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A player, 24 May 2014
Hi there,
I am sorry if this has been asked before, but I got too many hits searching for the answer, most of which were pre-Ivory.
I have 1 Shugenja, and said Shugenja needs to die. Can I attach Touch of Death to him and use it to kill himself? So far as I understand the comprehensive rules on page 9, I'd say yes.
Thank you!
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 25 May 2014
Hi there,
I am sorry if this has been asked before, but I got too many hits searching for the answer, most of which were pre-Ivory.
I have 1 Shugenja, and said Shugenja needs to die. Can I attach Touch of Death to him and use it to kill himself? So far as I understand the comprehensive rules on page 9, I'd say yes.
Thank you!
Yes indeed. Since everything in the effects (after the colon) happens more-or-less sequentially, you would bow the shugenja before choosing the target of the destruction effect, thus he would be bowed and a legal target for his own Spell when you did so.