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A player, 12 October 2009
Hello! Is it legal to target a monk at the current battlefield with falling leaf strike? Does it legally follow the good faith rule since the monk is already in the battlefield and no movement occurs? Thanks!
Good Faith Rule Good Faith Rule: When an action is announced, the player must be able to target all required targets, meet all conditions of the action, and pay all mandatory costs, to the best of his or her knowledge.
Falling Leaf Strike reads: Kiho Battle: Target your unbowed Monk: Move him to the current battlefield. Give a target enemy Personality or Follower -3F. Bow it if its Force is now 0.
A player, 12 October 2009
You can use with a monk at the current battlefield.
Dan Jacobson (rules official), 12 October 2009
Hello! Is it legal to target a monk at the current battlefield with falling leaf strike? Does it legally follow the good faith rule since the monk is already in the battlefield and no movement occurs? Thanks!
Good Faith Rule Good Faith Rule: When an action is announced, the player must be able to target all required targets, meet all conditions of the action, and pay all mandatory costs, to the best of his or her knowledge.
Falling Leaf Strike reads: Kiho Battle: Target your unbowed Monk: Move him to the current battlefield. Give a target enemy Personality or Follower -3F. Bow it if its Force is now 0.
So, checking the good faith rule:
Good Faith Rule Good Faith Rule: When an action is announced, the player must be able to target all required targets, meet all conditions of the action, and pay all mandatory costs, to the best of his or her knowledge.
Can you target all required targets?
You have your monk, who is at the current battlefield, which meets the requirements of Location and Presence, and the enemy personality at the current battlefield, also a required target. Check
Can you pay all costs? Since targeting your unbowed monk is the ONLY thing between the first two colons, and there is no gold cost in the coin on the Strategy, there is no cost, only a performer (your monk). Check.
Says nothing about effects in the Good Faith Rule. Good to go!
In the future please ask such questions in the CCG Rules Forum. Thank you! -Genji