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A player, 19 March 2010
Hi,
I have a question about this Holding.
If I target another player personality vith Intelligent Agent. Then I use Show of Good Faith to take control of that personality. Can I now target him with Sacrificial Altar ?
If I do the same without playing Show of Good Faith ?
The Card's Text : ---- Sacrifical Altar : Bow the Sacrificial Altar and destroy one of your Personalities or Follower's Force. Lose an amount of Honor equal to the Personality's or Follower's Force. ---- Show of Good Faith Political Limited: Bow one of your Courtiers to take control of another player's Personality until the end of the turn. You may not declare an attack or move cards or tokens to or from that Personality while he or she is under your control. ---- Intelligence Agent Open: Bow the Intelligence Agent to target another player's Personality, even one that actions normally cannot target. Until the turn ends, you may target the Personality, regardless of card effects. ----
Thanks a lot in advance, (Your answer about the Jigoku Sensei was perfect !! Other too, of course)
Bye................Rémi.
Alex Jones (rules official), 19 March 2010
Hi,
I have a question about this Holding.
If I target another player personality vith Intelligent Agent. Then I use Show of Good Faith to take control of that personality. Can I now target him with Sacrificial Altar ?
If I do the same without playing Show of Good Faith ?
The Card's Text : ---- Sacrifical Altar : Bow the Sacrificial Altar and destroy one of your Personalities or Follower's Force. Lose an amount of Honor equal to the Personality's or Follower's Force. ---- Show of Good Faith Political Limited: Bow one of your Courtiers to take control of another player's Personality until the end of the turn. You may not declare an attack or move cards or tokens to or from that Personality while he or she is under your control. ---- Intelligence Agent Open: Bow the Intelligence Agent to target another player's Personality, even one that actions normally cannot target. Until the turn ends, you may target the Personality, regardless of card effects. ----
Thanks a lot in advance, (Your answer about the Jigoku Sensei was perfect !! Other too, of course)
Bye................Rémi.
In the absence of other effects, you don't need Intelligence Agent allow you to target a Personality you've acquired via Show Of Good Faith with Sacrificial Altar's ability.
Also, the type of restriction that Intelligence Agent's ability allows you to ignore is limited to effects that explicitly restrict targeting, such as "This Personality may not be targeted during the Action Phase" or "This Personality may not be targeted by other players' actions." It won't let you ignore the "your" in "your Personality" and let you target a Personality you don't control.