Ezra not as good as I thought?

By Kdubb, in X-Wing Rules Questions

So Ezra (pilot) ability reads- "When defending, if you are stressed, you may change 2 of your (focus) results to (evade) results."

While proxying the card, I had Ezra stressed and I rolled one eye, and one blank. I decided to use Ezra's ability to change the eye to an evade, but my opponent said that, according to the wording of the card, I can't do that, as it does not say "up to". Instead, it only says "you may change 2".

So, is this FAQ territory, or should it work even if I only roll 1 eye, or is it certain it only works if I roll 2?

Ironlord is right, it does say up to. So that fixes it.

Edited by VanorDM

Ah. Interesting. I'll have to contact the creator of the squad builder and give him a heads up. Thanks guys. Probably should've looked at the official source.

So Ezra (pilot) ability reads- "When defending, if you are stressed, you may change 2 of your (focus) results to (evade) results."

While proxying the card, I had Ezra stressed and I rolled one eye, and one blank. I decided to use Ezra's ability to change the eye to an evade, but my opponent said that, according to the wording of the card, I can't do that, as it does not say "up to". Instead, it only says "you may change 2".

So, is this FAQ territory, or should it work even if I only roll 1 eye, or is it certain it only works if I roll 2?

THIS IS THROAT PUNCH TERRITORY.

Seriously. This guy would get punched in the throat and you pickup while they writhe on the ground.

THIS IS THROAT PUNCH TERRITORY.

Please stop. We're dealing with unreleased cards so that always makes things tricky. The wording on them can change between the preview and release.

Clearly the intention was up to and the card actually says that, but since the one they were looking at didn't, you can't simply insert "up to" into the card even if that seems to be what RAI actually is.

Ah. Interesting. I'll have to contact the creator of the squad builder and give him a heads up. Thanks guys. Probably should've looked at the official source.

And this is one reason why I prefer a squad builder that has images of the actual cards. There are plenty of squad builders out there, and there are plenty of them that have started some interesting arguments due to misquoted cards. Try and get in the habit of checking squad builder lists with the cards, just to be sure. :)

So Ezra (pilot) ability reads- "When defending, if you are stressed, you may change 2 of your (focus) results to (evade) results."

While proxying the card, I had Ezra stressed and I rolled one eye, and one blank. I decided to use Ezra's ability to change the eye to an evade, but my opponent said that, according to the wording of the card, I can't do that, as it does not say "up to". Instead, it only says "you may change 2".

So, is this FAQ territory, or should it work even if I only roll 1 eye, or is it certain it only works if I roll 2?

THIS IS THROAT PUNCH TERRITORY.

Seriously. This guy would get punched in the throat and you pickup while they writhe on the ground.

Again. Not funny, or appropriate. Suggestions of violence is not, even if - I presume - intended as a jest, something that should be tolerated.

So Ezra (pilot) ability reads- "When defending, if you are stressed, you may change 2 of your (focus) results to (evade) results."

While proxying the card, I had Ezra stressed and I rolled one eye, and one blank. I decided to use Ezra's ability to change the eye to an evade, but my opponent said that, according to the wording of the card, I can't do that, as it does not say "up to". Instead, it only says "you may change 2".

So, is this FAQ territory, or should it work even if I only roll 1 eye, or is it certain it only works if I roll 2?

THIS IS THROAT PUNCH TERRITORY.

Seriously. This guy would get punched in the throat and you pickup while they writhe on the ground.

Again. Not funny, or appropriate. Suggestions of violence is not, even if - I presume - intended as a jest, something that should be tolerated.

And usually will result in a ban.

Edited by Parravon

While I agree that the violence is not acceptable even in jest...

The attitude is equally unwelcome. We post in this subform to discuss the Rules as Written and only venture into interpretation and RAI when the RAW isn't clear.

In this case the RAW as the OP had from the builder didn't make sense to me, since every other case of this kind of ability it's always "up to X". That lead me to believe the preview was perhaps wrong which does happen.

But let's consider for the sake of argument that the wording the OP had was how the released card was worded. In that case I think the other guy he mentioned had a reasonable argument, if the card doesn't say up to X, then RAW you can't do up to X you can only do X.

That is not rules lawyering or anything else of the sort, that is simply playing the game RAW. If someone can't accept that, and feels the need to lash out like that making threats and calling people names then they quite frankly have no place discussing the rules here.