<p>Further clarification isn't needed. Under the <strong>Eradicating a Disease</strong> section you quoted (<strong>emphasis</strong> mine), the rules instruct you to put the cubes away, they will not be used for the rest of the game.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If a cure for a given disease has been discovered and all of the disease cubes of that color have been removed from the board, ﬂip the Cure marker for the disease to the “Sunset” side. From now on, cards of this color have no eﬀect when drawn on the Infector’s turn. <strong>Take all of the cubes of the eradicated color and place them back in the box—they will not be used again for the rest of the game</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The only exception to this rule would be from the <strong>Pandemic: On the Brink</strong> expansion Virulent Strain card Hidden Pocket, where it is possible for a disease that has been eradicated to come back.
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mn5t3.jpg" alt="If the Virulent Strain has been eradicated and at least one city of its color is in the Infection Discard Pile, flip its marker to cured and add 1 cube to every city of its color in the discard pile.  Otherwise, ignore this event."></p>

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<p>I suspect not, because the rule on Eradicating Disease states:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>From now on, cards of this color have no effect when drawn on the
  Infector's turn. Take all of the cubes of the eradicated color and
  place them back in the box - they will not be used again for the rest
  of the game.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>However, Epidemics do not occur during the Infector's turn, and the Epidemic rules state:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Take the bottom card from the Infection Draw Pile and add 3 cubes to
  the city pictured on the card, then place the card into the Infection
  Discard Pile.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>There are more rules in this section but none of them clarify whether there is an exception.</p>

<p>So I don't know which of the two rules the game designers intended to take precedence. So I would like a definitive answer to the question: For the bottom card drawn during epidemic, are 3 cubes added to the city pictured, when the disease in that city's region has already been eradicated?</p>

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Bottom card drawn during epidemic: Are 3 cubes added to the city pictured, when the disease in that city's region has already been eradicated?
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# Bottom card drawn during epidemic: Are 3 cubes added to the city pictured, when the disease in that city's region has already been eradicated?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-21)

I suspect not, because the rule on Eradicating Disease states:

> From now on, cards of this color have no effect when drawn on the
> Infector's turn. Take all of the cubes of the eradicated color and
> place them back in the box - they will not be used again for the rest
> of the game.

However, Epidemics do not occur during the Infector's turn, and the Epidemic rules state:

> Take the bottom card from the Infection Draw Pile and add 3 cubes to
> the city pictured on the card, then place the card into the Infection
> Discard Pile.

There are more rules in this section but none of them clarify whether there is an exception.

So I don't know which of the two rules the game designers intended to take precedence. So I would like a definitive answer to the question: For the bottom card drawn during epidemic, are 3 cubes added to the city pictured, when the disease in that city's region has already been eradicated?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-03-21. Score: 16 | Accepted answer

Further clarification isn't needed. Under the **Eradicating a Disease** section you quoted (**emphasis** mine), the rules instruct you to put the cubes away, they will not be used for the rest of the game.

> If a cure for a given disease has been discovered and all of the disease cubes of that color have been removed from the board, ﬂip the Cure marker for the disease to the “Sunset” side. From now on, cards of this color have no eﬀect when drawn on the Infector’s turn. **Take all of the cubes of the eradicated color and place them back in the box—they will not be used again for the rest of the game**.

The only exception to this rule would be from the **Pandemic: On the Brink** expansion Virulent Strain card Hidden Pocket, where it is possible for a disease that has been eradicated to come back.
![If the Virulent Strain has been eradicated and at least one city of its color is in the Infection Discard Pile, flip its marker to cured and add 1 cube to every city of its color in the discard pile.  Otherwise, ignore this event.](https://i.sstatic.net/mn5t3.jpg)


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