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Ham and Noah's Ark?
« on: June 16, 2017, 10:24:51 AM »
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Ham says if he's harmed you may search your deck for an Old Testament evil character.  If you decide to put him in Noah's Ark instead does he still get to search out an evil character? He's not considered harmed is he?

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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2017, 11:01:54 AM »
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No.  "Harm" means any evil card or a neutral card controlled by an opponent.  Noah's Ark is neither of those things.
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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2017, 11:20:06 AM »
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No.  "Harm" means any evil card or a neutral card controlled by an opponent.  Noah's Ark is neither of those things.

His question was if Ham is harmed and he chooses to place it in Noah's Ark does he still get to search off Ham as well.

I believe the answer is that since they are both "may" you can do either trigger first and as long as you trigger Ham before you trigger Ark you will get to search since even though the instead from Ark makes the harm never happen I don't think there is any cascade-like behavior attached to instead that would make you put the card back you got from Ham.

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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2017, 12:38:53 PM »
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No.  "Harm" means any evil card or a neutral card controlled by an opponent.  Noah's Ark is neither of those things.

His question was if Ham is harmed and he chooses to place it in Noah's Ark does he still get to search off Ham as well.

I believe the answer is that since they are both "may" you can do either trigger first and as long as you trigger Ham before you trigger Ark you will get to search since even though the instead from Ark makes the harm never happen I don't think there is any cascade-like behavior attached to instead that would make you put the card back you got from Ham.

Here's the problem when does hams ability trigger? Does it trigger in battle or after battle? It doesn't seem right that he gets to search out something and then gets put in the Ark as well. If you instead his harm ability because Noah's Ark says instead of being harmed Place him here then he was never harmed in the first place so he shouldn't be able to search out anything.

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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2017, 12:58:00 PM »
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His question was if Ham is harmed and he chooses to place it in Noah's Ark does he still get to search off Ham as well.

I believe the answer is that since they are both "may" you can do either trigger first and as long as you trigger Ham before you trigger Ark you will get to search since even though the instead from Ark makes the harm never happen I don't think there is any cascade-like behavior attached to instead that would make you put the card back you got from Ham.

That's not how Instead abilities work though.  They make it so that the original ability never happened. 

If Ham is targeted by a card meeting the definition of "Harm", then either you save him with Ark and thus he was never harmed, or you don't save him and you get to search.
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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2017, 12:59:11 PM »
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His question was if Ham is harmed and he chooses to place it in Noah's Ark does he still get to search off Ham as well.

I believe the answer is that since they are both "may" you can do either trigger first and as long as you trigger Ham before you trigger Ark you will get to search since even though the instead from Ark makes the harm never happen I don't think there is any cascade-like behavior attached to instead that would make you put the card back you got from Ham.

That's not how Instead abilities work though.  They make it so that the original ability never happened. 

If Ham is targeted by a card meeting the definition of "Harm", then either you save him with Ark and thus he was never harmed, or you don't save him and you get to search.

If an opponent's action gives you the opportunity to trigger "may" abilities on two different cards do you get to choose which trigger you activate first?

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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2017, 01:03:47 PM »
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If an opponent's action gives you the opportunity to trigger "may" abilities on two different cards do you get to choose which trigger you activate first?

Not if one is an "Instead" ability.

If there was a NT human EC with the ability "If this character is discarded, you may draw 2", and you block with it, opponent plays AotL, you have Herod's Temple in play...  Can you can draw 2, and then save the character with Herod's Temple, thus keeping your character in battle?
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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2017, 01:05:28 PM »
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His question was if Ham is harmed and he chooses to place it in Noah's Ark does he still get to search off Ham as well.

I believe the answer is that since they are both "may" you can do either trigger first and as long as you trigger Ham before you trigger Ark you will get to search since even though the instead from Ark makes the harm never happen I don't think there is any cascade-like behavior attached to instead that would make you put the card back you got from Ham.

That's not how Instead abilities work though.  They make it so that the original ability never happened. 

If Ham is targeted by a card meeting the definition of "Harm", then either you save him with Ark and thus he was never harmed, or you don't save him and you get to search.

If an opponent's action gives you the opportunity to trigger "may" abilities on two different cards do you get to choose which trigger you activate first?
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The instead modifier indicates a triggered ability which replaces an activated effect or event.  It does not undo the effect, as with a prevent or negate, but instead replaces the outcome such that the original ability never took place, and the new action or ability triggers instead.

So in that case he never was harmed so the trigger on ham should have to be undone if you completed it by searching out an evil character right?

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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2017, 01:08:28 PM »
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His question was if Ham is harmed and he chooses to place it in Noah's Ark does he still get to search off Ham as well.

I believe the answer is that since they are both "may" you can do either trigger first and as long as you trigger Ham before you trigger Ark you will get to search since even though the instead from Ark makes the harm never happen I don't think there is any cascade-like behavior attached to instead that would make you put the card back you got from Ham.

That's not how Instead abilities work though.  They make it so that the original ability never happened. 

If Ham is targeted by a card meeting the definition of "Harm", then either you save him with Ark and thus he was never harmed, or you don't save him and you get to search.

If an opponent's action gives you the opportunity to trigger "may" abilities on two different cards do you get to choose which trigger you activate first?
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The instead modifier indicates a triggered ability which replaces an activated effect or event.  It does not undo the effect, as with a prevent or negate, but instead replaces the outcome such that the original ability never took place, and the new action or ability triggers instead.

So in that case he never was harmed so the trigger on ham should have to be undone if you completed it by searching out an evil character right?

That would be true if the instead cascades any other triggers that resulted from the insteaded effect but I haven't heard of instead cascading anything before.

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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2017, 01:10:24 PM »
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As soon as Ham is harmed his ability triggers. However, Ark also triggers and because it is an instead ability it can insert into Ham's ability before that completes. Therefore if you plan to put Ham in the Ark, you cannot search at all, but must immediately move Ham to the Ark.

If you started to search, an opponent could make you stick to that decision since you basically declined the option to instead with Ark.
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Re: Ham and Noah's Ark?
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2017, 01:32:29 PM »
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Thanks that's what I thought would happen. One or the other not both

 


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