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My impression from all the jibber-jabber I've read is that it does not. In fact, if you are protected from a "card" you're really only protected from the SA on that card, and nothing else on the card.
Protect allows cards to be unaffected by specified special abilities and is related to cards that specify “cannot be” or “may not be” (see Cannot be in the glossary). Protected cards cannot be targeted for harm. Cards that protect give an ability like immune to the cards they protect (see Immune).
Quote from: STAMP on April 09, 2011, 06:00:03 PMMy impression from all the jibber-jabber I've read is that it does not. In fact, if you are protected from a "card" you're really only protected from the SA on that card, and nothing else on the card.How does that make sense from a logical viewpoint? Characters are discarded in a BTN battle based on strength vs. toughness. So, if it wasn't for your characters strength, my character would be winning (or at least in a stalemate) all the time. Clearly the implication is that the strength defeats the opponent. The reason people believe that protect only protects from SA's is this REG quote:QuoteProtect allows cards to be unaffected by specified special abilities and is related to cards that specify “cannot be” or “may not be” (see Cannot be in the glossary). Protected cards cannot be targeted for harm. Cards that protect give an ability like immune to the cards they protect (see Immune).However, there have been several cases where it has been ruled that cards can also be protected from discard by game rule, such as the legend of the 1/0 Pharisees. Which leads me to believe that given that the REG doesn't specify that protect doesn't include numbers, and it has applied to game rules, then I don't really understand why it shouldn't protect from numbers.
