Re: Strix superior and the edge

Pascal wrote:

Ankha wrote:

I would write it:

"[STR] Only usable when a bleed against you {would be} successful. The bleed {is successful but} burns no pool {and} this vampire taps and enters combat with the acting minion."

Good.

Considering the clarifications about replacement effects, the definitive cardtext for Strix at superior is:

[STR] Only usable if a bleed against you is about to be successful. The bleed burns no pool (but is still successful), and this vampire is locked and enters combat with the acting minion.

This means that this card cannot be played before or after Spying Mission, and if you play it after Major Boon, the Major Boon burns (because you didn't burn any pool).

To reflect the correct use of the "would..." pattern and work well with Archon Investigation, Spying Mission etc., Major Boon is also updated as:

Out-of-turn. Boon. Only usable if another Methuselah is being bled by a minion you do not control and the bleed amount is 1 or more, after blocks are declined.
Put this card in play. You burn pool for this bleed instead of the target Methuselah (and the bleed is still successful), or this card if you don't burn at least 1 pool. If you are about to be successfully bled, you can burn this card to have that Methuselah burn pool instead of you (and the bleed is still successful).