Hollowboy#
Betrayer text:
Name a Methuselah who controls a vampire who is also in your
uncontrolled region. Put this card into play. The vampire's controller
burns 1 pool during his or her untap phase. He or she can burn an
additional pool to guess the name of the vampire. If the guess is
correct, this card is burned.
Official Rulings:
Betrayer: The affected Methuselah is named when the card is played.
[RTR 19980928]
Each of their turns, the person subjected to Betrayer can name a
vampire. If the guess is correct, Betrayer is burned. [RTR 19941109]
Is cumulative. A player can be damaged by multiple Betrayers each
turn. A Methuselah targeted by more than one Betrayer would have to
pay 1 pool for each Betrayer in order to burn them, even if the same
vampire is the betrayer in each case. [RTR 19941109]
If the vampire chosen for Betrayer is burned, so is Betrayer. If the
vampire chosen for Betrayer becomes contested, Betrayer is nullified
until the contention is resolved, at which time the Betrayer is
reactivated. If a player takes control of the vampire that is the
target of the betrayer, that player takes the pool loss. [RTR
19941109]
You select an uncontrolled vampire when you play the card. If you have
a choice (more than one of your uncontrolled vampires is controlled by
the other Methuselah), you still have to choose just one of them to be
the Betrayer. [LSJ 19990419]
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I know about two combos:
Betrayer / Uriah / Seeds of Corruption.
AND
Recruitment / Betrayer
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My question is for where there are no Seeds on Uriah, and he is free
to stroll.
Example: 3 player game. My prey has Uriah. I have an uncontrolled
Uriah. I use Anson to play 2 Betrayers, naming my prey. I then call a
Parity Shift and a KRC, reducing my prey to 1 pool.
My prey untaps, and is now on the lowest pool, so he orders his untap
phase to move Uriah straight away - my predator now controls him. My
prey takes no damage from Betrayer.
Question: That's correct play, yes? The ruling: "If a player takes
control of the vampire that is the target of the betrayer, that player
takes the pool loss." ...supports this.
If that's is correct (that's how we played it, based on card text),
then an unfettered Uriah / Betrayer combo can hurt everybody, but
never for much. If I put 4 Betrayers on him, most players would order
their untap phase to take (for example) 2 points of pool loss,
reducing their pool below their prey's, and then hand Uriah on,
ignoring the other 2 Betrayers.
That has potential, but would require a pretty quirky deck to make it
work (sweep).
Also, if a player has 3 Betrayers targeting them, can they guess 3
times in a single turn (coughing up 6 pool total)? Or can they only
guess once, for one Betrayer?
Also: "Each of their turns, the person subjected to Betrayer can name
a vampire. If the guess is correct, Betrayer is burned."
What exactly does "subjected to" mean? If I named my prey, but my
predator currently has Uriah, which one has been "subjected to
Betrayer? Which of them can guess?