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Where do I find the ruling that prevents a rescuer from banding to the opponent's character when he has his own same exact copy of that character in his territory?

Thanks and Godbless.

Thank you!

I still suggest that the REG 'over-explain' the rule just like you did when you extended the explanation.  This is more geared towards newer players.

Not sure how to word the 'over-explanation', but but I'd go with one similar to:

"... Therefore, if a player tries to use an opponent's character to band to his, but already has in play his own exact copy of that character, he may not band to the opponent's character anymore.  An attempt to band (thus control) a duplicate character from the opponent, thus, violates the REG."

Just my two cents on the matter.

And so, does this mean that, if an enh causes all of your opponent's heroes to be banded to yours, can only happen if you already do not control any one of them yet? And in a multi-player setting, you cannot band into battle more than one unique character even if ALL of them come from your opponents?

Thanks again, and peace.

Got it.  That was how I had ruled it always and somehow, somewhere in the past, I got 'corrected' with an erroneous advice.

Thanks for the assist guys.

Peace and Blessings.

Wait.. what if the card says you must band all characters? Wouldn't you have to band regardless of the game rule? Or does the game rule override the SA?

Speaking of which, will we ever get a hierarchy of when game rules prevail versus when SAs prevail?

The ruling was that all unique characters are protected from abilities that would cause them to be a duplicate in control of one player or in the same battle.  So in this case, those cards are protected from the band.