Steal an Advantage
Legend of the Five Rings card from Aftermath, Twenty Festivals, The Currency of War, Promotional–Twenty Festivals
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- This Strategy's ability is Battle/Engage if you control a Scout at the current battlefield.
Battle: A target enemy card may not use one of its abilities (you choose). - Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), A Brother's Destiny (Twenty Festivals), Age of Conquest (Emperor), War of the Seals (Onyx Edition)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Aftermath
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "The superior warrior is not always the victor. If your opponent has better options than you, seek to eliminate those options." - Akodo's Leadership
- Artist
- Britt Martin
- Card Number
- 140
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "Any more words about us 'foolish mammals' without your sword, serpent?"
- Artist
- Britt Martin
- Card Number
- 329
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
The Currency of War
- Rarity
- Fixed
- Flavor Text
- Deprive a warrior of his weapon and you have all but won the day.
- Artist
- Britt Martin
- Card Number
- 53
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Promotional–Twenty Festivals
- Rarity
- Promo
- Flavor Text
- "Any more words about us 'foolish mammals' without your sword, serpent?"
- Artist
- Britt Martin
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Can I target my opponent's progressive with my copy of Steal an advantage?
A: No. Per the CR, p51, cards not in units are not "enemy cards". Jon Palmer, "Progressive + Steal an Advantage", 28 Jul 2014 - Q: Hello, quick question.
Steal an Advantage says: This Strategy's ability is Battle/Engage if you control a Scout at this battlefield. Battle: A target enemy card may not use one of its abilities (you choose).
Entrenched Position says: Interrupt: Negate a Battle action's effects taken by the Attacker if it is taken before the Defender's first normal opportunity to act or pass.
If Steal an Advantage is used with a scout at the battle field as a Battle/Engage does it still count as a battle ability giving me the opportunity to Entrenched it?
A: No.
When taking an action that has multiple action types (such as Battle/Engage or Battle/Open), for purposes of other cards looking for the action type played, it depends on how the original action was used. If it's played as a Battle it's affected by cards that affect Battle actions; if it's played as an Engage it's affected by cards that affect Engage actions. Jon Palmer, "Steal an Advantage vs. Entrenched Position", 30 Jan 2014