<p>To gain a card is to take it from the lineup and move it to your discard pile. From page 9 of the <a href="http://szellemlovas.hu/tarsasjatekok/szabalyok/dc_comics.pdf" rel="nofollow">rulebook</a>:</p>

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  <p><strong>Gaining Cards</strong></p>
  
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    <p>When a card tells a player to gain a particular card
    or a card of your choice, that card is taken and
    immediately placed in that player’s discard pile at no
    additional cost, unless otherwise directed by the card.</p>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>

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2015-03-03T20:31:07.317Z
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GendoIkari
<p>Additionally, if you get a card from another player that is considered gaining a card as well.</p>

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Welcome to the site! your answer would be greatly improved if you added a bit more information so that it could stand on it's own.
Malco
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Charles Buege
<p>What exactly is meant by "gain" a card. For example, if I am asked to draw a card from my deck- have I gained the card? Or does gain only apply to cards from the lineup I gain for no cost (Cheetah,  Dark Knight )</p>

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What does "gain" mean?
Vincent Gaddis
# What does "gain" mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-03)

What exactly is meant by "gain" a card. For example, if I am asked to draw a card from my deck- have I gained the card? Or does gain only apply to cards from the lineup I gain for no cost (Cheetah, Dark Knight )

**Tags:** dc-comics-deck-building


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-03-03. Score: 3

To gain a card is to take it from the lineup and move it to your discard pile. From page 9 of the [rulebook](http://szellemlovas.hu/tarsasjatekok/szabalyok/dc_comics.pdf):

> **Gaining Cards**
>
> > When a card tells a player to gain a particular card
> > or a card of your choice, that card is taken and
> > immediately placed in that player’s discard pile at no
> > additional cost, unless otherwise directed by the card.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-11-22. Score: -1

Additionally, if you get a card from another player that is considered gaining a card as well.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Welcome to the site! your answer would be greatly improved if you added a bit more information so that it could stand on it's own.  

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