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If I make a rescue attempt and my opponent plays mayhem without giving me a chance to play a dom, can I play a dom before it can activate?
I would say if they haven't blocked yet, they would be able to play Mayhem before you could play your dominants, because you've probably had enough time to decide if you want to play a dominant.
I disagree. To have to verbalize battle initiative is one thing, but it's unreasonable to expect to have to verbalize a request for dom initiative every phase or be forced to tip your hand when asking. With Doms, you can play them right away if you're planning on playing them so the need to verbally ask for initiative to play Mayhem is unreasonable in this case (unless the Mayhem was obviously slapped down as quickly as possible).
Both players have to agree to move on to the next phase
Quote from: Minister Polarius on May 06, 2017, 01:01:31 PMI disagree. To have to verbalize battle initiative is one thing, but it's unreasonable to expect to have to verbalize a request for dom initiative every phase or be forced to tip your hand when asking. With Doms, you can play them right away if you're planning on playing them so the need to verbally ask for initiative to play Mayhem is unreasonable in this case (unless the Mayhem was obviously slapped down as quickly as possible).They changed that recently. Ikr? What was so bad about priority going to the person who was responding to their own action? I don't know. But yeah like Gabe said there's a strategy too it which is good, but to a certain extent it encourages dishonesty. Say my opponent draws their cards with no intention of playing 3 woes right away, before I could play Mayhem with priority if there was a pause, and three woes gets shuffled. Now when my opponent pauses and I play Mayhem he can say that he was going to play three woes and can with priority. Same goes if you play vain philosophy without announcing it, your opponent can play SoG whether he was going to or not. Moreover, the reality is that either way you are going to get to play your dominants before a Mayhem or Vain Philosophy all the time. The trick is when you don't know if your opponent is bluffing or not, but most people haven't adjusted to this new way of playing things so at nationals the people in the know can have some fun.
Until recently Redemption has had a dexterity factor where the player who can slapjack their Dominant on the table first gets to play it. Now there is order to Dominant play.
