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The more I look into it, the more I agree with Polarius. It seems unnecessarily complicated to have blocking characters that didn't block, but after they battle they are considered to have blocked. I would say that it would probably just be easier to say:

Block/s=EC entered battle vs. a Hero (e.g, when Herodias blocks, when you block with an Assyrian, etc.).
Blocking=EC is currently in battle vs. a Hero (e.g. if blocking, while you are blocking)
Blocked=EC was in battle vs. a Hero (e.g. Any EC that blocked a rescue attempt this turn)

Thorn in the Flesh might be potentially powerful, but it IS a Regional Promo...so that's okay right? Under the current rule it's pretty useless, and with all of the ways to discard evil enhancements/protect hand from discard abilities, it probably would be hard to pull off an awesome combo anyway.

I can't think of any other cards that would become overpowered if we removed the distinction, so unless there's something I'm not thinking of (which there very well could be) I think we should do it. I will bring it up on the other side of the board, and see what we can come up with.

On the flip side of powering up Thorn in the Flesh, its tricky to FORCE someone to lose their entire hand to it. Its up to them to put that hero into battle, so they would know the risk involved.

I like your definitions for these terms prof. They make sense and are much simpler. Though, I would change the first one to say both Block and Blocks. They should mean the same thing, but redemption wording can be picky, so it's good to clarify.

Fixed.

Also, before any change/official ruling is made, we will need to be certain that these definitions can't be abused in a non-fellowship-encouraging way. So if you have any potential easy to pull off and ridiculously OP'd combos based on my definitions, please let me know.

House in Bethany comes to mind as being potentially deadly against a demon banding chain now.

Well, the reason that I don't is because it would only trigger once, if I knew it was going to trigger each time you banded a demon in I may consider it, after all if you come in with WS + Fallen Angel+ Somebody else, that's a lot of cards that I get to look at/discard. Plus in T2 WS X 5

Oh, right, I was thinking House sent them to the bottom. So maybe not as cool then

bump

I thought that there was Elder consensus and my proposed definitions from the previous page were for the most part adopted. I will see what I can find.

EDIT: After a brief search, it seems that the ruling was made official long enough ago that the actual REG was updated:

Block

Blocking is the attempt to prevent a rescue. Only Evil Characters may block. Whenever an Evil Character enters the Field of Battle against a Hero (regardless of what point the battle is), that is considered a block.