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Primary Objective and access
« on: May 16, 2009, 12:50:40 PM »
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When a Hero uses Primary Objective, are they required to have access to the chosen Lost Soul?

For example, if Primary Objective is played on an OT Male, can Primary Objective rescue the Female or NT LS?

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Primary Objective
Brigade: Silver • Ability: 3/0 • Class: None • Special Ability: If making a rescue attempt, discard hand (minimum 7 cards) and select a lost soul in opponent's Land of Bondage. Opponent must discard hand or holder rescues that lost soul. Battle continues as a battle challenge.
« Last Edit: May 16, 2009, 12:59:26 PM by BrianGabe »
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 12:53:22 PM »
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I'd say no, access is not required (it can even be in a site), because the Holder, not the Hero, is rescuing the soul. Just a guess though.
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2009, 12:59:05 PM »
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So, disregard that example using the NT/Female LS, they're protected from rescue and not legal targets.  However, the question still remains, if the LS is in a Site that you don't have access to, can PO still rescue it?
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2009, 02:17:19 PM »
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So, disregard that example using the NT/Female LS, they're protected from rescue and not legal targets.  However, the question still remains, if the LS is in a Site that you don't have access to, can PO still rescue it?

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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2009, 03:05:01 PM »
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If Primary Objective was intended to give you access to all sites, the special ability would say that this hero has access to all sites; but it doesn't. So I would say that you must have access to a site, if the lost soul you want to rescue is in a site.

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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2009, 03:07:07 PM »
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I'd say yes, you can still rescue the ls with primary objective even if you don't have access. It says choose a ls, not "your hero rescues a ls." I think it works similarly to Son of God and New Jerusalem.  :) :2cents:
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2009, 03:11:24 PM »
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I'd say yes, you can still rescue the ls with primary objective even if you don't have access. It says choose a ls, not "your hero rescues a ls." I think it works similarly to Son of God and New Jerusalem.  :) :2cents:

Son of God and New Jerusalem are multi colored dominants. Where as Primary Objective is a good enhancement, subject to different rules and a single brigade.

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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2009, 03:14:15 PM »
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so, what if you played Long Day?  You would lose the battle, begin another, and get another LS.  You could win in 2 turns if they was right.....


I'd say yes, you can still rescue the ls with primary objective even if you don't have access. It says choose a ls, not "your hero rescues a ls." I think it works similarly to Son of God and New Jerusalem.  :) :2cents:

Son of God and New Jerusalem are multi colored dominants. Where as Primary Objective is a good enhancement, subject to different rules and a single brigade.
He meant that both can rescue a LS without access.

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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2009, 03:17:18 PM »
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I'd say yes, you can still rescue the ls with primary objective even if you don't have access. It says choose a ls, not "your hero rescues a ls." I think it works similarly to Son of God and New Jerusalem.  :) :2cents:
Yeah, I don't think you need access, as I agree that the rescue seems unrelated to the battle.


Son of God and New Jerusalem are multi colored dominants. Where as Primary Objective is a good enhancement, subject to different rules and a single brigade.
They're not multibrigade.  Dominants do not have brigades (or else nobody would play GotL  ::)).  Primary Objective is giving the holder the ability to rescue, which circumvents the need for access, IMO.


so, what if you played Long Day?  You would lose the battle, begin another, and get another LS.  You could win in 2 turns if they was right.....
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2009, 03:17:47 PM »
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Long day only works with a rescue attempt. If you play primary objective, it's a battle challenge Cameron.  :)
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2009, 03:30:18 PM »
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When a Rescue Attempt becomes a Battle Challenge, it is a failed rescue. This combo has been around for a while.
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2009, 05:10:11 PM »
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Wow... really? That's pretty awesome... I'm definitely going to base a deck on this.  ;D
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2009, 05:39:01 PM »
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Its not worth it believe me.... check out this thread....
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2009, 06:32:22 PM »
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Its not worth it believe me.... check out this thread....
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The problem isnt playing the long day to get the card back, the problem is gettin 7 more cards in your hand to discard everytime to make the combo work.  you have to have a lot of drawing cards in the combo and enough cards left in your deck ion order to get the combo to work


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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2009, 10:04:54 PM »
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Can we please get away from the Long Day discussion?  I would really like a ruling on this.

This was a question that came up during a "fun" game at the Iowa State Tournament between Gabe and me.  After consulting with Tim Maly (who was there, and made this excellent point), we agreed that Primary Objective could NOT rescue the NT Soul or the Woman-only Soul because those cards are restricted in what kind of card can target them (if New Jerusalem cannot target either of them, neither can PO).

That being said, I firmly believe that PO can target a soul in a site that the character PO is played on has no access to.  PO's wording is unlike any other enhancement's ability in that it specifically says that the holder rescues any selected lost soul.  It further says that the battle continues as a battle challenge, indicating that the battle has nothing to do with rescuing the lost soul.  Gabe disagrees and says the Hero must have access for PO to target the soul.

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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2009, 10:11:30 PM »
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Primary Objective:
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Brigade: Silver • Ability: 3/0 • Class: None • Special Ability: If making a rescue attempt, discard hand (minimum 7 cards) and select a lost soul in opponent's Land of Bondage. Opponent must discard hand or HOLDER rescues that lost soul. Battle continues as a battle challenge.
You select a lost soul, and then you rescue it, not your hero. The hero has nothing to do with this ability aside from the fact that he played the enhancement, so I don't think it's necessary for the hero to have access at all.
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2009, 10:23:40 PM »
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By that logic, you still could not rescue the female-only LS since you (the holder) are not a female hero or the Son of God; could not rescue the NT-only LS since you are the holder and not the hero; ditto for the */4-only LS.

FWIW, I think that access is irrelevant. This card clearly supercedes normal rescue rules, therefore LS access should be one of them.
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2009, 10:36:00 PM »
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I'm torn.  From my experience with someone trying to break TEAMS at last year's Nats by turning Doubt into a CTB card when it is not one (props), I would think that it is equally wrong for someone to turn PO into a site access card when it is not one.

However, based on the wording of the card, it does seem to be pretty specific that rescuing the soul has nothing to do with the hero.  In fact the hero isn't even in a rescue attempt anymore, but just a battle challenge.  Therefore, I think that I would tentatively rule that a site-protected LS COULD be rescued in this case.

Not being confident, I will of course defer to whatever the official decision is from Schaef/Bryon.

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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2009, 10:49:02 PM »
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I think that the cost is high enough to justify the reward.
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2009, 12:41:25 AM »
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I agree with those who say Primary Objective can rescue the Lost Soul from a site when no access exists.

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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2009, 07:36:56 AM »
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By that logic, you still could not rescue the female-only LS since you (the holder) are not a female hero or the Son of God; could not rescue the NT-only LS since you are the holder and not the hero; ditto for the */4-only LS.
And the first-rounder (on the first round). I never claimed you could rescue things like that.
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« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2009, 09:04:29 AM »
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... or the anti-banding LS if there are different-booked Heroes banded.  Or the Speed Bump if you have >10 in hand.  Or the anti-angel LS.

The question of Site access might not matter, it's starting to look like all your LS are protected anyway!  ;D

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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2009, 09:26:28 AM »
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And the first-rounder (on the first round). I never claimed you could rescue things like that.

I was suggesting that your evidence would not stand up in a court of Redemption law.  ;)

In your example, Arianna could not rescue the Female-only LS with Primary Objective.
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2009, 09:29:00 AM »
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In your example, Arianna could not rescue the Female-only LS with Primary Objective.
That is correct. What are you trying to say?
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Re: Primary Objective and access
« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2009, 09:29:37 AM »
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She can.
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