Did the rules team ever come to a concensus on how The Abbots trait works with the fact that the window for paying (and thus, increasing) costs comes before any targeting from the action?
Thank you
Re: The Abbot
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Did the rules team ever come to a concensus on how The Abbots trait works with the fact that the window for paying (and thus, increasing) costs comes before any targeting from the action?
Thank you
Yes, the Abbot is now a specific example in the Comprehensive Rules under the recently added section, "targeting paradoxes" and he works as you might think he does from a non-technical reading.
On: The Abbot
Hi all,
So to ask for clarification regarding the new "Targeting Paradoxes" section of Comprehensive Rules as it is not very clear to me when some things should happen from this thread
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=112030
If i have The Abbot and a Yojimbo at the Battlefield and a copy of Final Sacrifice in hand. My opponent declares an action (say Block Supply Lines) when does he pay the extra 2g to allow him to target the Abbot? Does he hay to pay it in initial costs step (i.e. before interrupts or targeting in effects block) or when he targets (after interrupts. If he does Pay before can I then final sacrifice to redirect or is it no longer a legal target?
thanks
Az
Hi all,
So to ask for clarification regarding the new "Targeting Paradoxes" section of Comprehensive Rules as it is not very clear to me when some things should happen from this thread
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=112030
If i have The Abbot and a Yojimbo at the Battlefield and a copy of Final Sacrifice in hand. My opponent declares an action (say Block Supply Lines) when does he pay the extra 2g to allow him to target the Abbot? Does he hay to pay it in initial costs step (i.e. before interrupts or targeting in effects block) or when he targets (after interrupts. If he does Pay before can I then final sacrifice to redirect or is it no longer a legal target?
thanks
Az
If your opponent wishes to target The Abbot with his Block Supply Lines, he must pay 2g during the Pay Costs step of the action.
As per the Targeting Paradoxes section, this ties the action to targeting The Abbot: no other card is a legal target (unless that card also has a similar effect that makes the action targeting it cost 2g extra).