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Title: Cities are not Sites/Fortresses until played?
Post by: Sean on February 25, 2019, 10:30:51 AM: Just clarifying, Cities cannot be targeted as though they are a Site or a Fortress until they have been played as such?
Title: Re: Cities are not Sites/Fortresses until played?
Post by: Josh on February 25, 2019, 10:38:15 AM: Quote from: Sean on February 25, 2019, 10:30:51 AM
Just clarifying, Cities cannot be targeted as though they are a Site or a Fortress until they have been played as such?

They can be targeted as either. A card that says "Search deck for a Site" can search for a City, as can a card that says "Play a Fortress from deck".
Title: Re: Cities are not Sites/Fortresses until played?
Post by: The Guardian on February 25, 2019, 11:25:50 AM: For further clarification, what you can't do is use a card that says "Take a City from deck" and use that to grab a regular Site or Fortress.
Title: Re: Cities are not Sites/Fortresses until played?
Post by: Sean on February 25, 2019, 02:42:53 PM: Why is this different than covenants/curses?
Title: Re: Cities are not Sites/Fortresses until played?
Post by: NathanW on February 25, 2019, 02:51:10 PM: Quote from: Sean on February 25, 2019, 02:42:53 PM
Why is this different than covenants/curses?

It isn't different. In the same way that you can't search for a site or fortress with a card that says "search deck for a city" you can't search your deck for an enhancement or artifact with an ability that says "search deck for a curse" or "search deck for a covenant". In addition to that similarity, covenants and curses can be targeted as either an artifact or enhancement while in the deck.
Title: Re: Cities are not Sites/Fortresses until played?
Post by: Sean on February 25, 2019, 04:23:37 PM: OK, I thought I had read someplace that the opposite was true. Thanks!
Title: Re: Cities are not Sites/Fortresses until played?
Post by: Sean on February 26, 2019, 08:00:53 AM: Follow up...If I have already played a City so that it is being used as a Site, can it only be targeted by cards that target Sites or can it still be targeted by cards that target Fortresses? I would assume it can always be targeted as a City.
Title: Re: Cities are not Sites/Fortresses until played?
Post by: kram1138 on February 26, 2019, 09:02:41 AM: It can only be targeted as the type it was played as, as well as by things specifically targeting cities. So if it was played as a site, you can't target it as a fortress. Similarly to how you can stop target covenants and curses as such, regardless if they are played at artifacts or enhancements