[LSJ] Heidelberg and Mandatory actions

Can I tap Heidelberg before a minion makes his mandatory action ? Like, if he suddenly lost blood and was untapped, could I tap it before he hunted ? Of if Philippe Rigaud had to diablerize, could I instead empty him of his blood so he'd have to hunt right away ? -- "All Hail the Lords of the Night !" Orpheus

[ quoted text not captured ] Card Text: Unique location. Tap to transfer equipment cards, move blood and transfer retainers between any two ready vampires you control. (You may choose the amount of blood you move and which cards you transfer.) Cannot be used during an action. Clarifications and Rulings May not be tapped "during" paying some cost - must be tapped before or after. [SFC 19960830] Heidelburg Castle may not be tapped "in response" to any instant effect (because all effects in V:TES are instantaneous except for actions and certain combat effects). [LSJ] I would say "yes" to both of your queries. What you describe is, in my opinion, effective use of HC and a good reason to include it in a deck. You just can't tap it *during* an action, say to add blood to Phillipe so he can pay for an Earth Meld after a block attempt is declared.

Orpheus wrote: > Can I tap Heidelberg before a minion makes his mandatory action ? > Sure, you can tap it between actions, just not during an action. > Like, if he suddenly lost blood and was untapped, could I tap it before he > hunted ? > Yes. > Of if Philippe Rigaud had to diablerize, could I instead empty him of his > blood so he'd have to hunt right away ? > Yes. best - chris (usually wrong) -- Super Fun Cards http://stores.ebay.com/superfuncards/ auct...@superfuncards.com

Wookie813 wrote: > On Sep 24, 4:20 pm, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: >> Can I tap Heidelberg before a minion makes his mandatory action ? >> >> Like, if he suddenly lost blood and was untapped, could I tap it before he >> hunted ? >> >> Of if Philippe Rigaud had to diablerize, could I instead empty him of his >> blood so he'd have to hunt right away ? >> > I would say "yes" to both of your queries. What you describe is, in > my opinion, effective use of HC and a good reason to include it in a > deck. You just can't tap it *during* an action, say to add blood to > Phillipe so he can pay for an Earth Meld after a block attempt is > declared. Correct.

"Orpheus" <orphe...@free.fr> wrote in message news:46f81c09$0$26261$426a...@news.free.fr... > Can I tap Heidelberg before a minion makes his mandatory action ? > > Like, if he suddenly lost blood and was untapped, could I tap it before he > hunted ? > > Of if Philippe Rigaud had to diablerize, could I instead empty him of his > blood so he'd have to hunt right away ? > IANLSJ, but based on the long-established Spirit Marionette ruling, the answer would appear to be yes to all three. - Pat

Wookie wrote: ... >You just can't tap it *during* an action, say to add blood to > Phillipe so he can pay for an Earth Meld after a block attempt is > declared. Been seeing a lot of Becoming of Ennoia lately, huh?