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Cardtext:
Vagabond Mystic [SW:U]
Cardtype: Ally
Unique [mortal] with 2 life. 0 strength, 0 bleed.
Tap Vagabond Mystic to move 1 life counter from the blood bank to an ally
you control if that ally has fewer life than his or her starting amount. The
Vagabond Mystic cannot block vampires.
Questions:
1) Can the VM use his ability on himself? Guessing yes, since he's "an ally
you control."
2) Can the VM use his ability during combat? Guessing yes, since (unlike War
Ghoul) there's no card text to prohibit this.
3) Assuming the answers to 1 & 2 are both "yes," suppose Baldesar Rossellini
has rushed the VM and is striking hands for 2. Can the VM tap himself to
reduce the damage to 1 and not die? I'm guessing no, since there's an
incoming "packet" of 2 damage that the VM has to handle all at once, so he's
at 2 life, then he's at 0 life and burned, and there's no intermediate point
at which he's at 1 and can tap himself to add a life.
I controlled Baldesar in a game on Thursday, and I let the VM's controller
do this, just to keep the game moving, but it didn't seem right at the time.
As it turned out, it was more fun to kill the War Ghoul a couple of turns
later.![Smile :) :)](/data/assets/smilies/smile.gif)
4) What if it's Frederick the Weak with an Animalism skill card doing the
rushing, and it's little Carrion Crows for 1 and hands for 1? Pretty sure
it's still a damage "packet" of 2, so the answer's the same as (3), but
while I had your attention, I figured I'd check on this one too.
Thx,
Pat
Cardtext:
Vagabond Mystic [SW:U]
Cardtype: Ally
Unique [mortal] with 2 life. 0 strength, 0 bleed.
Tap Vagabond Mystic to move 1 life counter from the blood bank to an ally
you control if that ally has fewer life than his or her starting amount. The
Vagabond Mystic cannot block vampires.
Questions:
1) Can the VM use his ability on himself? Guessing yes, since he's "an ally
you control."
2) Can the VM use his ability during combat? Guessing yes, since (unlike War
Ghoul) there's no card text to prohibit this.
3) Assuming the answers to 1 & 2 are both "yes," suppose Baldesar Rossellini
has rushed the VM and is striking hands for 2. Can the VM tap himself to
reduce the damage to 1 and not die? I'm guessing no, since there's an
incoming "packet" of 2 damage that the VM has to handle all at once, so he's
at 2 life, then he's at 0 life and burned, and there's no intermediate point
at which he's at 1 and can tap himself to add a life.
I controlled Baldesar in a game on Thursday, and I let the VM's controller
do this, just to keep the game moving, but it didn't seem right at the time.
As it turned out, it was more fun to kill the War Ghoul a couple of turns
later.
![Smile :) :)](/data/assets/smilies/smile.gif)
4) What if it's Frederick the Weak with an Animalism skill card doing the
rushing, and it's little Carrion Crows for 1 and hands for 1? Pretty sure
it's still a damage "packet" of 2, so the answer's the same as (3), but
while I had your attention, I figured I'd check on this one too.
Thx,
Pat