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Abilities for reference and bolding the important parts:

Philistine Outpost

Type: Fortress • Brigade: None • Ability: None • Class: None • Special Ability: When you are attacked, you may discard this card or an evil card from deck to search discard pile for a generic Philistine and place it in your territory. Protect Sites from being placed beneath decks.

Hormah

Type: Site • Brigade: Blue • Ability: None • Class: None • Special Ability: If your human Evil Character is discarded, you may place this Site and its contents beneath owner’s deck.


First, I've always thought that the LS could not be placed beneath deck.  In fact, I'm almost certain that was the intention of that clause in Philistine Outpost, as you could just do something like discard your Philistine Armorbearer from deck to bottom-deck Hormah otherwise.

However.  After re-reading the abilities, Hormah places itself "and contents" beneath deck.  The contents are not protected, just the site, as Outpost is very specific: "Protect Sites from being placed beneath decks."  The contents were never protected, and the cost was paid.  Therefore, as much of the benefit as possible is completed.

Despite the intentions of this card, if Philistine Outpost is out, if Hormah is tripped by the discard of your EC, you may place the contents on the bottom of deck and Hormah stays in territory.  Effectively giving you the ability to bottom-deck a soul per turn.  Wonderful, it's broken.

Of course, I may be completely wrong, but that is how I would rule it at my tournaments until an Elder says otherwise. With that said, I do give credit to an astute observation. 

Agreed on the bold (and the last part of that quote as well ).  The status quo is that you cannot, and until the Elders say otherwise, I'd have to rule against it.

But, based on the wording of the cards and precedent for similar abilities, there is no reason that the current combination wouldn't result in a situation as I've described.  I see what you're saying, but triggered abilities still do as much as they can.  There are two targets specified: the site, and the site's contents.  They are separate and only one is protected.  Anything not protected should be bottom-decked.

**Edited out big request for elder since errata makes me wrong

The REG just needs to be updated.

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Whoa. Yes, the REG does need to be updated. If that Errata was made back in 2006, I think six years is plenty of time to add it to the REG. During tournaments, hosts don't have time to look for an errata like that. I never would have found it and would have had to make a complex ruling for no reason.

FWIW, the errata was actually made in the 2009-2010 season, after TexP (and thus Outpost) was released, which made the errata necessary. It should still be added to the REG, of course, but I just wanted to note that it hasn't been six years.

I see. I was going by Redoubter's quote box.

Hormah wasn't released until 2007