Champion Unit
Akali
Deadly Weapon
Energy
Rules
Empower (: Empower me. Use only if not Empowered.)
When I move, you may deal 1 to a unit at a battlefield I moved to or from. If I'm Empowered, deal 2 instead.
Empowered› I have +1 .
Card information
- Set
- Vendetta VEN
- Card number
- VEN-021/166
- Rarity
- Epic
- Type
- Champion Unit
- Champion tag
- Akali
- Tags
- Ionia, Akali
- Illustrator
- 莺之歌
Names in other languages
Keywords explained
EmpowerCR 827Activated Ability
Empower is functionally short for “[Cost]: Empower this. Play only if not Empowered.”
EmpoweredCR 828Dependent Keyword
It is functionally short for “While I have the Empowered status, this card gains ‘[Text]’.”
Functional text from the Core Rules
Legality
Simulator support
Fully scripted
Every printed ability works in the simulator.
Rulings & errata
›What happens when my opponent plays Hidden Blade targeting my Akali, Deadly Weapon in reaction to her move trigger? Will it still deal damage to the chosen unit?
It will.
Akali is another case where her ability refers to information implicit to its own trigger condition, similar to Iascylla. Akali’s “battlefield I moved to or from” doesn’t require her to be on the board in order for us to be able to identify it, nor does it reference information about her current state. Even if she leaves the board, that information was checked when her ability triggered, and it is still available to us on resolution.
Relevant Rules: 359.3.f.3.
Source: Riftbound: Vendetta Rules FAQ and Clarifications (newest FAQ found)
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