Or you could lose it in a tournament and then the other guy has an option to ransom it back.
Both delightfully cruel and also definitely historically accurate, nice
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Mind you I suppose something like that might only be possible in exceptional circumstances, insomuch as those taking part took it as read they were risking it happening, like for instance if a version of the Melee part of tournaments was ever brought in.