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A player, 27 January 2010
In response to this thread: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=81416&start=0
Given the above ruling, can chi death be negated through use of Duty? Obviously the changes to the comprehensive rules allow the negation, until end of turn, of chi death, but I'm wondering if the timing clause on Duty allow for the same effect as Strength of Bamboo. Thanks.
Duty: Reaction: Before another player’s card’s effect destroys one of your Personalities, destroy your target honorable Samurai Personality at the same location: Negate the first Personality’s destruction.
Alex Jones (rules official), 27 January 2010
In response to this thread: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=81416&start=0
Given the above ruling, can chi death be negated through use of Duty? Obviously the changes to the comprehensive rules allow the negation, until end of turn, of chi death, but I'm wondering if the timing clause on Duty allow for the same effect as Strength of Bamboo. Thanks.
Duty: Reaction: Before another player’s card’s effect destroys one of your Personalities, destroy your target honorable Samurai Personality at the same location: Negate the first Personality’s destruction.
No. Duty creates an instantaneous negation, not an ongoing negation; an ongoing or continuous negation is required to negate chi death.
See Duration and scope of prevention effects: Special rules apply to the prevention of Personality destruction from zero Chi (see Chi death rule) and other continuously applied destruction effects. Effects that prevent one instance of destruction, such as the trait "Before this card is destroyed: Negate the destruction," will not prevent destruction from such an effect. Only a continuous or ongoing “parent” prevention effect (for example, "This Personality will not be destroyed" as a trait) can overcome the Personality's destruction.