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Formosan Black Ship



Formosan Black Ship

Formosan Black Ship


Type: Support
Faction: Astra Militarum
Cost: 1
Signature/Loyalty: Signature Icon
Traits: Upgrade.

Interrupt: When you sacrifice a non-token unit, exhaust this support to put 2 Guardsman tokens into play at the same planet as the sacrificed unit.

Set: The Threat Beyond Number: 91 Quantity: 1
Illustrator: Matt Bradbury
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8 Comments

By far the most powerfull piece in Coteaz's arsenal. Much like Cato's Blade and Ku'gath's Banner when this card shows up early your Combats will work out very well for you.

 

5/5

    • Whingewood likes this

This card is great. I'd mulligan almost automatically if I didn't have it in my opening hand. 

Must say though, I really dislike these cards that become an almost unfair advantage for the first player to find it.

It makes that much of a difference.

    • Darikgrey likes this

Yeah, but most of the signature supports do. Khymera Den, Zogwort's Hovel and Shrine of Warpflame, for example, all make "that much of a difference" the earlier they are played.

    • Darikgrey likes this

Yeah, but most of the signature supports do. Khymera Den, Zogwort's Hovel and Shrine of Warpflame, for example, all make "that much of a difference" the earlier they are played.

Signature supports are huge in the game. And this one is a great piece. I like it better than Omega-Zero at the moment. Does this mean that Enginseers are nearly a lock in deck construction for Coteaz? Every faction has a great support, but only AM have a way to search for supports by type, yes?

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SrgntKurgan
Mar 02 2016 12:16 AM

I have a timing question.

 

So interrupts have to be resolved as soon as they trigger...

 

Say I had Coteaz with a non-token unit at the same planet. I sacrificed non-token unit and I use the interrupt ability to exhaust Formosan Black Ship to put 2 tokens. Now, in the same action window, I play "To Arms!" and ready Formosan Black Ship again. Can I exhaust the ship again immediately after I play "To Arms!" to gain additional 2 more tokens? Or is the game state already moved on because playing "To Arms!" cancels out the interrupt ability of the ship? 

No, it's not the same action window because the sacrifice of the unit itself is a combat-action initiated by Coteaz.

The Black Ship's interrupt work with this action. To Arms! itself is an action too, so you can't play To Arms! before your next action and by then you'll need to sacrifice another unit and have a ready Coteaz who has not already been buffed, typically in the next combat round unless you have a Henchmen there as well. 

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Serraph1133
Mar 02 2016 06:45 AM
To arms is an action, there is no action window to play to arms when you sac a unit, only reactions and interrupts. So to play to arms and ready the ship, you and your opponent would both have to pass on reactions/interrupts thus closing the triggering condition. See pgs 9 and 13 of the rrg (interrupts and reactions, respectively) also, I couldn't find the page in the rrg, but a card may only respond to a triggering condition once... or my blood angels veterans would be even more amazing than they already are :)