Acquire Discard and Banish with Divine, Arcane, Magic

[JaedenRuiner]

So,
Playing a round with some of my chars, and several curiosities occurred to me regarding the nature of the Spell cards.

First:
On spell cards depending on arcane, divine or both, it says if you don't have the skill banish it.

Interpretation:
This ruling is listed in the "Powers" section so that would appear to mean that if I "use" the card to activate it's powers, only then does it get banished if I don't have the skill. So, even if someone like Seoni or Ezren acquires a Divine spell like "holy light" I can simply discard it (or as per Seoni use it for her blast cannon) and it is simply discarded, so at the end of the game I can trade it with Kyra or another character that has the Divine skill. Is this the correct interpretation?

Second:
Ezren's special ability indicates "if you acquire a card with the magic train during an Exploration".

Encounter: Mystic Inscription
Resolution: Defeated, Add 1d4 random spells from the box to your hand.

Interpretation:
I did "acquire" several cards with the "magic" trait, so does that activate his power? Or is it only when the "explored" card has the magic trait and I acquire it via the check?

Thanks
Jaeden "Sifo Dyas" al'Raec Ruiner

[csouth154]

You are correct on the first part but not the second.

Wording is everything. Just because you add cards to your hand when you "acquire" them doesn't mean that every card "added to your hand" is "acquired".

A card is only acquired when you pass a check to acquire or when you are instructed to "acquire" it.

The same is true for "banish" vs. "return to the box"

[Hawkmoon269]

First one is correct. You only banish spells when you play them (and only if you don't have the required skill).

Second one is not correct. Acquire is a technical term in the game. If the card doesn't say you "acquire" then you don't technically acquire. So Ezren did add some spells to his hand, but he didn't "acquire" them. Only the actual term matters.

[JaedenRuiner]

Awesome.
Thanks for the clarification.