(LSJ) Blocking and Intercept question

Here is the situation: I am attempting to get an ally. My predator attempts to block and gets an intercept with Cat's Guidance. I then play Swallowed by the Night for an additional intercept. He responds by tapping Rumor Mill (and burning a blood) for an intercept. Then, after I play no more stealth cards he says he declines to block. Can he back out, or his obligated to block at this point?

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:11:41 -0700 (PDT), devil_in_the_pale_moon_light wrote: [ quoted text not captured ] He cannot "back out". You can only fail to block if you have insufficient intercept. If you have sufficient intercept and have declared a block attempt, the block attempt will succeed. LSJ 06/25/2002 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/eb08c628f11252a2 Carpe noctem. The Lasombra http://www.TheLasombra.com Your best source of V:TES information. Now also selling boxes and individual cards.

devil_in_the_p...@yahoo.com wrote: > Here is the situation: > > I am attempting to get an ally. My predator attempts to block and > gets an intercept with Cat's Guidance. I then play Swallowed by the > Night for an additional [stealth]. He responds by tapping Rumor Mill > (and burning a blood) for an intercept. Then, after I play no more > stealth cards he says he declines to block. Can he back out, or his > obligated to block at this point? The latter. This is how it finishes: He responds by tapping Rumor Mill for one more intercept. You decline to play additional stealth and declare the current block attempt successful. You decline to play "if blocked" effects. He declines to play "if block successful" or "as about to enter combat effects", so he taps and combat begins.