Executor (Hoth)

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Q: Can a unit with targeted strike hit Executor?

A: Targeted Strike is a card effect, but it only affects the card that has the keyword, by altering the way that the unit with targeted strike can resolve its combat icons. When resolving those combat icons, they are still treated as a game effect, and resolve as per a normal strike, now with an expanded "scope" as to what they can hit. The description for targeted strike *does* include the word 'target' to ensure that there *is* something to affect with the combat icons. You are not allowed to targeted strike nothing just to avoid using your unit combat icons within an engagement. For example, if for some reason you wanted to avoid killing a particular enemy unit that was opposing you; there would need to be a unit not participating in the engagement for you to target with targeted strike if you wanted to avoid damaging that opposing unit. Therefore, any unit with targeted strike *would* be able to target the Executor with their unit damage icons using targeted strike.

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Q: How does Executor interact with Aggression?

A: Aggression is played. Each player now has to choose a unit to sacrifice. Since Aggression is a single effect affecting multiple players simultaneously, the players must individually make choices to resolve the effect, starting with the player who played or executed the effect, with priority then proceeding clockwise around the table. So the dark side player who played Aggression chooses who he will sacrifice first. Note that he is only choosing at this time - the unit he chooses is not sacrificed yet. After the dark side player has made his choice, the light side player does the same. Once all players have chosen who they will be sacrificing, the effect resolves, and all chosen units are sacrificed simultaneously. The Executor may now trigger its reaction once for each sacrificed unit. It must resolve the first of these two reactions in full before initiating the second.