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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Official Rules & Errata => Ruling Questions => Topic started by: Alex_Olijar on August 13, 2011, 07:13:45 PM
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Theoretical special ability number 1: "If you have 3 heros in play, protect your deck from opponent's cards"
Theoretical special ability number 2: "Place an evil character under opponent's deck".
If special ability 1 is active, is special ability 2 protected from?
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I would guess not, since the first SA targets the deck, while the second SA targets an EC.
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I've been trying to come up with an answer to that return, since it's the biggest problem.
Isn't it true that Jerusalem Tower used to protect from cards returning to deck because of the opponent?
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I guess that would depend on the SA. If it said "shuffle EC into deck," then the "shuffle" part would target the deck. If the SA said, "Return an EC to deck and shuffle deck", then the EC would still return to deck.
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I guess that would depend on the SA. If it said "shuffle EC into deck," then the "shuffle" part would target the deck. If the SA said, "Return an EC to deck and shuffle deck", then the EC would still return to deck.
JT allows shuffle.
Can you affect something that is protected by targeting something else?
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JT allows shuffle.
Oops! ;D
Can you affect something that is protected by targeting something else?
Probably not. If the card is protected, then that would override the loophole. For instance, if my Priests are protected, you can't use a card that targets OT heroes to get my Priest.
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I would think that if my deck is protected, even though I am targeting the character, you can't do it, because it indirectly targets my deck by adding to it.
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So, if your Priests from the House of Eleazar are protected from discard abilities, and your opponent discards your Goshen which happens to be holding a Priest from the House of Eleazar, you're saying that the Priest would not be discarded because they are indirectly protected? Is that the scenario you are looking for?
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So, if your Priests from the House of Eleazar are protected from discard abilities, and your opponent discards your Goshen which happens to be holding a Priest from the House of Eleazar, you're saying that the Priest would not be discarded because they are indirectly protected? Is that the scenario you are looking for?
That's a great scenario. I would rule that the priest should not be discarded. Discard is discard, whether it's BTN or by ability.
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This will take some debating.
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This will take some debating.
To change the status quo or to get a ruling?
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To get a ruling. As of now I would have no idea how to rule it.
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To get a ruling. As of now I would have no idea how to rule it.
Maly told me that Protect protects from targeting, and so I can bottom deck a deck protected from effect. I was arguing indirect protection. We didn't get anywhere. If I'm right, I found at least 1 hard counter to Ahimelek.
Obviously, I'm probably not right. RDT says there was a ruling against this already concerning Grapes and a protected deck.
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I would think that if my deck is protected, even though I am targeting the character, you can't do it, because it indirectly targets my deck by adding to it.
My thinking (just throwing this out there) is that the card being returned to deck is not a part of the deck until it is a part of the deck - i.e., when the return ability has already completed. The return ability does not target any of the existing cards in the deck, and by the time the returned card is a part of the deck and therefore protected, the ability has already completed.
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Well, that's sort of what the issue is about, I think.
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My thinking (just throwing this out there) is that the card being returned to deck is not a part of the deck until it is a part of the deck - i.e., when the return ability has already completed. The return ability does not target any of the existing cards in the deck, and by the time the returned card is a part of the deck and therefore protected, the ability has already completed.
So, in the other example, the Priest in Goshen can be discarded. The SA "Discard a fortress" did not target any of the heroes in the fortress. Therefore, the discard of the fortress completes (because it was not protected). The discard of the fortress causes the discard of the heroes in the fortress by game rule. This all completes before "Priests are protected from discard abilities" ever applies. In fact, Goshen's "Protect from harm or effect" would also not apply, since the heroes were never actually targetted.
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in the theoretical case, i dont believe sa1 protects from sa2 since sa2 doesnt directly target the deck. therefore, still no hard counter to the best card in the new set. ;D
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Thaddeus protects Scribe from placing an O.T. enhancement under deck so Alex example should work in this case. Since Thadd can protect your deck from that then Alex's example should as well.
Thaddeus (Di)
Type: Hero Char. • Brigade: Purple • Ability: 8 / 8 • Class: None • Special Ability: Protect all cards in play, set-aside area, Artifact piles, hands, and decks from Evil Characters with toughness X or less. Cannot be interrupted. • Identifiers: NT Male Human, Disciple • Verse: Matthew 10:2-3 • Availability: Disciples booster packs ()
Scribe (Di)
Type: Evil Char. • Brigade: Black/Gray • Ability: 2 / 4 • Class: None • Special Ability: Search discard pile for an O.T. Enhancement and place it beneath deck. Negate ignore abilities. May band to a Pharisee or Sadducee. • Identifiers: Generic NT Male Human • Verse: Luke 20:46 • Availability: Disciples booster packs ()
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I'm curious to hear elder input now after Mitch's point about Thadd.
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Scribe's ability has 2 targets, the OT enhancement in the discard pile and the deck where it will bottomdeck the enhancement. If Thad is protecting the deck then it cannot be targeted by Scribe.
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Scribe's ability has 2 targets, the OT enhancement in the discard pile and the deck where it will bottomdeck the enhancement. If Thad is protecting the deck then it cannot be targeted by Scribe.
Then wouldn't anything that bottom decked something have two targets?
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Then wouldn't anything that bottom decked something have two targets?
I try to avoid answering vague, generalized questions like that and your OP. I already hear enough "but Gabe said..." without setting myself up by answering a potentially loaded question. :)
If there's something specific you're getting at then say it. If it's that important to you to keep in a secret then do your best to discern if it works from what has been said.
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I was just trying to ask a parallel question because I didn't want to give away a potential stop for the front runner for best type offense 2 days after the set released.
Does Simon the Zealot when activated stop my opponent's Ahimelek?
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It seems to me that Ahimelek the Hittite is targeting the Evil Character and the owner's hand, however, based on the Grapes of Wrath ruling with Simon the Zealot I'm probably wrong.
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It seems to me that Ahimelek the Hittite is targeting the Evil Character and the owner's hand, however, based on the Grapes of Wrath ruling with Simon the Zealot I'm probably wrong.
That's what I am seeing. Based in Grapes/Zealot, it shouldn't, but based on Thadd/Scribe, it should.
Any other opininons?
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I just found the Grapes ruling here (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/ruling-questions/simon-the-zealot-and-grapes/msg367944/#msg367944).
If a shuffle ability doesn't target the deck that's going to get shuffled, then I don't think a "bottomdeck" ability (expect a new keyword next year :)) targets the deck, only the card that's being bottom decked. Following that logic a return to hand ability only targets the card being returned.
That all seems very illogical to me but Tim and Bryon both agreed. Those guys wrote a large part of the new REG and have a greater understanding of the rules than I do so I submit to their wisdom.
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I just found the Grapes ruling here (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/ruling-questions/simon-the-zealot-and-grapes/msg367944/#msg367944).
If a shuffle ability doesn't target the deck that's going to get shuffled, then I don't think a "bottomdeck" ability (expect a new keyword next year :)) targets the deck, only the card that's being bottom decked. Following that logic a return to hand ability only targets the card being returned.
That all seems very illogical to me but Tim and Bryon both agreed. Those guys wrote a large part of the new REG and have a greater understanding of the rules than I do so I submit to their wisdom.
Wait so Thadd doesn't protect from Scribe...... That might have cost me another win at Nationals.... Its seems illogical that Scribe and Ahimelek don't have two targets.
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Yeah, I think this needs to be extrapolated to other circumstances. Is there another other example besides Scribe and Thadd that would be relevant? The more examples we see, perhaps the more clear it would be.
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That all seems very illogical to me but Tim and Bryon both agreed. Those guys wrote a large part of the new REG and have a greater understanding of the rules than I do so I submit to their wisdom.
Bump for Logic on the ruling.
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I'd still like to hear the logic on this. Gabe said he felt it was illogical, so I'd like to hear what the elders who actually made the ruling have to say. Thanks.
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"Return a hero to territory" - targets hero, not the territory
"return hero to hand" targets hero, not hand
"Discard a hero" targets hero, not the discard pile
"Set aside a hero" targets hero, not the set aside area
"shuffle/topdeck/underdeck a hero" targets hero, not the deck
These cards target the card that is gettng moved, not the location to which it is moved.