Last night we were playing a shield burn deck against exiles in a BYOT format and got a little confused with this situation.

turn four exiles have int. I recurited LMD after he recurited and boosted to copy Illiyana(4 drop exiles). During his attack he used Warp shard on LMD. So when I boosted LMD he gaind the cost of 4, now he changes zones but is still targeted by shards.

What happens, does he leave play shifted with four counters or 0 counters. I realize cards become different when they change zones and you can have shift counters greater than it's cost.

We decided he was shifted with 0 counters. what are your thoughts?

Also, can a shifted character use boost when they come into play. For example LMD shifted in on five and coping a character.

Thanks,
Adam

I believe that Warp Shards would try to remove it with 4 (as its cost was 4), but once removed, you'd have to remove those counters as while removed from the game, it has a cost of 0 and cards can't have shift counters on them in excess of their cost.

Boost only works when recruiting, not while shifting (or substituting).

Thats what I thought....was hoping for a ruling. We'll stick with this until it gets roven wrong.

Thanks PI!