Raptor and Nar-Sheptha hand size effect

Question from the discord If Vamp A with 1 Raptor block Vamp B with Nar-Sheptha, what happens? Does Vamp B gains +2 hand size, and then gets -1 hand size, having to discard? Or both effects resolve at the same time and Vamp B gets +1 hand size? Raptor Cardtype: Retainer Cost: 2 blood Discipline: Animalism Animal with 1 life. The minion with this retainer gets +1 intercept. As above, and when the minion with this retainer is in combat, the opposing minion's controller gets -1 hand size. Nar-Sheptha Cardtype: Retainer Clan: Banu Haqim Cost: 1 pool Unique wraith with 1 life. While this vampire is in combat, you get +2 hand size, and the opposing minion is considered the acting minion.

Both effects take place at the same time, so the vampire gets +2-1=+1 hand size. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

Could you please explain why ordering isn’t relevant here but is during the unlock phase when having eg a Vessel and an Anarch Revolt is in play?

> inm8 wrote: > Could you please explain why ordering isn’t relevant here but is during the unlock phase when having eg a Vessel and an Anarch Revolt is in play? > Continuous effects that start at the same time are not ordered. If you use a Vessel, you have to resolve the effect entirely before moving on (you can't "use" the Anarch Revolt at the same time), so you have to choose an order. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director