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Player A makes a successful rescue attempt against player B. Player B begins to hand a soul over, then changes his mind and decides to give a different soul, and begins to withdraw his arm. Player A snatches the card from Player B, and player B protests.

Player A's argument is that Player B picked up the soul, and his hand was halfway across the table.
Player B's argument is that he did not hand Player A the soul, and his hand had already begun to withdraw at the point that Player A took it from him.

Assume this is at a national tournament, so there's no exceptions being made for anyone. Is this a case where Player B made a mistake and has to own it, or was he still within his rights to change his mind until he handed the card over?

A. You can take it back as long as you still have your hand on it. This is standard.

I would rule with this in mind.  It just seems rude for someone to grab a card out of another player's hand.  Fun and fellowship ftw

Quote from: Prof Underwood on March 11, 2013, 04:37:33 PM

Quote from: Westy on March 11, 2013, 03:52:32 PM

A. You can take it back as long as you still have your hand on it. This is standard.

I would rule with this in mind.  It just seems rude for someone to grab a card out of another player's hand.  Fun and fellowship ftw

Agreed.

And by the way, do we really have to analyze every possible ruling scenario that does not follow general guidelines of sportsmanship and integrity?!?   

This is something that did happen at Nats, and I remembered I never made a thread on it.

A player should certainly never "snatch" another card from a player's hand. Likewise, a player should never touch another player's cards unless an ability instructs him/gives him that option to do so or if the player has requested to view a card to read the ability, check identifier, etc.

In that particular scenario, I would rule in favor of Player B. However, once that LS is released from his hand, it is considered in the rescuing player's LoR.