Let's try to remain civil, folks. The aggravation at the wait is valid, and I'm eager for an update, too. The reasons for the delay are certainly not malice or laziness on Paizo's part, so let's keep the issues with our favorite magical-elf-let's-pretend game in perspective. And let's not openly invite an immature response or project one onto other forumites, please.
Maybe there's a missing "may" in there, but there's another possibility. If you encounter the card under circumstances that don't allow you to evade it, then you would move on to the check to defeat, and the scenario probably wants that card to end up displayed next to the scenario rather than banished back to the box after it's dealt with. Adding the two words "or defeat" to the first power handles possible exceptions, and it's not like the card is short on available space for printing extra words. Even if the scenario that uses the Elusive Knowledge Henchman doesn't include that possibility, the wording also future-proofs similar cards that may be built in a hurry using Elusive Knowledge as a template. It's better that we have a discussion at our leisure about redundant text during the Season of Factions' Favor than a game night comes to a halt on a technicality during the Season of the Great Taldan Bake Off.
[snark]I'm hurt, Jen. Wounded, even. Someone get me a cleric. I think I'm taking ongoing bleed damage. The sidebar on page 9 is practically lifted straight out of our discussion at TotalCon. Here I was, looking back fondly on our time batting gamemastering tips back and forth, but apparently it was all one-sided: just a mere four-star GM getting the privilege to sit for a moment at the cool kids' table, before getting patted on the head and told to run along. It's OK, though. Better that I find out now.[\snark]
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