Card rules · 2026-10-29
Who Keeps the Points When a Player Changes Teams?
A current team list does not necessarily describe who owned points when they were earned. Team membership and historical score ownership are different records.
A current team list does not necessarily describe who owned points when they were earned. Team membership and historical score ownership are different records.
A five-point example
In a non-money team-card exercise, player A earns five points while assigned to Red. A later joins Blue. The rules might leave those five points with Red or transfer a defined personal total with A. Neither outcome follows merely from A now appearing under Blue.
First check whether a mid-match change is permitted at all. Then identify the event that makes the change effective. A request made during a hand might apply only to the next hand, depending on the stated conditions.
Keep personal and team totals distinct
A personal record can continue to show that A earned five points without determining which team's current total includes them. If the rules permit a transfer, the adjustment should be recorded explicitly; the points should not remain credited to both teams by accident.
Changing the roster is not a second scoring event. A transfer, if permitted, moves the existing contribution between team totals. The combined points should not increase simply because A appears under a new team name.
A transfer must balance on both sides
If Red has twelve points including A's five and Blue has seven, transferring those five produces Red seven and Blue twelve. Leaving Red at twelve while raising Blue to twelve duplicates the contribution. Under a no-transfer rule the original totals remain twelve and seven. Both policies can be described clearly; combining their arithmetic cannot.