Captain Val Jericho

Captain Val Jericho • Star Alliance • Creature • Rare • While Captain Val Jericho is in the center of your battleline, you may play 1 card that is not of the active house during your turn. • Artist: David Auden Nash • Card Number: WC:326, MM:336, DT:258

Star Alliance

Creature

Rare

5 Power

1 Armor

Human • Leader

While Captain Val Jericho is in the center of your battleline, you may play 1 card that is not of the active house during your turn.
Current Text
Captain Val Jericho was updated in Dark Tidings. Original card text:
During your turn, if Captain Val Jericho is in the center of your battleline, you may play one card that is not of the active house.
Original Text

WC 326

MM 336

DT 258

Artist: David Auden Nash

FFG Rulings

I have three cards in my battleline; Captain Val Jericho in the Center of the Battleline with Com. Officer Kirby as a neighbor. On my turn, I reap with Com. Officer Kirby, granting me a play allowance of a non-Star Alliance action, artifact, or upgrade for the rest of the turn. Captain Val Jericho is also granting a play allowance of a card that is not of the active house. If I play a Shadows action, does this use up both allowances?

This follows the same precedent as playing two Phase Shifts, which gives you two play allowances and only uses one on the first non-Logos card you play. Playing a Shadows action in this case will only use up one of your two play allowances, leaving you one more to use. You can choose whether to use Com. Officer Kirby's or Captain Val Jericho's play allowance first, leaving the other open (with the caveat that Captain Val has to be in the center of your battleline when you use her play allowance).
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I have three cards in my battleline; Captain Val Jericho in the Center of the Battleline with Com. Officer Kirby as a neighbor. On my turn, I reap with Com. Officer Kirby, granting me a play allowance of a non-Star Alliance action, artifact, or upgrade for the rest of the turn. Captain Val Jericho is also granting a play allowance of a card that is not of the active house. If I play a Shadows action, does this use up both allowances?

This follows the same precedent as playing two Phase Shifts, which gives you two play allowances and only uses one on the first non-Logos card you play. Playing a Shadows action in this case will only use up one of your two play allowances, leaving you one more to use. You can choose whether to use Com. Officer Kirby's or Captain Val Jericho's play allowance first, leaving the other open (with the caveat that Captain Val has to be in the center of your battleline when you use her play allowance).

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Commentary

Captain Val Jericho's ability allows you to play one card per turn that is not of the active house if it is in the Center of your battleline. The wording here allows for Captain Val Jericho's ability to activate at any point during its controller's turn, but limits the number of off house cards played to one. If Captain Val Jericho is in the center and its constant ability is used to play a card off house, then another card is added to the battleline moving Captain Val Jericho from the center and yet it returns to the center later in the turn, its ability can not be resolved again.

However, if Captain Val Jericho leaves play and then returns to play in the same turn, it is considered to be a new object, and the ability can be resolved again if the card is in the center of the battleline.

There is only a center of a battleline if there is an odd number of creatures in that battleline. When there is an even number of creatures in a battleline, there is no center. If there is only one creature in the battleline, that creature is in the center.

Source: Center of the Battleline

Playing Captain Val Jericho will allow you to play another card from your hand on the first turn, since the First Turn Rule can be modified by card effects.

Source: First Turn Rule