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You're not allowed to play enhancements until all players concede that you're allowed to do so (or a special ability says to). If the opponent understands he wants to play Angel of the Lord before you play an enhancement, you must allow him to do so. Blocking with the EC and playing the enhancement immediately isn't legal unless an ability allows you to do so.

This doesn't have to be in the form of asking "is it my initiative?", waiting before playing also works.

While it is not a written rule, it's good etiquette and good sportsmanship to request initiative before playing an enhancement. Honestly, I would probably have ruled that Player 2 needed to pick up their enhancement and request initiative, at which point Player 1 could play AotL. My feeling is that any ruling other than this encourages playing dirty and dishonorably. I know for a fact that many tournament judges would rule this way as well.

Quote from: Rawrlolsauce! on May 26, 2011, 12:06:56 PM

You're not allowed to play enhancements until all players concede that you're allowed to do so (or a special ability says to). If the opponent understands he wants to play Angel of the Lord before you play an enhancement, you must allow him to do so. Blocking with the EC and playing the enhancement immediately isn't legal unless an ability allows you to do so.

This doesn't have to be in the form of asking "is it my initiative?", waiting before playing also works.

I agree in general, however, I think that asking for initiative is the best way. This avoids both questions of "how much waiting time is sufficient?" and "which one takes place if it can be determined which hit the table first?"

Yes, that is the current ruling. You are not allow to "slapjack" an enhancement on a character to avoid giving your opponent the chance to play a dominant.

If it's not clear that the player was given a chance to play their dominant before an opponent played an enhancement I would rule in favor of the dominant every time.