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I was thinking about Goliath Promo and I was wondering something

I have Goliath with Philistine Chariot and Horses on him.  Due to the order special abilities activate, if my opponent attacks with a hero (that isn't a giant slayer or protected from return abilities), then I block with Goliath whose ability activates and returns a hero, but since abilities that add characters happen last, I am allowed to play an enhancement before the new hero enters battle, right?

Goliath (P)
Type: Evil Char. • Brigade: Black • Ability: 10 / 10 • Class: Warrior • Special Ability: Return all Heroes in battle to territory (except giant-slayers). Opponent may present a new Hero. Negate all band, draw, and play abilities. Cannot be negated.

Philistine Chariot and Horses (TP)
Type: Evil Enh. • Brigade: Black • Ability: 2 / 2 • Class: Weapon • Special Ability: Interrupt the battle and draw two cards. If used by a Philistine, may play an Enhancement.

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Negate all...draw, and play abilities

Fair enough.  Lets say you could make it CBN (although I'm not sure if it is possible at the moment), then would that work?

Quote from: The Guardian on April 19, 2011, 05:24:31 PM

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Negate all...draw, and play abilities

Fair enough.  Lets say you could make it CBN (although I'm not sure if it is possible at the moment), then would that work?

If you could make it CBN (Asherah Pole might work, but I think at the point it activates, no OT Hero is in battle) then I would say yes, you could play an enhancement before your opponent presented a new Hero.

The way I see it, the abilities go as follows:

Goliath returns the Hero. Then the opponent adding is put on hold until all other abilities complete. Goliath's negate ability completes. Then, assuming it is somehow CBN, PC&H activates, Goliath's owner draws two, and plays an enhancement. The enhancement completes. Then the opponent can add a new Hero, and the battle continues as normal.

What is the reason you feel that the ability on Goliath doesn't happen in the order it's written?  I expect the ability to complete in the order on the card.  

1) Return all Heroes in battle to territory (except giant-slayers).
2) Opponent may present a new Hero.
3) Negate all band, draw, and play abilities.

I'm not aware of any reason that the opponent presenting a new Hero would be "put on hold".  It would have been cleaner if we put #3 first, then #1, then #2 but it still works about the same.

Just based on the fact that abilities that add characters to battle always come last. Right?

Otherwise, what happens if my opponent puts a character with a CBI drawing/banding ability before the negate kicks in? That would be a bit odd.