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I have a couple questions involving Samuel Decks.

1. If you start a rescue with Samuel, band to Armorbearer, and than to Ehud, Numbers are 17/14. Ehud has First Strike. What happens if the opponent blocks with ASA with 2K horses, play ability negated by Samuel, numbers are 14/14, it is mutual destruction, and what would happen, and who has inniciative? Ehud has first strike and would not die, but would the attacker get to play the first enhancement since Sam and Armor are dying?

2.What happens if you Put Angel under the Oak into battle, exchange with Samuel, band to Armorbearer, and he banded to Gideon, who is now Protected. The opponent then blocks with Nebuchadnezzar, and uses Head of Gold to capture Samuel and Armorbearer. Gideon has iniciative. He plays Samuels Edict, and negates Head of Gold and Discards Nebuchandezzar, would this ability be CBN? He is the only hero in battle when the card is played, but not after the special ability negates Head of Gold, and the CBN if only hero in battle part is sam or a judge with no special ability is after the negate part. What happens?

Partial first strike has always confused me so I don't know the answer for 1.

When a single character has first strike, that side of battle has first strike unless that character is removed from battle. I think.

When a single character has first strike, that side of battle has first strike unless that character is removed from battle. I think.

As long as one or more characters on the side of a battle have first strike then the whole side has first strike.

This is incorrect.  Only characters with first strike have first strike.

General Description
A first strike ability allows a character to survive if a battle ends in the mutual destruction state.
 
How to Play
First strike applies to the rules of initiative during battle and in battle resolution at the end of battle. The following conditions are important for determining initiative and battle resolution:
 one or more characters in battle have a first strike ability
 the battle is in the mutual destruction state
 the strength of a first strike character is greater than or equal to the toughness of all the character(s) on the other side of battle
If these conditions are met, then the battle is moved to the Hero winning or Evil Character winning state (whichever one is in favor of the character with first strike).

Only characters with first strike have the ability and can survive mutual destruction, as per the ability.  You also do not get to add the strength of non-FS characters to the FS character's in order to determine the strength of FS.  It is separate.

In this case, only Ehud's strength would apply for first strike to determine if the battle is in a hero winning condition, and only he would survive mutual destruction.

Quote from: Minion of Jesus on April 05, 2014, 07:58:56 PM

When a single character has first strike, that side of battle has first strike unless that character is removed from battle. I think.

Quote from: KoalaKingoFA on April 05, 2014, 09:40:08 PM

As long as one or more characters on the side of a battle have first strike then the whole side has first strike.

This is incorrect.  Only characters with first strike have first strike.

Quote from: REG

General Description
A first strike ability allows a character to survive if a battle ends in the mutual destruction state.
 
How to Play
First strike applies to the rules of initiative during battle and in battle resolution at the end of battle. The following conditions are important for determining initiative and battle resolution:
 one or more characters in battle have a first strike ability
 the battle is in the mutual destruction state
 the strength of a first strike character is greater than or equal to the toughness of all the character(s) on the other side of battle
If these conditions are met, then the battle is moved to the Hero winning or Evil Character winning state (whichever one is in favor of the character with first strike).

Only characters with first strike have the ability and can survive mutual destruction, as per the ability.  You also do not get to add the strength of non-FS characters to the FS character's in order to determine the strength of FS.  It is separate.

In this case, only Ehud's strength would apply for first strike to determine if the battle is in a hero winning condition, and only he would survive mutual destruction.

Oh man. Everything I knew about first strike... Out the window...

So would the Sam/armor/Ehud side get iniciative?

Thank you! So, to clarify, if It is mutual destruction, and one side has  partial first strike, than the iniciative is determined by the first strike offence compared to the other sides total defense?