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Thrust - Supersonic Interceptor

1. Can I use Thrust’s ability if he’s tapped when I attack with one of my other characters? [Source: WotC]
   No. You can’t tap Thrust if he’s already tapped.
2. If Thrust has a Grenade Launcher and boosts a character that is attacking, and the opponent reveals a Bolster, to play a Scrapper Gauntlets to scrap the Grenade Launcher, does Thrust donate 7 or 3 attack to the attacking character? [Source: WotC]
   7 attack. The amount has already been locked in.
3. Does Thrust count as a Tap ability? Similarly, does Incoming Transmission count as a Plan effect? Or, because neither have the keywords, are they exceptions to the rule? [Source: WotC]
   No. Thrust doesn’t use the Tap symbol and Incoming Transmission does not say “Plan” (and is slightly different from Plan because it isn’t optional to place the card back).
4. Would Micro Capacitor work for Thrust even though Thrust doesn’t have the tap symbol on his card? [Source: WotC]
   No, the tap symbol must be present on a card for Micro Capacitor to apply to it.
5. Let's say a Grenade Launcher is put on Thrust, then a DIFFERENT character is tapped to attack, the player decides to tap Thrust also in order to activate his ability.
   1. Does the extra attacks that Thrust gives to the attacking character include the Grenade Launcher's +4?
   2. and Does the Grenade Launcher get removed after the attack, even though Thrust wasn't technically attacking? [Source: WotC]
   1. Yes.
   2. No. As you noted, the character with Grenade Launcher did not attack.
6. Say Silverbolt attacks and his alt-mode ability triggers, allowing him to flip to bot mode thus making his base attack 3. If that is the case, then why would Optimus Prime - Battlefield Legend not get +5 attack if he attacks, uses his bot-mode ability and flips Rapid Conversion which in turn flips a tapped Thrust to bot-mode? Both Silverbolt and Thrust have triggered abilities but only Silverbolt benefits from the higher attack value. Why? Thrust’s alt-mode effect mentions “this character” NOT “this mode” or “alt mode”? [Source: WotC]
   Thrust’s ability only triggers at the time of attack and does not check again. Silverbolt is not adding his attack, he is using his attack to determine the damage at the last point after he’s flipped and just before damage is dealt.
7. Would Thrust grant +5 to Optimus Prime - Battlefield Legend if Rapid Conversion was played when using Prime’s bot mode ability. [Source: WotC]
   No. The amount of bonus granted by Thrust is granted at the time his ability is triggered and not modified afterwards.
8. Please clarify the interaction between Thrust and Chop Shop under the following scenario:
   Chop Shop flips to bot-mode
   Equip a Grenade Launcher onto Thrust
   Chop Shop attacks
   Thrust and Chop Shop's abilities trigger at the same time, so order of resolution is up to the turn-player
   1) Resolve Thrust's ability and tap him to add 7 atk (base + Grenade Launcher) to Chop Shop
   2) Resolve Chop Shop's ability moving the Grenade Launcher from Thrust to Chop Shop
   Chop Shop's final attack is [BASE] + [GRENADE_LAUNCHER] + [THRUST_BASE] + [GRENADE_LAUNCHER]; 4 + 4 + 3 + 4 = 15
   Battle flips omitted
   Is this correct? [Source: WotC]
   You can choose to resolve Thrust and Chop Shop’s abilities in this order. You could also choose to resolve them in the other order, but that would probably not turn out as well for you, so maybe don’t.
9. In a situation where someone is using Thrust and an Anticipation Engine attached to a different bot, could that person use Thrust's ability multiple times if they flip a Ready for Action using the Anticipation Engine? [Source: WotC]
   Thrust’s ability only triggers once–when one of your other characters attacks. To use Thrust’s ability more than once, you need to untap Thrust and attack a second time with one of your other characters.