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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Official Rules & Errata => Ruling Questions => Topic started by: joeychips on March 10, 2014, 12:50:32 PM

Title: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: joeychips on March 10, 2014, 12:50:32 PM

If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls? The new ruling says you can't rescue your own Ls, however NJ says rescues ANY Ls in play.

Title: Re: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: browarod on March 10, 2014, 12:55:57 PM

Despite the fact that the cards say "any" and "a" (which, by every other default, means any in play) the ruling you mentioned trumps that. At no time can you rescue a Lost Soul from your own Land of Bondage, regardless of what any card says.

Title: Re: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: joeychips on March 10, 2014, 12:57:57 PM

Thanks! Now I will take NJ out of my deck and replace it with Mayhem.

Title: Re: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: Drrek on March 10, 2014, 12:58:38 PM

Quote from: joeychips on March 10, 2014, 12:57:57 PM

Thanks! Now I will take NJ out of my deck and replace it with Mayhem.

You probably do not want to do this.

Title: Re: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: joeychips on March 10, 2014, 01:11:53 PM

Why not? I hardly ever get SoG with NJ. Plus my deck is 63 cards so the likelihood of it happening is small.

Title: Re: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: DrowningFish on March 10, 2014, 04:16:07 PM

Well why not have both?

Title: Re: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: _JM_ on March 10, 2014, 04:43:50 PM

Quote from: joeychips on March 10, 2014, 01:11:53 PM

Why not? I hardly ever get SoG with NJ. Plus my deck is 63 cards so the likelihood of it happening is small.

NJ gives you a free soul.  If you can play it with SoG, there is nothing that your opponent can do to stop it.  Just SoG by itself gets you 20% of the way to victory (T1 obviously) - adding NJ to the play gets you 40% of the way there.  No other two-card combo guarantees you anywhere near that much in terms of actually winning a game.  If the size of your deck is keeping you from pairing the two, and you want to more consistently win games, I would recommend trimming your deck size.  I'd write more about deckbuilding here, but that's kinda off topic for this sub-forum ;)

As for the original question, Browarod is completely correct.

Title: Re: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: Minion of Jesus on March 10, 2014, 05:02:08 PM

Also, you could add cards that help you go through your deck faster, or cards that can search for SoG.

Title: Re: If I use SOG with NJ can I rescue my own Ls?
Post by: joeychips on March 11, 2014, 11:59:57 AM

Thanks guys, that helps me a lot!