[LSJ] Venenation and Change of Target
Chris Berger
Venenation, then Mask over to Samat Ramal-Ra. Samat plays another
Venenation, bringing the total Corruption counters on Salbatore to 4, which
is his current capacity. I now want to do 2 things. I really want to burn
the Corruption counters to take control of Salbatore, and I also want to
play Change of Target so that neither vampire ends up tapped...
1 - Is there any way that I can do both (I'm guessing no)?
2 - If I do not (cannot) play Change of Target, is Salbatore tapped for
having blocked my action?
3 - If I do not burn the Corruption counters, can I play Change of Target?
If you had asked me #2 and #3 separately, I would have said yes to each.
However, when the situation came up in play, and now that I put both
questions together, it seems to me that they cannot both be yes, since
Salbatore has to be untapped after I play CoT (assuming I don't burn
corruption counters), even though CoT doesn't untap him.
LSJ
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> So... I bleed with Lalitha and am blocked by Salbatore Bokkengro. I play
> Venenation, then Mask over to Samat Ramal-Ra. Samat plays another
> Venenation, bringing the total Corruption counters on Salbatore to 4, which
> is his current capacity. I now want to do 2 things. I really want to burn
> the Corruption counters to take control of Salbatore, and I also want to
> play Change of Target so that neither vampire ends up tapped...
>
> 1 - Is there any way that I can do both (I'm guessing no)?
Correct.
> 2 - If I do not (cannot) play Change of Target, is Salbatore tapped for
> having blocked my action?
Yes.
> 3 - If I do not burn the Corruption counters, can I play Change of Target?
Yes.
> If you had asked me #2 and #3 separately, I would have said yes to each.
> However, when the situation came up in play, and now that I put both
> questions together, it seems to me that they cannot both be yes, since
> Salbatore has to be untapped after I play CoT (assuming I don't burn
> corruption counters), even though CoT doesn't untap him.
CoT (and Obedience) overcomes the "tap for blocking" rule, by explicit card text.
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