Free Card Actions & Standby

[Hyde_N_Seek]

Scenario: An enemy unit within LoS and Range 2 of a unit with a standby token performs a move action, thus triggering the standby. The friendly unit spends the standby and decides to take a move action. If the unit with the standby is Rebel Boba Fett, he can replace the move action with Card Action: Jump, as the Jump Keyword says, "A unit that has the Jump X keyword can perform the Jump X card action any time it could perform a move action." 

Now, here's the question: If the unit with the standby were instead Geonosian Warriors with the free action: Jump, would they be able to do the same -- spend the standby to jump? The reason I ask is because the CRB section on Free Card Actions says, "A unit may only perform free actions during its Perform Actions step" -- we don't have a can/cannot, so which rule takes priority? can the "Jump X replaces any move action" supersede the "Units may only perform free actions during its Perform Actions step?" --- So to ask the question in a clear, unified sentence, "Can a unit with [free card action]: Jump X use the Jump keyword outside of its Perform Actions step, like while spending a Standby token?

--In-game, we have examples of free card actions being performed outside the Perform Actions step, like R2-D2's Smoke screen card, but that one specifically calls out a timing window for that free action, whereas triggering a standby doesn't. 

Edited March 8 by Hyde_N_Seek

[Seth]

Hello there!

Typically, a unit may only perform free card actions during their Perform Actions step. However, the Jump X keyword text does allow that a unit with the keyword may use it when they would be able to perform a move action. This would be an instance of using Rules Priority to allow the keyword text to override the general game rule!

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On 3/8/2024 at 8:30 AM, Hyde_N_Seek said:

If the unit with the standby were instead Geonosian Warriors with the free action: Jump, would they be able to do the same -- spend the standby to jump?

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"Can a unit with [free card action]: Jump X use the Jump keyword outside of its Perform Actions step, like while spending a Standby token?

Yes to both, as a unit with the Jump X keyword can perform the Jump X action any time it could perform a move action, including a free move action granted using a standby token.

Hope this helps,
Seth