Match Highlight item – Cards you can capture glow gold

It’s the cheapest item: it makes cards in your hand that match a table card glow gold.

At a glance

What kind of item is it?

In Go-Stop, you can capture when the card in your hand is the same month as a card on the table. When playing face to face, you have to keep checking the table and your hand by eye. Match Highlight does that job for you, making the matching cards in your hand glow gold.

Let’s look at the effect in detail

• On your turn, the cards in your hand that are the same month as a table card get a gold outline and a star-shaped sparkle.
• Once used, the mark is turned on throughout this round on every turn you have to play a card.
• No mark is put on Bonus Junk (Service Junk). That’s because Bonus Junk has no month, so it can’t match a table card.
• The message says ‘Cards you can capture are glowing’.

Let’s check with an example (calculated with the game engine)

Let’s say the 8 table cards are from March, April, May, June, July, August, October and December, and you hold 10 cards. The cards that glow are then as follows.

How to use

1. Step 1 When it’s your turn and you need to play a card, tap the Match Highlight picture on the item shelf. The item pictures are arranged in 2 columns and 5 rows. Hover over one with the mouse and a small tooltip shows its effect (or the reason you can’t use it).
2. Step 2 The game pauses briefly, the screen dims, and an ‘Item’ description window opens. A large picture is on the left; the name, HP price and effect description are on the right.
3. Step 3 Press [Use] and it takes effect right away. If you have an owned copy from a gift, it goes down by 1 (HP isn’t used); if you have none, the price is deducted from your HP.
4. Step 4 When you can’t use it right now, [Use] is dimmed and the reason appears in red text (for example: Not enough HP, Can only be used on your turn).
5. Step 5 If you’d rather not use it and just close the window, press [Close] (or the Esc key). The item and your HP stay as they were, and the game continues.

Item
	Match Highlight 100 HP Makes cards in your hand that match the table glow gold Owned N — no HP used  /  My HP ○○ → after use △△
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The picture above shows the description window redrawn as text. ○○ and △△ show your own HP.

You can also use the keyboard: Enter or Space = press the selected button, Left/Right arrow keys or Tab = move between buttons.

When is a good time to use it?

• It’s a big help when you’re still unfamiliar with Hwatu and find it hard to spot by eye which cards match the table.
• At 100 HP it’s the cheapest, so it’s easy on anyone trying an item for the first time.
• If several cards are marked, you have to judge for yourself which one to capture. It doesn’t mean a glowing card is always the best choice.
• Used together with Extra Time, you can look over the glowing cards at your own pace.

Things to watch out for and limits

These are the conditions for use set by the game.

HP and the daily gift

Items are paid for with HP (Healing Points). The moment you press [Use], HP goes down by the price, and if you don’t have enough HP you can’t use it (your balance never goes negative). HP can be earned as a reward for winning a round or making a great hand.

An item received as a gift is shown next to its shelf picture as ×count. When you use that item, one owned copy is used first instead of HP, and HP doesn’t go down. If you have an owned copy you can use it even when you’re short of HP (the once-per-round limit still applies, though).

Frequently asked questions

All 10 items at a glance

Tap a name to go to that item’s post. All ten can be used now.

Learn more

· See all game item posts
· HealingMatgo Hand Guide (if you’re curious about scoring and rules)
· Download the game → https://healingmatgo.com/download

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