Re: Questions about Phial of Galadriel, Star-glass

[DarthMaeglin]

The card is unable to gain game text. It doesn't say "until the end of the skirmish" or "until the end of the turn." In fact, it has to at least be "until the start of the regroup phase" as a minion can lose fierce.

The action itself does seem to persist into the fierce assignment phase. Of course, if it lost the fierce keyword, it would be unable to be assigned in a fierce round anyways.
-wtk

It doesn't need to give itself an expiration. Just like Axe of Erebor's effect ends at the end of the skirmish. The minion is unable to gain game text during that skirmish (i.e Savagery to match their numbers can not give the Fierce keyword in that skirmish), but skirmish actions don't naturally persist without that specific "until/unless x". To point to Savagery to match their numbers, it has to specify that the fierce keyword lasts until the regroup phase or it would go away before the fierce assignment.