Hello, Mr. Superlaser Blast

Hello, Mr. Superlaser Blast

Haha, that reminds me of the Death Star Prototype. "How do you miss a planet?!"

Honestly, though, I usually save my Superlaser for a win. Pretty rough if you Wanted to get rid of, say, Undercover Dealings earlier, though. I'd still be pretty happy that another Objective is gone, at least

Honestly, though, I usually save my Superlaser for a win. Pretty rough if you Wanted to get rid of, say, Undercover Dealings earlier, though. I'd still be pretty happy that another Objective is gone, at least

Actually in above example, your opponent can target one of your objectives as if he was the one executing Superlaser Blast.

Ye, could change the tide of battle a bit

This might be a long shot, but could this card be used as an interrupt to counter the Sith Holocron? For instance, could the light side player interrupt after the dark side player enhanced their play area (before they sacrificed it), act as though they played the Holocron, and just discard it (as the light side player will not have any Sith cards to play)?

Holocron text: Action: Sacrifice this enhancement to reduce the cost of the next [Sith] card you play this phase by 3.

I don't think so.
Narrow escape is used when DS player "targets" a card. Sith Holocron doesn't target anything.

This also turns around the "Lure of the Dark Side" and the like. 

This also turns around the "Lure of the Dark Side" and the like. 

 

 

Lure of the dark side? Did you say light side instead?

it doesn't quite turn around Lure. You can make it target a Dark Side unit, but then the effect fizzles because it's still the DS player attempting to take control of the unit (likewise for Palpatine).

But, doesn't it execute as if you controlled the effect? Or is just that the new target is chosen as if you control the effect, but you don't control the effect?

No, only the target is chosen as if you were executing the effect (like, if we were dealing with an effect that said "Target an enemy unit" or something, you'd be able to make a DS unit the target). But the effect is still controlled and resolved by the opponent.

Well that's disappointing. Can you even pick an opponent's unit that way? Or would that make it so that the effect would not change the game state and therefore is invalid? I'm guessing it works the same way with Join Me?

You can (and actually must in the case of the Emperor) pick an opponent's unit. The "take control" effect does nothing afterwards.* *Except in 2v2. In that case, you could make one opponent take control of one of his or her partner's units.

Without last sentence, I would be OK with this ruling.

You only redirect the DS choice.

But here, it's written "As if you executed the effect". So why you cannot take control of a DS unit after the resolution of Palpatine's mission ?

The target is chosen as if you were executing the effect, but you aren't actually the one executing the effect.

So what does the last sentence mean, for you ?

Of course, you couldn't be the original executioner of the effect, because you play it as a reaction of a DS effect.
If it works like you say, what's the prupose of the last sentence ?

You already choose new target, it's written here :
"When your opponent chooses a single target for a non-capturing card effect, CHOOSE A NEW TARGET for that effect"

What does "The new target is chosen as if you executed the effect." bring to the first sentence, if it's not here to precise you become the one who actually executes the effect, so, in case of Mission, the one who take control ?

So what does the last sentence mean, for you ?

Of course, you couldn't be the original executioner of the effect, because you play it as a reaction of a DS effect.
If it works like you say, what's the prupose of the last sentence ?

You already choose new target, it's written here :
"When your opponent chooses a single target for a non-capturing card effect, CHOOSE A NEW TARGET for that effect"

What does "The new target is chosen as if you executed the effect." bring to the first sentence, if it's not here to precise you become the one who actually executes the effect, so, in case of Mission, the one who take control ?

Exactly what it says, the target is chosen as if you were the one executing the effect.  That way, when things target an enemy card (eg Endor Emperor) you can pick a Dark Side target instead of just picking a different one of your own cards.

Rulings

http://www.cardgamed...g-only/?p=55221

 

http://www.cardgamed...g-only/?p=58793

 

http://www.cardgamed...g-only/?p=58988

 

http://www.cardgamed...-only/?p=203782

 

http://www.cardgamed...-narrow-escape/