Does Contested Ground act like an immediate terrain so when I play it, I will be able to use it right away or does my opponent have the next opportunity to do something first before I can use the terrain's action?
Contested Ground - Immediate Terrain?
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Does Contested Ground act like an immediate terrain so when I play it, I will be able to use it right away or does my opponent have the next opportunity to do something first before I can use the terrain's action?
Contested Ground gives all players an ability; it does not give you an additional action to use that ability. It's not a formation!
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Does Contested Ground act like an immediate terrain so when I play it, I will be able to use it right away or does my opponent have the next opportunity to do something first before I can use the terrain's action?
As an additional clarification, your understanding of the "Immediate Terrain" keyword on older cards is incorrect. The keyword never did mean that you could immediately have an additional action to take any actions the Terrain granted you. It only meant that the Terrain's effects occurred when it was played, as opposed to occurring just before battle resolution (as "Delayed Terrain"s did).
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