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Brazen Bull
Artifact
, : ~ deals 2 damage to target player with exactly X cards in his or her hand.

does it need to say 'exactly'?

Wouldn't you assume it meant 'at least' when reading it without that?

Yes, it needs to say "exactly" If it didn't, not only would you assume it means "at least" - that's what it would mean.

(11-06-2008 06:49 PM)Aran Wrote: [ -> ]Wouldn't you assume it meant 'at least' when reading it without that?

no

(11-06-2008 09:06 PM)Arix Wrote: [ -> ]Yes, it needs to say "exactly" If it didn't, not only would you assume it means "at least" - that's what it would mean.

i guess

I dunno, I mean if you had it deal 2 damage to target creature with 3 toughness, that would definitely be interpreted as "exactly 3" toughness...

Oddly enough, I think that the difference between spelling out a number and writing it numerically causes players to interpret differently the precision of the measurement. So 3 life means exactly that, no more, no less. But three cards might be interpreted as "at least three"...

In any case, as I said, it needs to say "exactly" or it would actually mean otherwise and work differently to how I want it.

In any case, I like this quite a bit. I maked a card like this, but it did X damage.