DS: Q: Spiritual Protector

[L. Scott Johnson]

A minion who enters combat with another minion protected by Spiritual
Protector (via Bum's Rush, or Haven Uncovered) would be able to use
equipment in the combat, since no one is blocking, right?
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[Thomas R Wylie]

L. Scott Johnson <sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu> wrote:
>A minion who enters combat with another minion protected by Spiritual
>Protector (via Bum's Rush, or Haven Uncovered) would be able to use
>equipment in the combat, since no one is blocking, right?

Right... unless, of course, the target blocks the action :)

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[rit...@cruzio.com]

In article <49urjl$1...@redwood.cs.sc.edu>, sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu (L. Scott Johnson) writes:
> A minion who enters combat with another minion protected by Spiritual
> Protector (via Bum's Rush, or Haven Uncovered) would be able to use
> equipment in the combat, since no one is blocking, right?

Wrong. Blocking or being blocked is long hand for `entered combat
with'. It has been ruled this way in the past for cards, and I see no reason
why it shouldn't be this way for Spiritual Protector as well.

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> L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | These opinions are mine and

Ritaxis
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[Thomas Doehne]

In article <DJBu0...@cruzio.com> rit...@cruzio.com writes:
>In article <49urjl$1...@redwood.cs.sc.edu>, sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu (L. Scott Johnson) writes:
>> A minion who enters combat with another minion protected by Spiritual
>> Protector (via Bum's Rush, or Haven Uncovered) would be able to use
>> equipment in the combat, since no one is blocking, right?

> Wrong. Blocking or being blocked is long hand for `entered combat
>with'. It has been ruled this way in the past for cards, and I see no reason
>why it shouldn't be this way for Spiritual Protector as well.

Wrong-o. Blocking or being blocked is very different from
entering combat, although the former leads to the latter.
If Duck takes an action and is blocked, the vampire blocking
him is tapped and they enter combat. If Duck Bum's Rushes
the same vampire, they enter combat but the vampire being
Rushed is *not* tapped. No one is blocked or blocking.

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Tom Doehne
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