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A player, 18 June 2010
Can I straighten a Ring while in a battle with Sisters of the Sun with the follower ability. There has been a disagreement about this as some people say that a Ring is not in a battle or at the battlefield thus cannot be targeted.
Sisters of the Sun
Battle/Open: Straighten a target Ring.
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 18 June 2010
Can I straighten a Ring while in a battle with Sisters of the Sun with the follower ability. There has been a disagreement about this as some people say that a Ring is not in a battle or at the battlefield thus cannot be targeted.
Sisters of the Sun
Battle/Open: Straighten a target Ring.
The first part of the Rule of Location, that restricts targeting of Battle actions to cards at the current battlefield, only applies to cards IN UNITS (see here).
A Ring is a legal target for that Follower's ability, provided the Follower is at the current battlefield (per the second part of the Rule of Location).