Dark Empowerment

[jffb213]

So Dark Empowerment is one of Dark Dimension's affiliated team tactic cards. It reads:

"During a character's activation it may suffer 1 damage to play this card. 

Choose another character within range 3 of the active character. Effects of the next attack made this turn by the active character can not cause it to gain power. The chosen character gain power equal to the damage dealt by the attack."

Does this mean that the attack being used by the active character must have a built in ruling for it to gain power equal to the damage dealt? Or can the attack be any attack, such as a big spender, but it will still cause the chosen character to gain power equal to the damage dealt by the attack instead of the active character?

[Negoldar]

14 hours ago, jffb213 said:

Does this mean that the attack being used by the active character must have a built in ruling for it to gain power equal to the damage dealt?

No. 

14 hours ago, jffb213 said:

can the attack be any attack

Yes. 

14 hours ago, jffb213 said:

will [it] still cause the chosen character to gain power equal to the damage dealt by the attack instead of the active character?

Yes it will. 

There is no requirement for the attack to have a rule that generates power. 

[Allenlikethewrench]

How does this interact with X23 (and Angela and Carnage) Frenzy timing? Does the power gain happen in time to pay for Frenzy (assuming you did not have power prior to the attack)?

[Thoras]

On 4/2/2024 at 7:52 PM, Allenlikethewrench said:

How does this interact with X23 (and Angela and Carnage) Frenzy timing? Does the power gain happen in time to pay for Frenzy (assuming you did not have power prior to the attack)?

The character gaining the power is not the character making the attack, neither of those superpowers would be applicable.