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Well, today I played and only one question came up that I couldn't answer.  I must be improving.  Noah (the newest one) says if you convert him to mark you can prevent.  Prevent encompasses what?  Does it prevent characters' abilities and enhancement abilities?  Does it prevent cards already played or only those played after Noah converts?  I think I understand prevent on other cards that are more specific--I had a card (site I believe) that protected my Syrian cards from shuffle, convert, and maybe a couple of other things, which was very helpful.  But it spelled out exactly what the card prevented.  I'm having a hard time getting used to this less wordy but not as informative wording.  Kinda like going from the Revised NIV to the Living Bible---NIV is clunky but it spells things out (sometime 2 or 3 times)!   

I should have caught that first part.  But that clears up the prevent question anyway.  Thanks Aggie.  I saw where someone else asked about negate vs. prevent, wondering if prevent was more powerful than negate.  Seems like it would depend on what you need, but I can see how preventing and ability from taking place could be considered preferable to letting it happen and then squashing it.