[LSJ] Madness Network and Wake

[Charles Lechasseur]

Player A controls the Madness Network. Anson, controlled by player B,
attempts to burn it. A declines to block. Player C also controls a
Malkavian, Ozmo, but he is tapped.

Can Ozmo play Wake with Evening's Freshness (or Forced Awakening) and
block the action, without need for Eagle's Sight?

The confusion arises from the fact that Madness Network mentions that "any
untapped Malkavian" can attempt to block and Wake allows the vampire to
"attempt to block as though untapped". Is this sufficient to qualify for
the Madness Network's definition of an "untapped Malkavian", or is the
Malkavian not eligible since even after playing Wake, he is still tapped?

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charles lechasseur - da...@novideospamtron.ca

[Daneel]

Good question. The rulebook says that you need an untapped minion to
block actions, but wake allows you to (among other things) block as
untapped. In this case the card evidently takes precedence over the rules.

In the Madness Network example though it is a further restriction on
another card, meaning IMHO that Wake cannot take precedence, as the
other card has a clear restriction wake does not handle (the vampire
may be able to block as untapped despite being tapped, but he is still
tapped and as such does not meet the explicit requirements of Madness
Network).

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Bye,

Daneel

[LSJ]

"Charles Lechasseur" <da...@novideospamtron.ca> wrote in message
news:danov-21100...@192.168.1.4...

> Player A controls the Madness Network. Anson, controlled by player B,
> attempts to burn it. A declines to block. Player C also controls a
> Malkavian, Ozmo, but he is tapped.
>
> Can Ozmo play Wake with Evening's Freshness (or Forced Awakening) and
> block the action, without need for Eagle's Sight?

Yes.

> The confusion arises from the fact that Madness Network mentions that
"any
> untapped Malkavian" can attempt to block and Wake allows the vampire to
> "attempt to block as though untapped". Is this sufficient to qualify for
> the Madness Network's definition of an "untapped Malkavian", or is the

Yes.

> Malkavian not eligible since even after playing Wake, he is still tapped?

He can block as if untapped, so that is enough.

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[mrjay1000]

Wake is a reaction card and can be played as a reaction to any action
on the table. By playing Wake, the minion is allowed to act as though
untapped. Now, since the Malk is acting as he/she is untapped, this
allows the vampire to now attempt to block.