i got a turney to go to tomorrow, my deck only has trouble with honor runners so i wanted to know how "Only Actions Speak" works. I'm not the best with reading how these cards work, but am i right in thinking, this card will stop all honor gains so long as it negates the the honor lose from the action it is played on? its worded weirdly so it seems like there might be a trick or something to it.
Only Actions Speak.
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i got a turney to go to tomorrow, my deck only has trouble with honor runners so i wanted to know how "Only Actions Speak" works. I'm not the best with reading how these cards work, but am i right in thinking, this card will stop all honor gains so long as it negates the the honor lose from the action it is played on? its worded weirdly so it seems like there might be a trick or something to it.
Only Actions Speak: Reaction: After an action is announced: Negate all Honor gains until after the action ends. At that time, if this negated any gains, negate all Honor gains until the end of this phase and draw a card.
You play Only Actions Speak after the action is announced, before Performers and costs are chosen. If any player tries to gain any honour between then and when the action ends - from any cause, including the Focus Effect on Hamstrung, or Matsu Haruya's trait - the gain is negated.
The honour gain doesn't have to come from the action, it just has to occur between Only Actions Speak's Resolution and the end of the original action.
I'm assuming you understand the last sentence; please post again if you need more clarity on that.