<p>The only way you gain a card is if the card specifically says the word "gain" or when you spend money to buy it off of a supply pile. Anything else that results in you having a new card in your deck is not a "gain".</p>

<p>Edit: Total brain fart, thanks commenters!</p>

CC BY-SA 2.5
2011-03-04T15:17:12.313Z
This is not true.  Many other cards let you "gain" a card without buying it (like Workshop or Mine), but they always use the word "gain" in the card text.  Masquerade specifically does not use the word "gain", which is why Watchtower doesn't work against it.
lilserf
CC BY-SA 2.5
2011-03-04T15:20:25.923Z
That would be wrong.  I can think of more than a dozen cards that specify you gain cards: Feast, Mine, Remodel, Thief, Witch, Workshop, Baron, Bureaucrat, Ironworks, Saboteur, Swindler, Torturer, Trading Post, Upgrade... and that's just from Base and Intrigue!
Powerlord
CC BY-SA 2.5
2011-03-04T16:09:44.007Z
On the plus side, the rare "Peer Pressure" badge is now yours to claim!
Pat Ludwig
CC BY-SA 2.5
2011-03-04T15:13:03.420Z
2011-03-06T06:36:47.793Z
2011-03-06T06:36:47.793Z
Keith Twombley
<p>No.  A passed card is not considered a gained card.</p>

<p><strong>From the <a href="http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_306_gameRules.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Intrigue rulebook</a>:</strong></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“Pass” – when a player passes a card to another player, he places that card face down on the table between himself and the other player. The receiving player then takes the card from the table and puts it in his hand. A passed card is not revealed to the other players. A passed card is not considered to be trashed or discarded by the player passing it and it is not considered to be gained by the player receiving it.</p>
</blockquote>

CC BY-SA 2.5
2011-03-02T22:06:03.240Z
I looked in the rulebook, but apparently not at the right section.  Whoops.
Powerlord
CC BY-SA 2.5
2011-03-02T21:49:19.183Z
2011-03-02T22:09:10.483Z
2011-03-02T22:09:10.483Z
Chris Persichetti
<p>As a reaction card, Watchtower can be revealed whenever you gain a card.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mszW6.jpg" alt="Watchtower card"></p>

<p>Does this apply to the card you receive from other players during a Masquerade?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/RaAdf.jpg" alt="Masquerade card"></p>

<dominion><dominion-intrigue><dominion-prosperity>
Watchtower when someone uses a Masquerade
Powerlord
# Watchtower when someone uses a Masquerade

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-03-02)

As a reaction card, Watchtower can be revealed whenever you gain a card.

![Watchtower card](https://i.sstatic.net/mszW6.jpg)

Does this apply to the card you receive from other players during a Masquerade?

![Masquerade card](https://i.sstatic.net/RaAdf.jpg)

**Tags:** dominion, dominion-intrigue, dominion-prosperity


---

## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2011-03-02. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

No. A passed card is not considered a gained card.

**From the [Intrigue rulebook](http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_306_gameRules.pdf):**

> “Pass” – when a player passes a card to another player, he places that card face down on the table between himself and the other player. The receiving player then takes the card from the table and puts it in his hand. A passed card is not revealed to the other players. A passed card is not considered to be trashed or discarded by the player passing it and it is not considered to be gained by the player receiving it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I looked in the rulebook, but apparently not at the right section.  Whoops.  

---

### Answer by username_1 on 2011-03-04. Score: -3

The only way you gain a card is if the card specifically says the word "gain" or when you spend money to buy it off of a supply pile. Anything else that results in you having a new card in your deck is not a "gain".

Edit: Total brain fart, thanks commenters!

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This is not true.  Many other cards let you "gain" a card without buying it (like Workshop or Mine), but they always use the word "gain" in the card text.  Masquerade specifically does not use the word "gain", which is why Watchtower doesn't work against it.  
> **username_0**: That would be wrong.  I can think of more than a dozen cards that specify you gain cards: Feast, Mine, Remodel, Thief, Witch, Workshop, Baron, Bureaucrat, Ironworks, Saboteur, Swindler, Torturer, Trading Post, Upgrade... and that's just from Base and Intrigue!  
> **username_3**: On the plus side, the rare "Peer Pressure" badge is now yours to claim!  

---

