[LSJ] Monçada question

If I have Monçada in my torpor region and Aaron Duggan in my ready region, does it cost me a pool to have Aaron rescue Monçada from torpor? Relevant card text: Ambrosio Luis Monçada, Plenipotentiary [SW] Cardtype: Vampire Clan: Lasombra Group: 2 Capacity: 10 Discipline: aus for DOM OBT POT PRE Sabbat Cardinal: Monçada cannot block. Actions directed at Monçada cost an additional pool. If Monçada is ready during your discard phase, he can untap another ready Lasombra. This question came up in the jol tournament. A google search didn't turn up anything. My suspicion is that Monçada's card text doesn't actually care about (D) actions. Aaron is still targetting Monçada, even though the action is undirected. Thanks in advance! -Matt --

"Matthew T. Morgan" <far...@io.com> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.030213...@fnord.io.com... [ quoted text not captured ] You've answered your own question. The action (rescue) is Undirected. This is all that Moncada's text cares about. DaveZ Atom Weaver

[ quoted text not captured ] Maybe. My argument is that Monçada's text isn't referring to directed (D) actions but actually means actions that target him. Perhaps I'm wrong about that, though. -Matt

> You've answered your own question. The action (rescue) is Undirected. This > is all that Moncada's text cares about. So a cross-table rescue of Moncada would cost a pool?

In message <zDU2a.100566$be.72222@rwcrnsc53>, Jozxyqk [ quoted text not captured ] Yes. It's an action directed at him. -- James Coupe PGP Key: 0x5D623D5D EBD690ECD7A1FB457CA2 Hi! I'm Nancy Drew! You must be the Hardy Boys! 13D7E668C3695D623D5D

Matthew T. Morgan wrote: > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, R. David Zopf wrote: >>"Matthew T. Morgan" <far...@io.com> wrote in message >>>If I have Monçada in my torpor region and Aaron Duggan in my ready region, >>>does it cost me a pool to have Aaron rescue Monçada from torpor? >>> >>>Relevant card text: >>>Ambrosio Luis Monçada, Plenipotentiary [SW] >>>Sabbat Cardinal: Monçada cannot block. Actions directed at Monçada cost an >>>additional pool. If Monçada is ready during your discard phase, he can >>>untap another ready Lasombra. >>> >>>This question came up in the jol tournament. A google search didn't turn >>>up anything. My suspicion is that Monçada's card text doesn't actually >>>care about (D) actions. Aaron is still targetting Monçada, even though >>>the action is undirected. >> >>You've answered your own question. The action (rescue) is Undirected. This >>is all that Moncada's text cares about. > > Maybe. My argument is that Monçada's text isn't referring to directed (D) > actions but actually means actions that target him. Perhaps I'm wrong > about that, though. Zopf's correct. Card text is referring to directed actions. Undirected actions are not directed. For it to work the other way, it would've had to read "Actions targeting Monçada cast an additional pool." -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to V:TES news, rules, cards, utilities, and tournament calendar: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

"Matthew T. Morgan" <far...@io.com> wrote in message news:<Pine.LNX.4.44.030213...@fnord.io.com>... > Relevant card text: > > Ambrosio Luis Monçada, Plenipotentiary [SW] > Sabbat Cardinal: Monçada cannot block. Actions directed at Monçada cost an > additional pool. If Monçada is ready during your discard phase, he can > untap another ready Lasombra. > Maybe. My argument is that Monçada's text isn't referring to directed (D) > actions but actually means actions that target him. Perhaps I'm wrong > about that, though. His card text actually uses the word "directed", and makes no mention of "targeted". How much more clear do you want it to be? -Snapcase