Durga Syn wants to burn Stolen Police Cruiser which is on my prey's vampire. The action is blocked, combat ensues. Durga Syn uses their ability to steal the equipment and presses for another round of combat. During the second round, she plays Mirror Image to continue the action as if unblocked.
Will the action fizzle, because the controller of Stolen Police Cruiser has changed during the action and the target methuselah has no Stolen Police Cruiser anymore. continue, and burn the Stolen Police Cruiser, because the action provided by the card does not mention the card's controller
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Type
Vampire
Clan
Ravnos - Capacity 9 - Group 4
Disciplines
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Card Text
Independent: Durga Syn can burn 1 blood to strike: steal equipment with first strike. She does not lock for blocking an ally or a vampire with capacity 4 or less.
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Stolen Police Cruiser
Type
Equipment
Card Text
Vehicle.
This Anarch gets +1 bleed. Allies and younger vampires get -1 intercept against this Anarch. Vampires can burn this card as a Ⓓ action that costs 1 pool; if that action is successful, this Anarch is locked and does not unlock as normal during their next unlock phase. A minion can have only one vehicle.
Stolen police cruisers ability doesn't specify that it must be an opponent who burns it. It just says "vampires can burn this card.." Therefore I would interpret that changing the controller doesn't matter. The action continues and the cruiser is burned.
This is kind of like burning your own smiling jack because its inconvenient.
Smoking craters tell no tales.
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We had the same discussion yesterday, I'm not as convinced though. The main reason is that the action changes its properties during resolution, denying eligible blockers their option to block (directed to undirected).
Also there is a ruling that D-actions are always directed at the controller as well as the card itself. From that perspective, the action directed at my prey to burn Stolen Police Cruiser cannot resolve anymore and should fizzle.
> Bloodartist wrote:
> Stolen police cruisers ability doesn't specify that it must be an opponent who burns it. It just says "vampires can burn this card.." Therefore I would interpret that changing the controller doesn't matter. The action continues and the cruiser is burned.
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> This is kind of like burning your own smiling jack because its inconvenient.
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Correct. It becomes undirected when it continues.
See groups.google.com/g/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/c/VQqyTY-nVFk/m/sNbrwFy_zJoJ
> Oracle.kid wrote:
> We had the same discussion yesterday, I'm not as convinced though. The main reason is that the action changes its properties during resolution, denying eligible blockers their option to block (directed to undirected).
>
It continues as an undirected action. Minions controlled by the prey and predator can try to block.
> Oracle.kid wrote:
> Also there is a ruling that D-actions are always directed at the controller as well as the card itself. From that perspective, the action directed at my prey to burn Stolen Police Cruiser cannot resolve anymore and should fizzle.
>
It changes from directed (against the card and the controller) to undirected.
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