Contagion question

Contagion's superior text: As above, and once per combat, this vampire can put a corruption counter on the opposing minion as a strike. If the number of your corruption counters on the minion equals or exceeds the capacity of that vampire or the cost of that ally, you may burn all your corruption counters on that minion to gain control of him or her after strike resolution (ending combat). *** Can I use the second sentence, even if I did not use this strike? If, for example, Nefertiti (who does not have the "take control" clause) had put the "final" corruption counter on the minion in question, and then one of my Baali enters combat with the other minion, can my Baali just strike hands and take control of the minion anyway? If this is possible, what if one of the minions strikes "Combat Ends"? Is there still a strike resolution phase in which to steal the minion?

Jozxyqk expounded: > Contagion's superior text: > As above, and once per combat, this vampire can put a corruption counter on > the opposing minion as a strike. If the number of your corruption counters > on the minion equals or exceeds the capacity of that vampire or the cost of > that ally, you may burn all your corruption counters on that minion to gain > control of him or her after strike resolution (ending combat). > *** > > Can I use the second sentence, even if I did not use this strike? > If, for example, Nefertiti (who does not have the "take control" clause) had > put the "final" corruption counter on the minion in question, and then one > of my Baali enters combat with the other minion, can my Baali just strike > hands and take control of the minion anyway? Yes (no requirement that you make such a strike in the card text. > If this is possible, what if one of the minions strikes "Combat Ends"? Is > there still a strike resolution phase in which to steal the minion? Yes (the SCE is a strike and must resolve after all) IANLSJ :-)

Jozxyqk wrote: > Contagion's superior text: > As above, and once per combat, this vampire can put a corruption counter on > the opposing minion as a strike. If the number of your corruption counters > on the minion equals or exceeds the capacity of that vampire or the cost of > that ally, you may burn all your corruption counters on that minion to gain > control of him or her after strike resolution (ending combat). > *** > > Can I use the second sentence, even if I did not use this strike? No. Card text involves strike resolution. -- 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/

LSJ expounded: > Jozxyqk wrote: > > Contagion's superior text: > > As above, and once per combat, this vampire can put a corruption counter on > > the opposing minion as a strike. If the number of your corruption counters > > on the minion equals or exceeds the capacity of that vampire or the cost of > > that ally, you may burn all your corruption counters on that minion to gain > > control of him or her after strike resolution (ending combat). > > *** > > > > Can I use the second sentence, even if I did not use this strike? > > No. Card text involves strike resolution. ho hum. If it means you have to use that strike it should say so. There shoudl be a "this" or something in there somewhere -it's not even the same sentence.

Timlagor <Timlagor...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:<MPG.1a844cc83...@news.freeserve.com>... [ quoted text not captured ] I would agree with Tim on this one, The card doesn't mention the strike having to be used. The second sentence mentions 'strike resolution' seperately, there is no reference to the strike mentioned in the first sentence as far as I can see. -Bram Vink