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If i'm being discard, or losing by the numbers, can I play Satan's Folly to discard my opponent's ec and continue the ra? or do I return to my territory with my opponent scoring a successful block?

I thought you had to heal to get the discard?

Yeah I agree, it's an instead ability, the play-as is soooo outdated. 

I'm sure about an interrupt being needed if one character is in battle. 

I'm not sure about needing an interrupt if multiple characters are in battle, based on the wording of the card I would say you would not need an interrupt. But I'm not completely confident about saying that. 

Sorry to be the wet blanket, but I don't believe that this card works.  Basically, you do have to interrupt the effect in order for this to be played, and it does  not have an inherent interrupt.

However, if you do interrupt, you suddenly have a state where your character is not being discarded...and this card has no effect.

Without an errata, this card is useless

1. You can be losing by the numbers and play it without an interrupt.
2. Once the interrupt completes and the discard happens, Folly instead the ability.

1.  No, you cannot.  Being discarded by the numbers happens during battle resolution.  You cannot play enhancements then.
2. Once you interrupt, there is no discard ability anymore.  Folly has nothing to instead.

It's an instead abiility, you don't have to interrupt anything.

So now an enhancement with "instead" in it has an inherent interrupt-level effect?  So I could play RBD as an enhancement during a block and force them to discard all the cards they just drew?  No, I cannot.

Ok then, so that means that if I'm blocking I can play RBD as an enhancement in response to my opponent using a draw ability, and the cards would be discarded, right?  That the exact same logic.

I don't see why not since that is exactly what RBD is supposed to do, albeit if your using as an enhancement that;s inefficient.

What does it matter what the intention of a card is as it pertains to a rule?  That's never been the case.

Where are you getting this from, that you can just play an 'instead' card anytime you please?  There's a difference for cards that are already on the table, but there are no rules to indicate that you can play an enhancement when you are not allowed by game rule, just so long as "instead" is in there.

You'll have to show me where you're getting this from, that completely changes the way enhancements are played and go against game rule.

It still works.

RA White blocked, they play Discard. I play Words then Folly. Discard reactivates and tries to Discard me, Folly insteads it. The execution of an instead ability is instant, but the trigger check is ongoing.

Other Instead abilities are active previous to the playing of the card. The Play As is wrong (it's not a healing card). Rather, the Play As should read:

"If your Hero is discarded, you may discard an Evil Character in opponent's territory instead."

So it is used as follows:

I attack with my favorite White Hero, Timothy [Apostles]. You block with the best EC in the game, Angry Mob. I play Satan's Folly. Now there is an ongoing ability that will instead any future discards. Because you remember that I have New Tongues in my hand and you really don't want Timothy to be able to gain access to your Female Only LS, especially if he makes a successful rescue later and gains 3/3, you play Christian Martyr. I smile and say: "Imma discard your Chief Captain Lysias in your territory instead."

However, in the same situation, if you play CM before I play Satan's Folly, I can't then play SF to instead the discard.

EDIT: Instaposted by sk and Pol. But my post is way cooler. 

Quote from: sk on April 02, 2012, 11:48:35 AM

1. You can be losing by the numbers and play it without an interrupt.
2. Once the interrupt completes and the discard happens, Folly instead the ability.

1.  No, you cannot.  Being discarded by the numbers happens during battle resolution.  You cannot play enhancements then.
2. Once you interrupt, there is no discard ability anymore.  Folly has nothing to instead.

This is your errant post.