Dead Mate

[Elite]

If someone plays "Dead"; "Dead broke" or "Illusion" on a monster that has a mate, do the effects affect both the monster and its mate?

[MunchkinMan]

It depends on the card. The Mate is a separate Monster, so something that has an effect on one Monster, and does not resemble a traditional Monster Enhancer, only affects one Monster. I don't have the specific cards you reference, or my database, in front of me, so I'm not going to comment on the specifics of each card until I do.

[Elite]

This came up again. Answer?

[mawile]

by the way, would mate's "-1 to run away" work if one of the mates is already out of combat?

[MunchkinMan]

Originally Posted by Elite

This came up again. Answer?

Hmmmm. Perhaps, next time, you could find a more polite way to go about this.

However, Dead, Dead Broke, and Illusion only affect one Monster. For Dead, play it on the Mate, as it's easier; for Dead Broke, play it on either, but it will only affect one; for Illusion, you can play it on either: If played on the Mate, that will replace the Mate with a different Monster; play it on the original Monster, and you'll be facing that new Monster and its Mate.

Originally Posted by mawile

by the way, would mate's "-1 to run away" work if one of the mates is already out of combat?

Well, as a matter of simplification, if you're going to remove a Monster that has a Mate, you should remove the Mate. That would remove the Run Away penalty right there.

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by mawile

by the way, would mate's "-1 to run away" work if one of the mates is already out of combat?

What "-1 to Run Away"? I don't see that on my Mate card.

(Of course, I *am* looking at a printing you don't have yet . . . hee hee.)

[morleydotes]

Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

(Of course, I *am* looking at a printing you don't have yet . . . hee hee.)

Teasing, always teasing....


Pat

[u_f_o]

Originally Posted by MunchkinMan

for Illusion, you can play it on either: If played on the Mate, that will replace the Mate with a different Monster; play it on the original Monster, and you'll be facing that new Monster and its Mate.

MunchkinMan, can you explain why Illusion's effect differs from Dead one since Illusion also affects one monster?

[MunchkinMan]

Originally Posted by u_f_o

MunchkinMan, can you explain why Illusion's effect differs from Dead one since Illusion also affects one monster?

Because Dead removes one Monster and Illusion changes one Monster. They have different effects. If you play Dead on the original Monster, and remove the card, you have a Mate card floating out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to define it.