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Scenario 1:  My opponent attacks me.  I block with a mounted Crimson character and play Great Image.  My opponent plays a banding enhancement and brings in Phinehas son of Eleazar.  Do his heroes in territory die after battle?

Scenario 2:  I activate Stalks of Flax and exchange two of my heroes with two of opponent's heroes.  I then put them in Goshen (Warriors).  When two turns are up, do they transfer back to my opponent's territory?

2) Goshen protects from all effects, which I would think includes Stalks of Flax's return effect.  As soon as Goshen is negated they'd be returned, but otherwise I'd think they could stay there.

If this is the case, would you still get your heroes back?

Exchange is an instant ability (according to the REG) and instant abilities are carried out immediately. However Stalks of Flax has one major difference than most exchange abilities, it exchanges only for a limited duration (2 turns), that means Stalks is an exception to the rule of instant abilities either way, it's either a continuous ability (like Immunity or something) which is counter intuitive, but does allow the "exchange back" if in Goshen since nothing is affecting the characters, the time just expired and they return to their original locations because they are no longer exchanged (much like how "Until the end of Battle" abilities end when the battle is over)

The other option is that it is an instant ability (exchange) and a delayed trigger ability (Return all cards exchanged with this card to their original locations in the upkeep 2 turns later). This one is the more intuitive one (at least in Redemption players minds) since there are very few time based actions in Redemption. In this case Goshen should protect from the exchange and it should allow for character taking.

I would suggest that the first one makes the most sense for Stalks of Flax to work be ruled as, since it is worded with a duration and it is how it has been ruled. However I'm not opposed to changing that.

You don't have to play an interrupt to protect your Heros from great image. The discard is triggered by the battle ending so as long as you can get a protect up then your Heros are safe. An end the battle ability would also work.

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Brow and Jmbeers are correct on GI. This had been ruled on similarly with Angel of God saving Israelite Archer (though now that I think about it, that should no longer work, as IA can't protect himself...).

I think I agree with Prof U on Stalks, but it might be a stickier issue than can be ruled on simply.

I of course meant to say that IA can't be protected from himself. So even though AoG is doing the protecting, IA is the one doing the discarding.

I of course meant to say that IA can't be protected from himself. So even though AoG is doing the protecting, IA is the one doing the discarding.

So Protection of Jerusalem (old) cannot save High Places from being discarded if it captures a hero in a territory?