Blinding Light query

By slm265, in KeyForge

Hi,

Have a query about Blinding Light - does it stun my creatures of the specified house as well as my opponents? Were I playing MTG I would interpret "stun each creature of that house" to mean all creatures of that house, wherever they are in play, but I've just watched Richard Garfield's play through at Gencon and he only seemed to target his opponents creatures. Obviously has significant impacts for your next turn.

Otherwise, really like it on the first run-through. Deals with the money-for-power issue of constructed CCG formats, the problem of uneven resource distribution from shuffled decks if you're relying on mana/energy cards, allows you to cycle cards, and the "which house this turn" question opens up a really interesting strategic decision space, exploited nicely by Logos' power to cross houses. Plenty of silly combos and big swings mean the game stays fun for both sides, especially with chains allowing for really over the top stuff at a cost. RG has clearly spent a lot of time thinking about the flaws in MTG as a gaming experience (there aren't many, but they're significant and baked in) and gone a long way to fixing them. I'll be interested to see if Keyforge has the same flexibility of design space that MTG has, as time progresses.

The card says each creature of that house. So it would stun any creatures you have of that house.

I can only assume Garfield choose a house either he doesn’t have or didn’t have any creatures of that house of his own in play when he choose said house. Not only that but you can choose Sanctum as your active house then play Blinding Light first and choose Sanctum and stun all your opponents Sanctum creatures then play all your Santum creatures after to avoid being stunned.

Edited by Hyperjayman
21 hours ago, slm265 said:

Hi,

Have a query about Blinding Light - does it stun my creatures of the specified house as well as my opponents? Were I playing MTG I would interpret "stun each creature of that house" to mean all creatures of that house, wherever they are in play...

I think your instincts are correct and that is my interpretation as well - all creatures, yours and your opponent's, that match the specified house are stunned.

Blinding Light definitely stuns all creatures of the specified house. If it was only your opponent's creature it would specifically say your opponent's creatures.