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A player, 16 February 2011
Didn't see this in search, but my search-fu is weak.
I just want to make sure I have this correct. Precise strike reads:
Precise Strike: Battle: Target your Personality, and bow him unless your current army has equal or fewer units than the current enemy army: Bow a target enemy card without unbowed attachments.
My question is two part. If I have only one personality at a battlefield who is bowed and my opponent has equal to or more units, I can play this card, correct? I assume so becasue the bowing as a cost is conditional. However, if I have, say, two bowed personalities at a battlefield and my opponent has only one person there, I cannot announce Precise Strike becasue I cannot pay the conditional cost of bowing, correct?
Thanks in advance.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 16 February 2011
Precise Strike: If I have only one personality at a battlefield who is bowed and my opponent has equal to or more units, I can play this card, correct?
Correct.
However, if I have, say, two bowed personalities at a battlefield and my opponent has only one person there, I cannot announce Precise Strike becasue I cannot pay the conditional cost of bowing, correct?
Also correct.