LSJ Mercy for Seth and Memories of Mortality

Can a vampire afflicted by Memories of Morality still use Mercy for Seth to burn an Imbued, or indeed any ally? Mercy for Seth Cardtype: Combat Cost: 1 blood Discipline: Necromancy [nec] Strike: put this card on the opposing minion. If this minion is a mortal, he or she is burned. During his or her untap phase, the minion with this card takes 1 unpreventable damage. The minion with this card may burn it as a +1 stealth action. [NEC] As above, and this strike inflicts 1 damage as well. Memories of Mortality Master, 1 Pool Put this card on a vampire; this vampire cannot attempt to block allies. Any damage the vampire inflicts on allies is reduced to 0. The vampire may burn 1 blood during his or her controller's influence phase to burn this card; he or she then goes into torpor. As a non-damaging strike, I would argue that they can? However, is a burn effect synonmous with damage? If it is, I would conclude that they cannot. Thanks, Paul

On 9 Jun 2006 02:24:03 -0700, "Temporis" <Reid...@aol.com> wrote: >Can a vampire afflicted by Memories of Morality still use Mercy for >Seth to burn an Imbued, or indeed any ally? Any mortal, yes. It will not harm other allies until the untap phase damage kicks in. >Mercy for Seth >Cardtype: Combat >Cost: 1 blood >Discipline: Necromancy >[nec] Strike: put this card on the opposing minion. If this minion is >a mortal, he or she is burned. During his or her untap phase, the >minion with this card takes 1 unpreventable damage. The minion with >this card may burn it as a +1 stealth action. >[NEC] As above, and this strike inflicts 1 damage as well. >Memories of Mortality >Master, 1 Pool >Put this card on a vampire; this vampire cannot attempt to block >allies. Any damage the vampire inflicts on allies is reduced to 0. The >vampire may burn 1 blood during his or her controller's influence >phase to burn this card; he or she then goes into torpor. >As a non-damaging strike, I would argue that they can? Correct. At inferior, it does not inflict damage. >However, is a burn effect synonmous with damage? No. See also: Blood to Water Entombment LSJ - Thurs, Nov 5 1998 4:00 am http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/7ba9dc5545f85682

The Lasombra wrote: > On 9 Jun 2006 02:24:03 -0700, "Temporis" <Reid...@aol.com> wrote: > >Can a vampire afflicted by Memories of Morality still use Mercy for > >Seth to burn an Imbued, or indeed any ally? > > Any mortal, yes. > It will not harm other allies until the untap phase damage kicks in. > > >As a non-damaging strike, I would argue that they can? > > Correct. > At inferior, it does not inflict damage. Correct. > >However, is a burn effect synonmous with damage? > > No. Correct.