Power up question??

[da_rock]

are power ups only considered when you discard a card of the same name to increase its attack and defense of a card on the field? Or is playing nasty surprise and savage beatdown also considered a power up?

 

[chaosruler]

Powerups occur when you discard a copy of the same character, or use an effect that powers up. Savage Beatdown, etc. are just attack modifiers

-chaosruler

 

[luffy]

Note that Power-up is only for this ATTACK, not this turn, if your opponent stops you with some means and when you attack again with this character, you do not get the 'modifier'.

 

[da_rock]

ok what about character that increase there attk and def like cosmic spiderman he gains +1/+1 attk and def for each non-stunned character my opponent controls. Now, effects like these are considered power ups right not attack modifiers???

 

[chaosruler]

that is an attack modifier

-chaosruler

 

[helpoemer316]

When John mentions that a card effect he means cards like Tameran, which read "Power-Up target character", that's an effect that would power-up.

Everything else would just be a modifier.

 

[da_rock]

thanks guys

 

[chaosruler]

i was thinking mainly of that new card, i think it's underworld, that can discard a character w/ a cost of 2 or less in order ot power up a def. or attacker you control, something like that

-chaosruler

 

[Digital Jedi]

Black Mask and Harley Quinn also have effects that let you discard something else for a Power-Up, but both effects specifically call it a power-up. Not just a "+1 ATK/ +1 DEF" modifier.

 

[luffy]

As long as the text itself does not say anything about Power-up, it's a modifier.