Apparently even the 2 designers are usually not utterly in settlement over this problem. It has come up on BGG greater than as soon as. This thread references two different threads the place every designer provides an opinion on whether or not or not it’s best to discard on the finish of flip.

Jarret Gray says:

Discard is a part of cross. The playing cards are
presupposed to return instantly to
their respective piles. This can
create some fascinating timing
results, like blocking an opponent
from drawing an excellent card. The draw back
is that when a participant discards you
have to attend for them. If the playing cards go
again on the finish of the flip then you definitely
can keep on the sport whereas they
quantity crunch. The recreation is meant to
be performed the primary means.

Carl de Visser says:

You ought to nonetheless meet the cardboard restrict
on the finish of the flip. Checking the
guidelines, that is solely implied within the End
of the Round part with “Once
discards are full”. Basically
there must be one other examine on the
finish of the flip.

de Visser was particularly responding to the query of buying a governor card after passing, Gray was not. He was solely answering the overall query of whether or not discarding happens after passing or on the finish of the flip. So he in all probability wasn’t contemplating the odd circumstance of getting one other card after passing. Had that case been introduced up he might need stated each, as did de Visser, however all we have now to go on is what they did say and Gray clearly says you do not discard on the finish of the flip.

The rules-as-written are fairly express that discarding solely happens instantly after passing. That can be supported by the remark of 1 designer, however explicitly contradicted by the opposite. So there’s actually proof to again up both ruling, however no definitive reply.

Personally, I do not like the thought of exceeding the cardboard restrict for a full flip, and actually don’t love the thought of getting to attain playing cards that exceed the restrict. So I’ll in all probability go along with discarding after passing and in addition on the finish of the flip. I could even contemplate instant discard as that makes essentially the most sense to me, and there’s some slight justification for that within the guidelines.