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Scenario:  My opponent starts a rescue with warrior class btn banding chain.  I use Unholy Writ, CM, etc. to take out the btn guy.  I then block with an evil character with horses to interrupt the battle. 
Question:  Does the btn ability kick back in after the interrupt or does that effectively stop it and make abilities work again?


Scenario:  I block and play arrogance and choose 4 evil enhancements.  I then put those evil enhancements in battle and they are activated but I carry out their abilities one at a time.  The first enhancement I use is the one that interrupts the battle and returns the character to hand.  Do the rest of the enhancements still take effect?  They need someone to activate on but they have already been activated so it seems like they would. 

1. If the BTN guy was WC, he probably doesn't prevent weapons (including horses).  So if you get rid of him and interrupt the prevent, it should stop it.

2. I would think that removing the EC would stop the others from activating.

2. You do not play all the Enhancements at once with Arrogance, it just gives you infinite initiative. It is not an "umbrella" type ability like ITB is.

Last I heard, it was ruled (by Sirnobody?) that it does not give you infinite initiative, instead it is classified as a play next enhancement.  It basically says "play next x enhancements.  x = any number you choose".  He specifically compared it to being the same as Babel; all the targeted cards are put into battle and then carried out one at a time. 

2. I would think that removing the EC would stop the others from activating.

If the ruling I mentioned is correct then the enhancements are already activated in battle, they just haven't carried out yet.  This is why I think you could play Arrogance, then use the retreat card, and then use cards like Deceit of Sapphira or Belshazzar's Banquet.  The retreat card would interrupt Arrogance but play next abilities can't be interrupted.  So unless there is some distinction between playing an enhancement in battle and activating it then I think this should work.  Once an enhancement has been activated it doesn't need the character to still be around for the ability to complete: ANB, Besieging the City, Great Image, etc. 

Hey,

Scenario:  My opponent starts a rescue with warrior class btn banding chain.  I use Unholy Writ, CM, etc. to take out the btn guy.  I then block with an evil character with horses to interrupt the battle. 
Question:  Does the btn ability kick back in after the interrupt or does that effectively stop it and make abilities work again?

Actually horses doesn't interrupt the BTN ability because it's not in battle to be targeted by the interrupt the battle ability.

Scenario:  I block and play arrogance and choose 4 evil enhancements.  I then put those evil enhancements in battle and they are activated but I carry out their abilities one at a time.  The first enhancement I use is the one that interrupts the battle and returns the character to hand.  Do the rest of the enhancements still take effect?  They need someone to activate on but they have already been activated so it seems like they would. 

I like where you're going with this.  Your logic seems sound to me, so yes the rest of the enhancements still take effect.  It doesn't strike me as broken (but if you've got some crazy combo that uses it I wouldn't mind getting a PM with a heads up about it ;-) ).

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly