Lightning Hunter & Transmogrification Curse

[Archm4ge]

On cards Lightning Hunter and Transmogrification Curse , they both state that "your hero loses 1 shadow energy".

But Lightning Hunter can be played even when your hero has zero shadow energy, while Trans Curse need your hero to have at least 1 shadow energy for it to be casted.

If the wordings are the same, i dont understand why the rules to cast them are different.

Either change the wording on Trans Curse, add in "Your hero need at least 1 shadow energy to cast this" , or change the effect of playing Lightning Hunter or Trans Curse.

[Ganjamus]

Trans Curse has the ":" part that tells you the second part of the card won't take effect unless your hero has lost at least 1 SE due to the card's effect. Lightning Hunter doesn't require you to lose 1 SE, it's just an after effect of it being summoned.

[chamthabo]

Anything before " : " is a condition that must be met before the effect is resolve, same as Garth Concoction, Smock Screen, Lythian Shackles. In case of Lightning Hunter, that is just a card effect, not a requirement.

[Gondorian]

Yes, Ganjamus is right. And, without the ":", our card text would be super-long. It's already in use in DP, for Smoke Screen. Compare that wording to Assassination - it would have been much easier to just say "Target friendly ally is exhausted: that ally kills target opposing ally."

[Airact]

I'm fairly sure the : is a cost, not a condition.


The difference is that if it was a condition, you should still be able to cast it only for it to do nothing. If it's a cost, you cannot cast it unless you have that 1 SE to lose.

Not 100% sure though.

[Archm4ge]

Ah i see... didnt take note of the ":" part , so besides the cards mentioned, what other cards have this ":" cost? Its hard to use ctrl-F

1) Transmogrification Curse
2) Garth Concoction
3) Smoke Screen
4) Lythian Shackles