Need a burn counter clarification here (was:Temptation of your own Vampire)

Hello, i don't understand well logic behind the actual Temptation's "burn counter" interpretation (by the LSJ response copied below from the "Temptation of your own Vampire" thread), and i would like to get some explanation for it. How i can burn a counter that is not there ? A vampire with zero blood cannot "burn" a blood to play a Chiropteran Marauder at superior, is right ? Then, how a met is supposed to "burn" a counter, if the card (Temptation) has zero counter ? LSJ ? Thanks in advance Emiliano, vekn prince of Rome Francois Alix wrote: > IMHO, I think it is possible to burn zero counter to take control of a > bloodless Vampire... LSJ ? Yes, as per James Coupe's earlier response. -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

Tetragrammaton wrote: > > Hello, i don't understand well logic > behind the actual Temptation's "burn counter" interpretation > (by the LSJ response copied below from the "Temptation of your own Vampire" > thread), > and i would like to get some explanation for it. > How i can burn a counter that is not there ? You cannot. You can, however, burn zero counters (not "a counter") if you have zero counters. You can, in general, burn X counters if you have X (or more) counters. If X is zero, you need have only zero (or more) counters. > A vampire with zero blood cannot "burn" a blood to play a Chiropteran > Marauder at superior, is right ? Right. > Then, how a met is supposed to "burn" a counter, if the card > (Temptation) has zero counter ? You cannot burn "a" counter, but you could burn zero counters (if zero is sufficient for the card's effect, which it is for Temptation on a vampire with zero blood). [ quoted text not captured ]

"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote > "Tetragrammaton" <nospam_a...@hotmail.com> wrote > > Then, how a met is supposed to "burn" a counter, if the card > > (Temptation) has zero counter ? > > You cannot burn "a" counter, but you could burn zero counters (if > zero is sufficient for the card's effect, which it is for Temptation > on a vampire with zero blood). In response to the previous poster, I believe the card text says "burn all the counters," which is different from "burn a counter." Much like you could play a card that says "Tap all vampires" with no vampires in play, but you could not play a card that says "Tap a vampire" unless there were one available. It's a strange distinction, but there you go. - Jason Bell