I don't think M9-G8 circumvents Omega Leader or Snapshot

By Admiral Deathrain, in X-Wing

I just want an FAQ entry to lay the issue to rest. As written on the cards, M9 shouldn't work on Snap Shot. Through rulings of similar but not exactly the same abilities already in the FAQ, it could be seen as working on Snap Shot.

They should enhance the timing chart to either include when a modification trigger ends and the application of its effect is applied (M9 works on Snap Shot), or bundle them such that if both the trigger and effect don't meet the restrictions then the ability doesn't work (M9 doesn't work on Snap Shot). :lol:

if "forcing the opponent to reroll" didnt count as YOU rerolling, thus causing OL to counter it, then:

Zuckuss would laugh at OL

R7 would laugh at OL

Sensor Jammer would laugh at OL

Elusiveness would laugh at OL

The ship with M9 on board would laugh at OL

Its in the FAQ under OL that it specifically states when you force your opponent to reroll or mod a die, it counts as YOU modding your dice. Palp/M9 on another ship not involved in the fight is not YOU (referring to the ship attacking in this situation only). You only refers to that specific ship with the card, not the player as a whole.

Its already ruled that if Palp is not on the ship being TL'd by OL then he can mod a die, because the ship TL'd is not modding a die. M9 is the same situation, as telling a ship to reroll counts as the ship with the rule "reroll a die" as modding and NOT the ship that actually rerolled it.

Incidentally this goes the other way for Snapshot. Accuracy Corrector states your dice cannot be modified, so that includes both players, but Snapshot only says you cannot mod your die, meaning if you roll and your opponent has a way to force a mod (jammers) or reroll (R7) he can do so as YOU are not modding your dice, he is.

I am cautiously optimistic I have been disproven here. Neat card gets even neater!

Based on the rulings on the Omega Leader rulings for Palpatine and cards like Zuckuss and R7, I think it's very clear that M9-G8 on a third ship modifies Omega Leaders red dice and or the red dice of a a ship attacking him. It's also clear that M9-G8 does allow Snap Shot attacks to be modified.