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I would say yes that seems like the way this would be played...it says "regardless of battle outcome" so only one hero regardless of whether WoS was played or not would be discarded.

Overpowered combo removed.

when u said wrath i could be WoS or GoW plz specify next time

Please use common sense next time, and he won't have to.

I can't believe that Lambo and I just broke the game with an unknown card from Kings! YAY!

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i always understood it to mean what it says...no more than one hero in battle is discarded. usually helpful if you have a huge banding chain in battle. i just didnt think the special ability applied to other heros outside of battle in this context.

"Regardless of rescue attempt outcome, no more than one Hero is discarded. Blocker chooses the Hero."

This reminds me of the SA of Ark of the Covenant.  That "activates" at the end of the battle, right?  Or does it target at the beginning?  What about 30 Pieces of Silver?

Since WoW's ability is a protect, and intends to protect all heroes (except one), it seems to me that it would activate at the end, once it knows what characters are/have been in play.  I'm not sure how this would help protect heroes being discarded one-by-one by evil SA's, though, so perhaps they would be protected as soon as she enters battle?  But if she enters mid-battle, would that mean she heals the previously discarded characters?  I think a new play-as is in order.

"Regardless of rescue attempt outcome, no more than one Hero is discarded. Blocker chooses the Hero."

This reminds me of the SA of Ark of the Covenant.  That "activates" at the end of the battle, right?  Or does it target at the beginning?  What about 30 Pieces of Silver?

My point exactly. The wording is just like Ark, but does not say After Battle... so which is it?  

Since WoW's ability is a protect, and intends to protect all heroes (except one), it seems to me that it would activate at the end, once it knows what characters are/have been in play.  I'm not sure how this would help protect heroes being discarded one-by-one by evil SA's, though, so perhaps they would be protected as soon as she enters battle?  But if she enters mid-battle, would that mean she heals the previously discarded characters?  I think a new play-as is in order.

Is it really a protect? Darius's Decree stops a game action without being a prevent or a protect. WoW says neither protect or prevent.

I see it less as a protect, which simply stops effects from happening to the protected targets, and instead sets a temporary rule in battle where only one hero may be discarded. Basicly when WoW enters, it says Ok... only one hero may be discarded in this battle.

Key difference here is that a "regardless of protection" would bypass her as you describe, but the SA sounds like even a regardless of protection ability would STILL kill just one hero at the most.

I'd really like to get some playtesters / Rob in here, in addition to everyone elses opinions. The issue here is that if we do give it a play as... we need to decide what the card does in the first place.

So what you are saying is that... discarding by SA still happens, but WoW only works if my heroes loose the battle by the numbers?

Epic weaksauce if that is true. 

Now, if Wrath discarded all my heroes in battle, wouldnt that immediately shift it into the battle resolution, and activate her ability... saving all but one hero?

Hey,

Now, if Wrath discarded all my heroes in battle, wouldnt that immediately shift it into the battle resolution, and activate her ability... saving all but one hero?

No...just no.

Actually that is a very common misconception.  I have run across a lot of players that think when one side of battle has no characters left that causes battle resolution to begin, but that is not the case.  Battle resolution begins when both players decide they don't want to do anything else to affect the battle.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

Kind of like digging through old cards looking for outdated wording that can somehow be manipulated into doing something it was never intended to do.