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Garden tomb's sa causes certain gc's to ignore all brigades without at least 2 ec's in play.  If opponent has one ec in territory and I make an ra with a qualifying hero I am ignoring that ec's brigade color.  If opponent then blocks with an ec from hand that is the same brigade color as the one in opponent's territory, does that defeat tgt's ignore ability?

 
Two evil characters of the same brigade must be in play when the rescue attempt begins. Cards in hand are not in play.