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A player, 11 September 2007
RE: This.
Is the above ruling correct? I thought there was no more implicit targeting.
Marty answers that the Courtier who pays the cost of Share the Blame is performing it. But the criteria for performing are:
* The action comes from an ability on the Personality or Follower. * The action comes from an ability on an Item or Spell in the Personality’s unit. * The Personality or Follower was targeted by targeting in the ability’s constraints block (between the two colons).
Share the Blame does not say it targets the courtier who pays its cost ("...dishonor one of your Courtiers..."), therefore I do not believe he performs it.
Martin Lund (rules official), 12 September 2007
RE: This.
Is the above ruling correct? I thought there was no more implicit targeting.
Marty answers that the Courtier who pays the cost of Share the Blame is performing it. But the criteria for performing are:
* The action comes from an ability on the Personality or Follower. * The action comes from an ability on an Item or Spell in the Personality’s unit. * The Personality or Follower was targeted by targeting in the ability’s constraints block (between the two colons).
Share the Blame does not say it targets the courtier who pays its cost ("...dishonor one of your Courtiers..."), therefore I do not believe he performs it.
You'll note I also cited "Assigning Blame" instead of Share the Blame. I got the two cards and their text mixed very badly. Neither one is Performed by anyone. One references the Courtier in the Constraints Block, but does not target him. The other targets a Courtier but not in the Constraints Block.
I've fixed the error.