Malleable Visage

"Malleable Visage Action modifier Card Text: <i>Usable when an ally you control is blocked, before combat begins. The combat is canceled; untap the acting minion and tap this modifying vampire. This vampire enters combat with the blocking minion. <s>As above, but usable when a vampire you control is blocked." Is this usable by a tapped vampire?

"Henke" <d98...@stud.hh.se> a écrit dans le message news: 9hd20d$g2v$1...@taliesin.netcom.net.uk... [ quoted text not captured ] considering the text doesn't specify a tapped vamp can use this, one may think the answer is no...

[ quoted text not captured ] By card text, no. That's an error, however. So: ERRATA: Malleable Visage is playable only by an untapped vampire. -- 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/

In article <9hd20d$g2v$1...@taliesin.netcom.net.uk>, [ quoted text not captured ] Yes. Tapped vampires can play action modifiers by default (else no-one could play stealth, as they tap when the action is taken), and nothing in Malleable Visage's text requires the playing vampire to be untapped (contrast Hidden Lurker). It does say to tap the modifying vampire, but you can tap a tapped vampire. Hm. I might not trade away my extra MV after all. gomi -- Yes, I believe but I'd rather not pray What I believe in I'd rather not say, baby

> "Henke" <d98...@stud.hh.se> wrote: >> "Malleable Visage >> Action modifier >> Card Text: >> >> <i>Usable when an ally you control is blocked, before combat begins. The >> combat is canceled; untap the acting minion and tap this modifying vampire. >> This vampire enters combat with the blocking minion. >> <s>As above, but usable when a vampire you control is blocked." >> >> Is this usable by a tapped vampire? > > By card text, no. That's an error, however. So: > ERRATA: Malleable Visage is playable only by an untapped vampire. Well, for the love of Pete, then, isn't Blood of the Cobra an "error?" Surely it's *supposed* to allow Dagon's Call, etc, to work and hit at long range? Can't that as simply be errata'd to be "corrected?" -- Pat Ricochet Soul Jar'rn Fool of Atlanta

[ quoted text not captured ] No. Blood of the Cobra (conceptually) allows the vampire to spit blood as a delivery mechanism, rather than coating a blade or a hand with the blood. The current card text and subsequent rulings are in line with this, and the result is not improper. You'll also notice that the errata above is restrictive (makes the card weaker), whereas the errata you're advocating would boost (slightly) the power of BotC. [ quoted text not captured ]

"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> > No. Blood of the Cobra (conceptually) allows the vampire to spit blood > as a delivery mechanism, rather than coating a blade or a hand with > the blood. I think the assamite can still throw thier blood tainted melee weapon at the opponent ! And of course i'm sure some of them can also throw their mighty punches like those giant japanese robots ;)