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The EC is still there and can be used if you put another soul in it. If the site gets removed from play I believe the EC placed on it should follow it.

It's like an ec in your hand at that point

It's an ongoing add to battle ability which can only activate, like you will remain, while it is in play and not negated

When the soul goes away the ec stays in your terroritory but is technically out of play like a face down artifact. You can still use it similarly to blocking from hand but the add to battle is no longer an option

so kariusvega are you saying you can block with the facedown EC as if from hand whenever you want?

why does putting another LS in the site then allow you to block with the EC?  The ability that allows you to block with the EC is from the previous LS, not the new one.  Are you saying the ability to block follows the facedown EC and not the LS it came from?

it doesn't, it would have to be the same lost soul to trigger the ability once again. correct.

no. the ability to add to battle is it's own on going ability similar to you will remain. i was merely pointing out that once the lost soul is gone your ec is not stuck in limbo- you can use it to block as you would blocking with an ec from hand or territory etc it just won't be targeted as an ec in play for general purposes if it was hit by say aocp

I think we have different understandings of how that LS works.

so with the LS still in the site and no access could you still block normally, just not add the EC to battle at any time?

TLDR; The Guardian is 100% accurate in his ruling. Some of the comments made by JD are inaccurate and should be disregarded.

When you place this card in a Site, you may put an Evil Character face down from hand, The Darkness or Tartaros on that Site. During a rescue attempt at that Site, you may add that Character to the battle.

This Lost Soul creates some situations that can be difficult to understand. If it were written today it would probably be worded more like this.

If you put this card in a Site, you may place an Evil Character face down from hand, The Darkness or Tartaros on that Site: At any time during a rescue attempt at that Site, you may add that character to battle.

The first part of the ability allows the Evil Character to be placed on a Site. As long as it remains placed everything in the second part (after the colon in the example SA) is active. That's the part that I think might be misunderstood.

In order to be able to add the character to battle a couple conditions must be met. 1) There must be a rescue attempt taking place 2) a Hero in battle has to have access to the Site. If both of those conditions aren't being met then the Evil Character can do nothing.

Lost Souls are only active while in play. If the Lost Soul is rescued the Evil Character will remain placed (an instant ability completed in a previous phase) but will not be able to be added to the battle (an ongoing ability tied to the Lost Soul being active).

The REG entry for Place tells us that "Placed cards remain where they are placed indefinitely." so you may not "unplace" the face down character to block with it as if it was in your hand or territory.

So just to clarify, if the LS is negated (at least a phase after the EC was placed) or rescued/buried, the EC cannot be added to battle, correct?

Correct, at least not while the Lost Soul remains negated.

Asked these questions before

http://www.cactusforums.com/ruling-questions/site-guard-lost-soul-35998/msg544625/#msg544625

There are a number of inaccurate statements made in that thread which I addressed above while citing the rules that pertain to them. The rules for placed cards have not been updated since 2015, prior to the discussion you linked.

Is it still stuck placed if the site goes away

Placed cards follow the card they are placed upon.

So new Jerusalem with no soul in it goes into battle or can it even be put into battle with the ec stuck on it is it still in your lob?

The Guardian already answer that question, didn't he?

If the Site was empty (with a facedown EC) and used for access, the EC would be "in battle" but would have no bearing on the battle.

I do want to point out word of mouth in the case of special initiative seems to trump the reg. Wouldn't be the first time considering select isn't a special ability but neither is tear this card in half for plot

Huh? Select is an english word that is used for exactly what it means--same with "tear in half."

And to clarify I was referring to if the site is converted what happens to the ec then it cannot continuously be placed to a new card

Evil cards are placed on Heroes all the time--this one would just happen to be face down.

Right but if it follows the card and it becomes a new card which is why the convert abilities on the new sites are cbi how is the ec still stuck to it