No gain from Border Village when exiled

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skillwinlucklose

Is this correct? I exiled a Border Village and did not get to gain a cheaper card. When I took the Border Village from exile I still got no cheaper card. Wasn't the card was "gained" when I exiled it?
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Ingix

No, you never gained that Border Village. From the Menagerie rulebook:

QuoteExiling a card from the Supply is not "gaining" the card, and will not cause "when you gain this"
abilities to happen. Discarding a card from your Exile mat is not gaining it either.

David Goldfarb

It does seem weird that you can get cards into your deck without ever gaining them, but the rulebook is clear on this point.

Ingix

Yes, it was possible before (like getting passed a card from Masquerade), but exiling is now a "major" way to do that.