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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Official Rules & Errata => Ruling Questions => Topic started by: redemption collector 777 on September 12, 2014, 11:39:12 AM

Title: questions about discard all cards in battle and an instead ability
Post by: redemption collector 777 on September 12, 2014, 11:39:12 AM: Solomon's temple (new version) SA: If a Solomon's temple priest , king of Judah or Solomon is captured or discarded by an opponent's Special ability , you may discard a teal card from hand instead.

Example: What if a Solomon's temple priest was in battle with an EC , then the EC plays a "discard all cards in battle including yours" ability and then the player that is rescuing using the instead ability?

1. If you use an instead ability in general while your character is in battle , like Solomon's temple and Herod's temple does your character stay in battle or return to territory?

2. Lets say the answer was your character stays in battle , in the example above can the EC now negate or interrupt their own enhancement? or are they just discarded?
Title: Re: questions about discard all cards in battle and an instead ability
Post by: The Guardian on September 12, 2014, 11:44:43 AM: 1. Stays in battle

2. No, the Evil Character cannot interrupt its own ability
Title: Re: questions about discard all cards in battle and an instead ability
Post by: Redoubter on September 12, 2014, 01:35:07 PM: To add to #2:

Quote from: The REG
Special Initiative
When you are losing the battle by removal, you are granted special initiative to play an Enhancement that will interrupt or negate the card that is causing your charact’s removal. You are considered to be losing by removal when an opponent’s special ability, or a game rule that has been triggered by an opponent’s special ability, would leave you with no character in battle when the special ability has completed.

The reason you cannot do anything about the removal is because it is your own card. You only get Special Initiative (which would be needed in this case) to interrupt/negate a source your opponent controls.
Title: Re: questions about discard all cards in battle and an instead ability
Post by: jbeers285 on September 12, 2014, 01:51:56 PM: If the ability said discard all cards in battle would it be able to complete if you instead one of the discards? Would all require all or none?
Title: Re: questions about discard all cards in battle and an instead ability
Post by: TheJaylor on September 12, 2014, 02:04:39 PM: Quote from: jbeers285 on September 12, 2014, 01:51:56 PM
If the ability said discard all cards in battle would it be able to complete if you instead one of the discards? Would all require all or none?
I believe it'd be a "to as much as you can" scenario.
Title: Re: questions about discard all cards in battle and an instead ability
Post by: Jonesy on September 12, 2014, 03:41:58 PM: what about an ignore, would that give special initiative?
Title: Re: questions about discard all cards in battle and an instead ability
Post by: The Guardian on September 12, 2014, 04:35:22 PM: Ignore does not give special initiative because it does not remove any characters from battle.