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i block a rescue attempt with seven wicked spirits and exchange it with an evil character in my opponents territory. my opponent then makes the battles by the numbers (we'll just say by banding in the strong angel). are the evil characters 'unexchanged'?

Seven Wicked Spirits
Type: Evil Char. • Brigade: Orange • Ability: 7 / 7 • Class: None • Special Ability: You may interrupt all Fortresses and exchange this Evil Character with any other Evil Character in play or set-aside area. • Identifiers: Generic NT Male Demon • Verse: Luke 11:26 • Availability: Faith of Fathers (Set 8 )

The Strong Angel
Type: Hero Char. • Brigade: Silver • Ability: 10 / 8 • Class: None • Special Ability: All special abilities on character cards and enhancement cards except this one are interrupted and prevented. Battle is determined by the numbers. • Identifiers: NT Male Angel • Verse: Revelation 5:2 • Availability: Warriors booster packs (Rare)

What if he was exchanged into KOTW?

You can't protect from being negated.

Why can't I negate AoCP then?

The phrase, "cannot be" is a protect.  Lydia is protected from capture because of her ability which says, "cannot be captured."  AoCP cannot be negated because it protects from negation.

CBP, CBI, and CBN are specifically designed protections that stop prevents, interrupts, and negates. No other protection ability stops negates.

That's not any different than what I am saying...

What were you trying to say then?

You can protect from being negated.

Yes, I know.  I only said something because I was bored at the time.  However, the fact remains that it is possible to protect from negation.

The phrase, "cannot be" is a protect.  Lydia is protected from capture because of her ability which says, "cannot be captured."  AoCP cannot be negated because it protects from negation.

Are you sure about that? Lydia's ability says "Lydia is protected from capture." It seems like CBI/P/N are not protects like other protects. Maybe because interrupt, prevent, and negate affect special abilities whereas capture, convert, discard, etc. affect cards? I don't know. "Cannot be interrupted" seems more like a status than a protect, imho.

In regards to Lydia, using older cards (that have a newer version(s) printed) as evidence on a wording argument isn't the smartest thing to be doing

In regards to the other thing,............... you've got me there....

Though, in regards to this part:

When you click on the link that is "cannot be" on that REG page you get the following:

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Cannot be

This is a protect ability. Cannot be taken prisoner, discarded, removed from the game, captured, or converted limits or protects the potential targets of the ability, just as ignore or immune or protect limits or protects the poten­tial targets of the ability.  For example, Elizabeth Elisabeths special abil­ity, “cannot be taken prisoner,” could be understood as “immune to capture.” “Cannot be” does not “prevent” or “negate” any­thing. It only limits the potential targets of a special ability.  An Evil Character blocking Elizabeth Elisabeth could still use Net to capture a Hero other than Elizabeth Elisabeth. Note: If the special ability of a card includes the words “cannot” or “may not” WITHOUT the word “be”, then this is a type of prevent. For instance, if a card states that Heroes may not band, this is not a protect, but a prevent because of the lack of the word” be”. Heroes would be PREVENTED from banding.

It only refers to card-affecting abilities (capture, discard, band, etc.), not ability-affecting abilities (interrupt, prevent, and negate).

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In regards to Lydia, using older cards (that have a newer version(s) printed) as evidence on a wording argument isn't the smartest thing to be doing

The fact that the special ability was updated to reflect that it is a protect ability only adds to my argument.

I don't see how. Sure, "cannot be" is a protect ability, but that doesn't necessarily mean "CBI/P/N" are. Exceptions exist and could (conceivably) be used in this case. Weak, I know, but it's all I can think of

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It only refers to card-affecting abilities (capture, discard, band, etc.), not ability-affecting abilities (interrupt, prevent, and negate).

Sign of the Rainbow doesn't affect the last Evil Enhancement?

SotR has 2 effects: negate and discard. The negate affects the last evil enhancement's abilities, and the discard affects the card itself.

what difference does it make if cbn/i/p is a protect or not?

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that doesn't necessarily mean "CBI/P/N" are.

Actually, it does.  The quote above clearly states when referring to cannot be, "This is a protect ability."  It doesn't matter what you fill in after the "cannot be."  Whatever you finish the sentence with is what is being protected from.  Whether it be capture or negation, it is protecting from something.

Except that the paragraph when you click on "cannot be", as I said earlier, only gives examples of "taken prisoner, discarded, removed from the game, captured, or converted...ignore or immune". It says nothing about interrupt, negate, or prevent (except at the end when it says "cannot" by itself is a prevent and not a protect, but I would argue that's a different kind of prevent).

Ooh, I was totally right but not searching the correct document for evidence (I was using the current REG)

*breathes a sigh of relief*