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Hello,
So I'm just wondering why Defensive Grill states the battle action as being an "Absent Battle" if it specifies that the personality that is going to be moved must be at the current battlefield and that it has to move to an unresolved battlefield where it will be opposed. Aren't the new rules regarding presence satisfied and hence the "absent" unnecessary.
Thank you!
Hello,
So I'm just wondering why Defensive Grill states the battle action as being an "Absent Battle" if it specifies that the personality that is going to be moved must be at the current battlefield and that it has to move to an unresolved battlefield where it will be opposed. Aren't the new rules regarding presence satisfied and hence the "absent" unnecessary.
Thank you!
It's because the targeted Personality needn't be yours; you can target another player's Personality at the current battlefield where you have no units and move him to one where he would be opposed... so you can get 'im! Get 'im good!