Hi all, i am very new to the game and have never played any other card games like Magic:The Gathering before, so I'm a complete noobie at this. I have 2 main questions:

1) What exactly does "the max hand size is always enforced" mean? i.e. is it 6 or 7? (website says initially is 7. does initially refer to start of a match, or start of a round?) The reason I ask this is because I have lost many matches recently when I thought I was winning. Not sure if this is the so-called Defeat bug that many have mentioned, but I also happened to have around 6 or 7 cards in hand, a bazaar out, 10+ cards remaining in deck and I lost the game.

2) Is there damage taken from empty deck? e.g. 0 cards left in deck, 4 cards in hand, bazaar is out, or opponent plays a bad santa, etc.

Any help in understanding these issues would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!