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Stone cut Without Hands - Holder ignores the Great Image card.

Does this card actually do anything?

It's not on any Errata list I can find.

Wouldn't that be an Errata, not a play-as, as that is not what the card says it does?

Thanks for answering the question, regardless.

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For #1 I think I would agree with you. Great Image doesn't complete its effect until later in the battle so any immunity/protection/etc. activated during the battle should function correctly and prevent the discard.

For #2 I believe that it happens at the same time the battle ends, it can't technically be "after battle" otherwise there wouldn't be any Heroes in battle and all the opponent's Heroes would be discarded. As such, since it's still the same phase, any ongoing effects (like immunity or protection) would still be active.

Everyone is making good points, so I'll come back in here and try to tackle this.

The targeting for Great Image is ongoing, and the trigger for activating the discard is Battle Resolution (kram1138 points out why this does not happen after battle, but rather in Battle Resolution, and how abilities would still be active).  So, it is already targeting the characters for discard after battle.  Immunity stops a card from being targeted by the referenced card/ability.  Therefore, I still see a reasonable ruling in what I said earlier, that it must be activated prior to Great Image (or the latter interrupted).

However, I understand the points as well that the actual discard does not happen until later.  The question is whether Great Image targets the cards in its triggered-state (in Battle Resolution).  If it does not, then the immunity must be in place prior to it being played, because that would mean that the only targeting took place when it was played (and as it was updated, if new targets come out).  If it does target a second time, that means that immunity would stop the discard regardless of when played, because it would target to find the targets but then target again when actually triggered.

I stand by my original ruling on this, sticking with the first interpretation above (that it does not actually target a second time), but this is a good discussion.  Any other thoughts here?

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You make an interesting point about the time of the targeting, though I'm still seeing it as targeting at the time played, since that is generally the time when targeting occurs.  Now, as mentioned, this card is...unique.  Your interpretation of the wording may be right after all.  I'd like to hear more input on this one.

Definitely a one-of-a-kind   Like this discussion.

You make an interesting point about the time of the targeting, though I'm still seeing it as targeting at the time played, since that is generally the time when targeting occurs.  Now, as mentioned, this card is...unique.  Your interpretation of the wording may be right after all.  I'd like to hear more input on this one.

If it targets when you say it targets, then any hero that I band in after it targets (when played) would still be discarded even though they are ultimately in battle that the Battle Resolution. Or the more reasonable interpretation would be that this is a delayed target that actually tells you when it targets more like and "If X then Y" ability. "If (any if opponent's hero's are not in the Field of Battle at Battle Resolution) then (they are discarded)".

As Gabe pointed out, there's really not an errata needed.

Just to clarify, but I wasn't asking for an errata, I was asking if the play-as was an errata since it seemed (to me) to change the function of the card from what was printed on the card. Not a big deal, though

Ongoing abilities do update their targets, and that also leads me to believe that this targets the entire time.

But Discard isn't an ongoing ability, and neither is this. GI gives a specific point in which to check a condition and if that condition is met then the discard happens.