Seltyiel vs Smuggler question

[demigord]

Hi,

Smuggler: Before you act, display a random card from your hand. If defeated, discard it; if undefeated, bury it.

Seltyiel: Choose a weapon that doesn't have the 2-Handed trait and a spell that has the Attack trait. When you play one for your combat check, you may recharge the other to add 1d6 and that card's traits to the check.

Cards in hand:
Force Missile, Rapier

Random card chosen by Smuggler was Rapier. Played Force Missile and recharged Rapier to add 1d6 to check.

After the check the Rapier was not in my hand to discard or bury. Did I play this correctly?

Thanks
Gord

[jones314]

Hmmm... I think if you display a card you can't use it for something else, it's not in your hand anymore. So you don't get to reveal it for your combat check and then recharge it.

[NOG the Demoralizer]

Correct jones314, rapier was not in hand at the time of the check to defeat the Smuggler, and thus would not be useable in the fight, the attack check should have only been made with Force Missile. Discard or bury would still take effect at this point.

Smuggler is a hated card at our tables.

[coriolis]

From page 10 of the rulebook:

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When a character displays a card, it is not part of that character’s hand, deck, or discard pile, but it still belongs to that character.

AND

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If you are instructed to play, reveal, display, discard, recharge, bury, banish, or otherwise manipulate a card, that card must come from your hand unless otherwise specified.

So you couldn't use any of the rapier's powers (or a power from any other source that requires you to target it) once displayed.

[demigord]

Thanks everyone, especially coriolis for the relevant rules references!