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My brother and I were playing a game today and we came across a scenario we disagreed on.

He made a rescue attempt with Ahimelek and I block with Assyrian Survivor. I then say I lose by the numbers and die and go to his territory. I then christian martyr his Ahimelek. He says that I can't do this. Either I have to let my Assyrian Survivor die and go to opponent's territory or I have CM his Ahimelek before hand and save my AS because when you lose by the numbers you are accepting defeat and you can't CM without giving a LS first.

Is this correct or is it that I can in fact die and then CM?

I thought that Dominants can be played any time regardless of battle outcome?  I don't think it should matter if he lost or won.  Even if he lost btn and gave up Survivor to Ahimelek.  The battle is over.  He should still be able to play CM on any hero d/t it's dominance and instant ability.  But that's just my opinion.

Allowing him to die by the numbers means you're allowing battle resolution. Battle resolution is not complete until the Lost Soul is turned over to him. Nothing can be done in between. If your character died by a special ability, you could play a dominant.

Sure, but the hero is then in territory, and it won't affect the battle since the battle is resolved.

Correct. If you lose by a special ability, you still have many options, including interrupts, negates, Unknown Nation, Gates of Hell, dominants...

Basically the idea is that you only lose by numbers after everything has been done, including dominants, once you compare numbers at the end of battle you have to wait until everything resolves (including redeeming the souls if applicable) before you can play a dominant.