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I make my opponent discard a good card from hand  and they discard an angel with chamber down and angel goes to chamber. Is this a legal play?

I'm not sure what I am Holy has to do with this question, unless the question is incomplete. Discarding an angel from hand is still triggering Chamber, which insteads the discard.

Now, if the discard was a conditional ability, then the other part of the ability would not trigger, since the discard was insteaded.

That's is the thing I don't think it can target an angel going straight from the hand to the d/c pile anymore. I've played a couple a games when my opponent has discarded an angel and hasn't put them in chamber.

That's is the thing I don't think it can target an angel going straight from the hand to the d/c pile anymore. I've played a couple a games when my opponent has discarded an angel and hasn't put them in chamber.

From the REG:

Instant Special Abilities > Discard or Remove > Special Conditions
•      You may discard an angel from hand and place it in Chamber of Angels (AW) instead of the discard pile.

Quote from: YourMathTeacher on April 01, 2011, 07:11:18 PM

I'm not sure what I am Holy has to do with this question, unless the question is incomplete. Discarding an angel from hand is still triggering Chamber, which insteads the discard.

Now, if the discard was a conditional ability, then the other part of the ability would not trigger, since the discard was insteaded.

Precisely. It is just like using Angel of the Lord Christian martyr on a NT character, and the owner using Herod's Temple. Just because nothing was discarded doesn't mean that Angel of the Lord's Christian martyr's ability wasn't carried out.

Fixed

Does it make a difference? 

Oh my goodness!  it doesnt!  I did not realize that until just now!  I need more copies of herods Temple!  Pronto!

What about Elymas the Sorcerer, his ability is then by this thread being completed. (This is assuming WS is in battle)

I dont understand the correlation your trying to make CJSports. Elymas cost becomes a replacement effect (aka insteaded) with the addition of Wandering Spirit and the benefit is lost.

Chamber doesn't target anything. Bryon's explained this a few times with the Dust and Ashes question that came up recently. Chamber just replaces the game rule of "Angels that get discarded go to the discard pile" to "Angels that get discarded go to Chamber".