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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Official Rules & Errata => Ruling Questions => Topic started by: Minister Polarius on February 11, 2012, 05:42:36 PM
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Can Asahel, Ehud and Amaziah use their abilities in side-battles? Not to bring an EC into the side-battle, but to choose the blocker in the main battle.
Relevant SA for all: "May choose [certain] Evil Character to block."
Scenario: Block a RA with Rehoboam, choose to control Asahel, choose my opponent's King Manasseh to block, side-battle ends, main battle resumes with me now blocking with Manasseh.
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A choose opponent ability used before a blocker is presented acts as a restrict ability that allows your opponent to block with the selected character (if they would not normally be able to) and restricts them from blocking with any other character or choosing not to block..
A choose opponent ability used after a blocker is presented acts as a return ability that returns all characters your opponent controls in battle to their owner's territories and brings the selected character into battle. The return and band abilities in this case are mutually dependent; if one of them is not or cannot be done, the other cannot be done either.
A choose opponent ability is instantaneous. A choose opponent ability targets both the character(s) to be removed from battle and the character to be added to battle (and the blocking player if no blocker has yet been presented).
Looks like it works. Rehoboam is returned, and Manny is chosen.
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I could see it either way, but for now I'd be inclined to say that it would work as Pol describes. The one argument I could see against it would be that since no blocking is being done during the side battle, that Ehud et al do not apply to the battle they are in.