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I am trying to wrap my head around the special ability for the Fortress side of City of Enoch.  What exactly does this accomplish?

"...protect opponent's Heroes from other Heroes"

It also stops the opponent from using things like Peter (Early Church) to heal their Heroes.

It's definitely not a "high impact" card in the general meta, but if someone wants to use the Antediluvian theme, it's a nice addition to that defense.

I believe it also stops Pentecost and the like.

Might it also keep cards like your Benaiah (FoM) from negating his heroes?

Protect does not stop negates.

Got it, thanks!

I mean, maybe. It slows down Throne notably - you can still Auto-Sam, but can't follow it up with a Sam-Saul-Abby-Dave. Doesn't do a ton versus CTB, except where those two overlap. It slows Flood a bit, I guess, since you can't Noah-Shem-Japheth, but other than that banding it doesn't do a ton (all of the wives still work through CoE - Noah's Wife is a modifier, Shem's, Ham's, and Japheth's are all conditions).

Quote from: Bobbert on September 17, 2019, 04:21:13 PM

I mean, maybe. It slows down Throne notably - you can still Auto-Sam, but can't follow it up with a Sam-Saul-Abby-Dave. Doesn't do a ton versus CTB, except where those two overlap. It slows Flood a bit, I guess, since you can't Noah-Shem-Japheth, but other than that banding it doesn't do a ton (all of the wives still work through CoE - Noah's Wife is a modifier, Shem's, Ham's, and Japheth's are all conditions).

Why can’t it stop auto-Sam?  Auto is targeting a hero for exchange. This should qualify for the protect heroes from other heroes.

Pretty sure it’s because Sam isn’t in play yet, so he’s not “an opponents hero,” because opponents means own and control. Either that, or it’s another ability that just defaults to in play.