the  Infection deck. Remove all the Supply cubes  from that city and put them in the stockpile.  (Do not add Plague cubes if the city has no  Supply cubes.)</li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p>Well Stocked applies any time that city is drawn from the Infection deck, and step 2 of an Epidemic is a draw effect. The exact wording indicates you won't remove any supplies cubes. Users on BGG agree <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/27538879#27538879" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/27422100#27422100" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

<p>Edit: The BGG threads reference the back page of the manual, which makes this explicit (emphasis mine):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Infection improvements are in effect during:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Game set up</li>
  <li><strong><em>The Infect step during an Epidemic</em></strong></li>
  <li>The Infect step at the end of every player turn</li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

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+1 Both linked BGG threads reference the back page of the manual, so I've edited that into your answer.
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<p>The <em>Well Stocked</em> infection card improvement says</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If there are 2 or more supply cubes on this city when this card is drawn, do not remove any supply cubes. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>Does the card drawn from the bottom of the infection deck during the Infect step of an epidemic trigger this ability? Or is it only cards drawn from the top of the deck during the normal Infect phase at the end of a turn? </p>

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Does the Well Stocked improvement apply to epidemic infections?
mmathis
# Does the Well Stocked improvement apply to epidemic infections?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-01)

The *Well Stocked* infection card improvement says

> If there are 2 or more supply cubes on this city when this card is drawn, do not remove any supply cubes.

Does the card drawn from the bottom of the infection deck during the Infect step of an epidemic trigger this ability? Or is it only cards drawn from the top of the deck during the normal Infect phase at the end of a turn?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

**If the Well Stocked city has 2 supply cubes and is the bottom card of the Infection deck during an Epidemic, you will not remove any cubes.**

[On page 13 of the rulebook](https://images-cdn.zmangames.com/us-east-1/filer_public/21/6a/216a62af-fad8-40a9-9d1e-660e7adada93/zm7173-pls2_y-rules-20pp_en.pdf) (emphasis mine):

> 2. Infect: ***Draw*** the bottom card from the Infection deck. Remove all the Supply cubes from that city and put them in the stockpile. (Do not add Plague cubes if the city has no Supply cubes.)

Well Stocked applies any time that city is drawn from the Infection deck, and step 2 of an Epidemic is a draw effect. The exact wording indicates you won't remove any supplies cubes. Users on BGG agree [here](https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/27538879#27538879) and [here](https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/27422100#27422100).

Edit: The BGG threads reference the back page of the manual, which makes this explicit (emphasis mine):

> Infection improvements are in effect during:
>
> * Game set up
> * ***The Infect step during an Epidemic***
> * The Infect step at the end of every player turn

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: +1 Both linked BGG threads reference the back page of the manual, so I've edited that into your answer.  

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