floppyzedolfin wrote:
> On Nov 19, 12:56 am, LSJ <vtes...@...> wrote:
>> ira...@... wrote:
>>> Hello LSJ,
>>> Can I play Predator's Communion at ABO after combat between an acting
>>> vampire and my blocking vampire?  I think the answer is yes, in the
>>> same window as Cat's Guidance, since the acting vampire is still
>>> considered acting after the combat ends (since it could play Freak
>>> Drive, which requires an acting vampire.)
>> Yes.
>>
>
> Given this answer, can I use Babble to untap a minion after the
> resolution of an action ? (in the Freak Drive window)
>
> This link says I can't :
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/3e09b91ddcbb7a6\
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> , but I don't get the difference. None of those have the "usable post-
> resolution" cardtext ("Only usable by a tapped vampire immediately
> after he or she blocks" on Cats' Guidance)
>
> Can I use the Underbridge Stray to untap a minion I control after the
> resolution of a (D) action against me ? (in the Freak Drive window)

Quite right.

REVERSAL: Predator's Communion [ABO] is only usable before resolution.
(Like Babble and Underbridge Stray -- this also reverses a ruling I made at the
EC regarding Underbridge Stray).

Petri Wessman wrote:
> On Nov 18, 3:49 am, LSJ <vtes...@...> wrote:
>>>> #4. The Erciyes Fragment can foil your prey's attempt to continue an
>>>> action (e.g. Form of Mist), right? So my prey plays an action card and
>>>> it is blocked (so the card goes to the ash heap). During combat, I can
>>>> tap the Erciyes Fragment to remove the action card from his ash heap,
>>>> preventing him from continuing the action. This issue was alluded to
>>>> in one of the threads involving Massassi's Honor but I want to make
>>>> sure.
>> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/1732...
>
> Followup question on this one: if in the above scenario the prey had a
> second (older) copy of the action card in question already in their
> ash heap, would that let them continue the action? Or does action
> continuation need & check for the specific copy of the action card?

The specific card.

XZealot wrote:
> If I am blocked taking a leave torpor action, can one of my vampires
> with superior viccitude play Malleable Visage to enter combat with the
> blocking minion prior to the opportunity for the blockign minion to
> commit diablerie?  I think you can , but I wanted to ask.

Yes (and the blocker loses the opportunity to diablerize, as in the Blood
Brother Ambush case).

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/1ebdf5950ddfd2c\
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>
> Malleable Visage
> Type: Action Modifier
> Requires: Vicissitude
> Cost: 1 blood
> [vic] Only usable by a ready, untapped vampire. Usable when an ally
> you control is blocked, before combat begins. The combat is canceled;
> untap the acting minion and tap this modifying vampire. This vampire
> enters combat with the blocking minion.
> [VIC] As above, but usable when a vampire you control is blocked.