This is something I think I know the answer to already, but I'd like
official word since it did come up in a game...
My friend played Effective Management as we were down to the final
stretch, all other players eliminated except us. He then picked up his
crypt and started sorting through it...
"What are you doing?", I asked, notably concerned at this event.
"Getting a vampire." He replied...
"You're only supposed to take your top card when you play that...!"
"Doesn't say that, it just says 'Move *a* vampire from your crypt to
your inactive region...'"
Now, we argued a bit and I managed to convince him that this was an
unfortunate wording, because EM seems too cheap and common to be used
as a repeating Demonic Tutor for vampires - but maybe I was wrong. He
might have won if we'd done it the other way, so I promised I'd ask
on the net. Thoughts?
Clinton Richard Wolf <wolf@oxy.edu> wrote:
> My friend played Effective Management as we were down to the final
> stretch, all other players eliminated except us. He then picked up his
> crypt and started sorting through it...
> "What are you doing?", I asked, notably concerned at this event.
> "Getting a vampire." He replied...
> "You're only supposed to take your top card when you play that...!"
> "Doesn't say that, it just says 'Move *a* vampire from your crypt to
> your inactive region...'"
No. The vampire must be drawn off the top of the crypt; you can't just
search through your crypt for the one you like. That would be just
far too, ah, efficient ;)
Tom Wylie rec.games.deckmaster Network Representative for
aahz@hal.com Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
In article <940905.121658.11530@cougar.cc.oxy.edu>, wolf@oxy.edu (Clinton
Richard Wolf) wrote:
> My friend played Effective Management as we were down to the final
> stretch, all other players eliminated except us. He then picked up his
> crypt and started sorting through it...
>
> "What are you doing?", I asked, notably concerned at this event.
>
> "Getting a vampire." He replied...
>
> "You're only supposed to take your top card when you play that...!"
>
> "Doesn't say that, it just says 'Move *a* vampire from your crypt to
> your inactive region...'"
Whenever the cards contradict the rules, the card takes precedence!
However, there is nothing in the card text that says he can thumb through
the crypt and pick one, so he can't.
There are plenty of cards which specifically tell you that you can look
through the library (and, I suppose, the crypt) for the card you want, so
that would seem to reinforce the idea that he can't look through the crypt
unless the card text says so.
Neil Clennan
nclennan@umich.edu
In article <940905.121658.11530@cougar.cc.oxy.edu>,
wolf@oxy.edu (Clinton Richard Wolf) wrote:
> Now, we argued a bit and I managed to convince him that this was an
> unfortunate wording, because EM seems too cheap and common to be used
> as a repeating Demonic Tutor for vampires - but maybe I was wrong. He
> might have won if we'd done it the other way, so I promised I'd ask
> on the net. Thoughts?
I'm not 'official', but *I* think that it would allow you to take the top
card in your crypt and move it to your uncontrolled region. Any other way
is too powerful for a common card. We play it like this.
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