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Yes and yea

And that's why you should never be a hypocrite.

So it would seem.

I can see both interpretations being valid, so I'm fine if that is the direction we take with DAC. My only concern is that with setting this precedent, we now have to be more cautious when creating DAC that are much stronger when they are ECs (such as King Abijam) since they are now so easy to recur.

During our discussion this portion of the REG helped make Dayne and Justin's ruling clear to me:

Identifiers are also used as explanations for certain parts of cards, such as defining abilities or special abilities that have an X or a *, explaining how a non-standard card type is used, or to explain deck building rules that apply to a card.

Since a dual alignment character is a non-standard card type (having two icons that are at odds) the identifier doesn't "activate" when the character is put in play, it explains what you're to do with the card under normal circumstances (putting it in play from hand).

No, he is the grey no-SA EC Saul at face value, and can only be targeted as that in hand, deck, or discard.