If you attempt to block a vampire bleeding you and that vampire plays
Faceless Night, do you have time to play a Deflection before your vampire
taps? And, if so, do you still have to tap for the Faceless if your
Deflection was superior?
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Liam Burke
"Only a Malkavian would attack Cthulhu with laughing gas..."
-overheard
[ quoted text not captured ]> -overheardFirst is always the acting minion, second the reacting minion.
If you choose to block the bleed-attempt, the acting minion is free
to play faceless night. You are instantly tapped (he is first) and you
can't play deflection (or have to play Wake of E.F. to do so).
If you choose not to block the bleed, feel free to deflect it.
This is, at least, my opinion.
A related situation occurs if the acting minion wants to bleed and
is blocked. The acting minion wants to use superior Kiss of Ra and send
the blocker to torpor instantly, the reacting minion wants to play
superior Obedience to untap and leave the acting minion tapped.
My opinion is: The acting minion wins, the reacting minion goes to
torpor, even if the reacting player is able to announce his reaction
before the acting player (sometimes players are pretty slow to decide
what to do). The acting player has the right to act first.
Michael Beer, Dortmund, Germany
>You are instantly tapped (he is first)
Well, actually, the card says I tap if the block fails, and the rulebook
says I tap even if the block succeeds. Nothing says I tap in the middle
of attempting to block. (semantics...)
But, regardless, you can play reactions at any time, right? So I can fit
the Deflection in between tapping and Faceless Night.
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JlB1925 wrote:
>
> If you attempt to block a vampire bleeding you and that vampire plays
> Faceless Night, do you have time to play a Deflection before your vampire
> taps? And, if so, do you still have to tap for the Faceless if your
> Deflection was superior?
Yes. Yes.
Faceless Night doesn't tap the would-be blocker until the action ends
(is ultimately blocked or successful).
While superior Deflection wouldn't tap the reacting vampire, it does
nothing to keep him untapped, so Faceless Night would still leave
him tapped for having attempted to block.
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L. Scott Johnson (vte...@regency.wizards.com)
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Mike Mirathe wrote:
> JlB1925 wrote:
> > If you attempt to block a vampire bleeding you and that vampire plays
> > Faceless Night, do you have time to play a Deflection before your vampire
> > taps? And, if so, do you still have to tap for the Faceless if your
> > Deflection was superior?> If you choose to block the bleed-attempt, the acting minion is free
> to play faceless night. You are instantly tapped (he is first) and you
> can't play deflection (or have to play Wake of E.F. to do so).
Incorrect. Faceless Night doesn't tap the would-be blocker until
the action resolves or is blocked.
> A related situation occurs if the acting minion wants to bleed and
> is blocked. The acting minion wants to use superior Kiss of Ra and send
> the blocker to torpor instantly, the reacting minion wants to play
> superior Obedience to untap and leave the acting minion tapped.
>
> My opinion is: The acting minion wins, the reacting minion goes to
> torpor, even if the reacting player is able to announce his reaction
> before the acting player (sometimes players are pretty slow to decide
> what to do). The acting player has the right to act first.
Correct. The acting player always has first opportunity to play any
effects.
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