I've been playing around with
Orc Butchery, which says "Response: If a companion is killed by a
Orc, the Free Peoples player must discard 3 cards from the top of his draw deck for each card in the dead pile."
My question: What counts as "killed by a
Orc"?
Clearly these
do count:
- Overwhelming in a skirmish
- Winning in a skirmish and dealing the final wound
- Wounding by means of the Orc's game text (e.g. Orc Hunters or Orc Slayer)
But what about these?
In each of these cases, the killing of the companion wouldn't happen without the
Orc, and yet the source of the killing could arguably be the event card, not the Orc.
Also interesting is that the text of
Orc Butchery is distinct from cards like
Drawn to Its Power, which says, "Each time a Nazgul kills a companion in a skirmish..." clearly limiting the card to triggering during a skirmish. (This card was later clarified in the Shadows re-print to say, "Each time a companion is killed in a skirmish involving a Nazgul, add a burden.")
Is there a clarification for
Orc Butchery that I'm missing?