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Title: Teh Slavyness
Post by: michael/michaelssword on January 30, 2009, 12:51:22 PM

do you have to search and get a Evil Character from deck to put Amelekites Slave in opponents LoB

The Amalekites' Slave

Type: Evil Char. • Brigade: Gold/Brown • Ability: 4 / 4 • Class: None • Special Ability: If blocking, you may place this card in opponent's Land of Bondage to search your deck for a human Evil Character and add it to the battle. • Attributes: Male Egyptian • Identifiers: OT Male Human, Egypt • Verse: I Samuel 30:13 • Availability: Rock of Ages (Set 17)

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: TimMierz on January 30, 2009, 02:00:06 PM

No, you put it in your Land of Bondage to do those other things. Even if there is no human EC in the deck (or even no deck to search), he can enslave himself.

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: Gabe on January 30, 2009, 03:16:47 PM

Quote from: TimMierz on January 30, 2009, 02:00:06 PM

No, you put it in your Land of Bondage to do those other things. Even if there is no human EC in the deck (or even no deck to search), he can enslave himself.

+1

If there is a deck to search you would need to search it though, correct?  And if that deck contains a human EC you'd have to add it to battle, right? 

That's my assumption since it doesn't say "may" anywhere in the ability.

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: SirNobody on January 30, 2009, 03:37:10 PM

Hey,

Actually there is a may in the ability of The Amalekites' Slave, but I believe the may in a Cost/Benefit ability applies to the ability jointly so if you choose to do the cost you have to try to do the benefit (which differs from compound abilities - ala Reach of Desperation - where the may applies separately to each part).

So if you choose to capture the character you must search and if you find a human evil character you must add it to battle, but since the capture is the cost the capture will still work even if you are unable to search (don't have a draw pile left) or don't find a human evil character in your search.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: BubbleBoy on January 30, 2009, 06:14:41 PM

That's what I thought, but Caleb didn't believe me.

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: michael/michaelssword on January 30, 2009, 09:13:52 PM

I said not searching only because I had no more humans...That would have won me the game  :'(

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: BubbleBoy on January 31, 2009, 01:16:55 AM

Look, you keep saying that you could have won, but I had Burial pretty much all game, and I would have played it before you attacked with FSP, and even if I didn't, I still had mountains of defense!

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: michael/michaelssword on January 31, 2009, 09:35:25 AM

Reach+words+AoCP

Reach+Words+He Is Risen

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: BubbleBoy on January 31, 2009, 10:11:45 AM

Are you trying to prove something here?

Title: Re: Teh Slavyness
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on February 01, 2009, 02:06:13 AM

Caleb, stop dude, even if you coulda won...I point you to a song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maxLAq3RJN0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maxLAq3RJN0)

If you loss, no use crying over spilt milk.