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A player, 15 November 2011
In line with this topic viewtopic.php?f=59&t=94911, Palmer ruled that if a Stronghold was used to target Bofana, the player who controls the Stronghold must discard a card since the Stronghold is not performing and does not have a force equal/greater than Bofana's base force.
Does this mean that ANY card, whether Strategy card, region, holding, that targets Bofana for the first time per phase, as long as any of those cards have a force lower than Bofana's base force, will have its controller to discard a card?
After the first time each phase another player's action targets Bofana: If the action was not performed by a card with (current) Force equal to or higher than Bofana's base Force, the player discards a card.
example: non-performing Strategy card,Stronghold, Holding, Region, Celestial -will always have a lower force than Bofana's base force; controller discards a card Performing strategy card, Follower, personality, Spell, Item, Celestial - check performing card; if performer has lower force than Bofana's base force, controller discards a card
If my interpretation is right, ANY card with lower force(regardless of performing or not) that targets Bofana for the first time each phase must discards a card.
If my understanding of his trait is erroneous, please enlighten me on how his trait works.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 15 November 2011
In line with this topic viewtopic.php?f=59&t=94911, Palmer ruled that if a Stronghold was used to target Bofana, the player who controls the Stronghold must discard a card since the Stronghold is not performing and does not have a force equal/greater than Bofana's base force.
Does this mean that ANY card, whether Strategy card, region, holding, that targets Bofana for the first time per phase, as long as any of those cards have a force lower than Bofana's base force, will have its controller to discard a card?
example: non-performing Strategy card,Stronghold, Holding, Region, Celestial -will always have a lower force than Bofana's base force; controller discards a card Performing strategy card, Follower, personality, Spell, Item, Celestial - check performing card; if performer has lower force than Bofana's base force, controller discards a card
If my interpretation is right, ANY card with lower force(regardless of performing or not) that targets Bofana for the first time each phase must discards a card.
If my understanding of his trait is erroneous, please enlighten me on how his trait works.
Not quite accurate. Any card that targets Bofana will force the discard UNLESS it is performed by a card with higher force.
Therefore, any non-performed action (if it's the first of the phase that targets Bofana) will force the discard. As will any action that is performed, but by a card with lower force than Bofana. Only if the first action of the phase that targets Bofana is performed by a card with equal or higher force than Bofana does the discard not happen.