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If I play ANB on Asahel, do I get shuffled?

Asahel (TP)
Type: Hero Char. • Brigade: Red • Ability: 5 / 4 • Class: Warrior • Special Ability: May band to an O.T. warrior class human Hero or may choose opponent's male human Evil Character to block. Protect Asahel from withdraw and return abilities. • Play As: May band to an O.T. warrior class human Hero or may choose opponent's male human Evil Character to block [choose opponent]. Protect Asahel from withdraw and return abilities. • Identifiers: OT Male Human, Fought Earthly Battle • Verse: II Samuel 2:18 • Availability: Thesaurus ex Preteritus booster packs ()

A New Beginning (Pa)
Type: Hero Enh. • Brigade: Green • Ability: 4 / 5 • Class: None • Special Ability: ALL players shuffle ALL cards in the field of play, set-aside areas and their hands back into their draw pile. Only cards in Land of Redemption and discard piles remain. ALL players Draw 8 new cards. Holder may begin a new turn. • Errata: If making a rescue attempt, remove this card from the game to shuffle [return] all cards in play, set aside areas, and hands into decks. End the battle. All players draw 8. End the turn. Begin a new turn. • Identifiers: None • Verse: Genesis 8:15-17 • Availability: Patriarchs booster packs (Ultra Rare)

Until they fix it, Asahel + ANB is currently a legal way to make two RA's in a row with the Thorns LS the first one would be automatically sucessful.  The second one could be CBN (pretty much) by playing Grapes on the EC used to block Asahel.

Until they fix it, Asahel + ANB is currently a legal way to make two RA's in a row with the Thorns LS the first one would be automatically sucessful.  The second one could be CBN (pretty much) by playing Grapes on the EC used to block Asahel.

Not exactly.  Because of the pattern of players attempting to come up with ways to make multiple rescue attempts, either in one turn, or by taking successive turns (with ANB), we announced this rule last fall.  It can be found in the Official New Rulings thread.

If a player makes a successful rescue attempt, that player may not make another rescue attempt until each of their opponent's has had a turn.

Quote from: Gabe on March 21, 2011, 12:02:49 AM

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If a player makes a successful rescue attempt, that player may not make another rescue attempt until each of their opponent's has had a turn.

Couldn't read the link

You can find this here.

Google is my friend.

I believe this question was recently addressed here.

So, to clarify, since the link you were pointing to here said that a change might be made but nothing was posted in there, are shuffle and return still the same or have they been split?

Quote from: Gabe on March 20, 2011, 10:18:30 PM

I believe this question was recently addressed here.

So, to clarify, since the link you were pointing to here said that a change might be made but nothing was posted in there, are shuffle and return still the same or have they been split?

I don't know about the link but in the REG under shuffle you can find this:
Clarifications
 An ability that returns a card to deck and then shuffles the deck is a shuffle ability, not a return ability.