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#1 -  I believe you would be able to because you are fulfilling each of their special abilities.
#2 - Once again, i do believe so.  I guess it would be like an uzzah, as soon as it comes into battle, the special ability activates.
#3 - Your guess is as good as mine. I dont believe that interupt the battle would work because the site is not a part of the battle. Which i just realized you said. And if thats true, your opponent would not have initiative for silver trumpet because he does not have a hero in battle. 

#1: i believe so. either you fulfill abilities in the order they are printed on the card, or the owner of the card gets to choose which order they are fulfilled in. either way, its a win-win for your scenario.

#2: no.

#3: no, they do not get initiative. i view herod's dungeon much in the same vein as unholy writ/go into captivity.

1. I would think (assuming I remember the abilities right), that you would not be able to, because you would have to complete the banding ability before you are considered "blocking," and at that point it won't work because Herodias is banded in and has to use her ability also.

2. I thought these things were ruled that since they are both responses to blocking, the blocker (since he played the last card) gets to respond to his action and use the dungeon. However, I'm not exactly sure when it's not dominant to dominant or non-dominant to non-dominant.

3. I believe Silver Trumpets would work... I'm not sure if there is any enhancement that can stop it though.

Oh... I didn't know that Unholy Writ didn't let the opponent use Silver Trumpets. Then to MKC and Gabe. 

#1 - I block with a Herod banded to Herodias.  Am I able to capture the Hero, then immediately discard it?

Is there a way for a Herod and Herodias to band together during the initial block (i.e. no other banding cards played)?

If not, it's a moot question because then the only way to get them in battle together is via a banding card and then the HD abilities activate at different times anyway.

On #2, I agree that it is the same as Go into Captivity which triggers before a dominant can be played.

On #3, I'm not sure interrupt the battle would interrupt an ability outside of battle (Herod's Dungeon).

Hey,

#1 - "When you block with Herodias" is an event.  When you have the option to do something in response to an event (which is the case here) you must do it immediately or not at all.  Once you perform any other action you forfeit your chance to do something in response to the event.  In this case by capturing the hero you forfeit the opportunity to discard the captured hero.  Alternatively, if Herod's Dungeon is occupied (by a captured character) you could block with a Herod banded to Herodias, discard the captured character in Herod's Dungeon and immediately capture a new one.  Short answer to your question, No.

#2 - There is no exact precedent for when you can choose to activate a manually triggered ability on a site.  But based on the similar precedents of blocking Lydia with King of Tyrus then using Unholy Writ, and blocking Michael/Angel's Sword with a Warrior Class evil character then using Go Into Captivity it seems safe to conclude that there is no opportunity to play a dominant between the blocker being presented and the hero being captured.  Short answer to your question, No.

#3 - When the hero in battle is captured it gains initiative to use an interrupt or negate ability.  But it can only use an interrupt or negate ability that negates what is defeating it (the capture).  The only card I can think of that can negate or interrupt Herod's Dungeon is The Centurion at Capernaum but there would be no way to use him at that point in battle.  (Interrupt the battle only interrupts abilities on cards in battle, thus no interrupt the battle ability would work to interrupt Herod's Dungeon.)  The Silver Trumpets is an interrupt the battle ability thus it can't interrupt Herod's Dungeon.

you would have to complete the banding ability before you are considered "blocking,"

This is not correct.  The character is considered "blocking" as soon as it enters the field of battle, but you cannot perform any response to it blocking until after it's ability has completed.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

Hey,

Lightningninja, that is correct.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly