Hold the Trident plot (S 197)

[Aertes 0]

We have a little problem with this one.

It reads "While you control fewer characters than any opponent, each character you control gets +2 STR". I am almost sure that it means that its enough for you to have less characters than one opponent for this card effect to activate, but some people is saying that you need to have fewer characters than all of your opponents. I tell them that if thats what it meant, thats what the card would read. ¿Who is right here?.

[ktom 598]

Aertes said:

We have a little problem with this one.

It reads "While you control fewer characters than any opponent, each character you control gets +2 STR". I am almost sure that it means that its enough for you to have less characters than one opponent for this card effect to activate, but some people is saying that you need to have fewer characters than all of your opponents. I tell them that if thats what it meant, thats what the card would read. ¿Who is right here?.

Ugh. The "any," "each" and "all" readings can get very sticky sometimes.

You are correct. So long as there is even one opponent with more characters than you, your characters get +2 each. If you were supposed to have the fewest characters to get the bonus, it would read something more like "while you control fewer characters than each opponent..." or "while you control the fewest characters...".

[Aertes 0]

Thank you for your help.