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During T1 Multi:  I made a call with Antiochus and I wonder if I was right, maybe some elders can help.

Antiochus was blocking (w/ another Greek) and used his ability.  The girl (not wanting to burn an enhancemnt) asked if she could discard a green site.  I ruled that she could because that it didn't say "good card of matching brigade," it just says "card of matching brigade."  The way I understand it...sites have brigade colors but they are not "good."

Antiochus IV Epiphanes (RA)

Type: Evil Char. • Brigade: Black/Gray • Ability: 11 / 10 • Class: Warrior • Special Ability: If another Greek Evil Character is in play, discard a Hero. Opponent may discard a card of matching brigade from hand or territory instead. Cannot be negated. • Identifiers: Male Human, King (Greece-Syria), Royalty, Fought Earthly Battle • Verse: Josephus (OT) •

For what it's worth, in a later category she pulled the same stunt on me, and ultimately played a new beginning because I couldn't pick it off.

The site is green. The Hero is green. I say it works per logic.

I would say it works.  Matching brigade is matching brigade regardless of alignment.  does this mean they could discard a multi fort to satisfy the requirement?  what about a covenant?  Really like a ruling on this one.

I would also rule it works.  Heroes can only rescue from a single color site that their brigade matches.  Based on the logic that those colors are considered a match I would have ruled the same way for antiochus. 

Well that makes sense because every time I rule on a question, it always goes the other way...

From the REG entry of Brigade
The Heroes and Evil Characters are subdivided into brigades. The color filling the card’s icon box indicates its brigade.

But from the REG entry of access:
1.  the Hero’s icon box contains a matching brigade color in the icon box of the site
2.  An unoccupied site is placed in battle with the Hero and the icon box on the unoccupied site contains a matching brigade color in the icon box of the occupied site.

The entry for Brigade suggest sites don't have brigades, but the entry for site access it suggests they do have brigades and they are the same as the heroes brigades, but since they always refer to the Brigade Color on sites rather than just brigade they could be considered separate, and that would make the two entries consistent.

But before reading this thread I would have ruled that the site could be discarded, and now I am not sure (not that I'm actually a judge)

FWIW, I agreed with him.

This came up very recently and it was ruled that you can Discard a Site from hand to satisfy Herod's Temple, so the same logic applies here. You ruled correctly.

to those that said it works.  They are correct.

Now, if sites can be targeted by brigade... I realize they are neutral cards, but do they have "good brigades"?

*edit*

My line of thought for this:

If you can target a site as a matching brigade of a hero... Heroes have good brigades. So, is that matching brigade a good brigade?

This came up very recently and it was ruled that you can Discard a Site from hand to satisfy Herod's Temple, so the same logic applies here. You ruled correctly.

I remember that thread (I think I started it). For some reason, I think someone disagreed with me (saying it doesn't work) but since the prevailing opinion here is that it does work based on that thread, I must be misremembering. Which is good, because I agree that sites should work for matching brigades, based on how site access is defined.

Can you discard a gold site to satisfy Herod's Temple when a evil gold Herod is being targeted??? There are many that are claiming the site is "neutral gold."