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Joshua Duffin

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Sep 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/26/97
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I may have asked this before, but I couldn't find it on the Rulesmonger
mirror page, so I'm asking now:

Can you use Skin of Steel (inferior) to prevent the damage being done to
a vampire by a strike he/she played? Example: Muaziz plays Burst of Sunlight.
Can she use Skin of Steel to prevent the agg being done to her?

Thanks,

Josh

still can't quite get that weather control/dawn op deck to work


LSJ

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Sep 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/26/97
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Joshua Duffin wrote:
>
> I may have asked this before, but I couldn't find it on the Rulesmonger
> mirror page, so I'm asking now:
>
> Can you use Skin of Steel (inferior) to prevent the damage being done to
> a vampire by a strike he/she played? Example: Muaziz plays Burst of
> Sunlight.
> Can she use Skin of Steel to prevent the agg being done to her?

No. "damage from a strike" only includes the damage dealt by the
strike to the opposing minion. It does not include side-effect
damage, like from Burst of Sunlight or from a Zip Gun.
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L. Scott Johnson (vte...@wizards.com)
Official VtES Net.Rep for Wizards of the Coast.
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Joshua Duffin

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Sep 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/27/97
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LSJ (vte...@wizards.com) wrote:

: Joshua Duffin wrote:
: >
: > I may have asked this before, but I couldn't find it on the Rulesmonger
: > mirror page, so I'm asking now:
: >
: > Can you use Skin of Steel (inferior) to prevent the damage being done to
: > a vampire by a strike he/she played? Example: Muaziz plays Burst of
: > Sunlight.
: > Can she use Skin of Steel to prevent the agg being done to her?

: No. "damage from a strike" only includes the damage dealt by the
: strike to the opposing minion. It does not include side-effect
: damage, like from Burst of Sunlight or from a Zip Gun.
: --
: L. Scott Johnson (vte...@wizards.com)
: Official VtES Net.Rep for Wizards of the Coast.
: (*) - Subject to review by Rules Team

I'm willing to accept the ruling, but these cases don't look entirely
congruent to me. Zip Gun says the minion with the weapon "takes 1 damage
during strike resolution"; Burst of Sunlight (vtes) says "Strike: 1R,
aggravated, to all vampires in combat". So while the Zip Gun damage is
clearly a side-effect, the Burst looks to me like it is being inflicted
by a strike.

But if Skin of Steel (and similar cards) are meant to apply only to damage
done by opponents' strikes, that's fine too.

Josh

probably going to take this silly deck apart anyway; that whole burst/skin
of night/dawn op/weather control angle is so not working for me...


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