Bandobras Took wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:37 pm
Any non-unique ally with 1 mind (a copy of which he does not already control) is considered playable with Radagast at his site. This ally may be taken from your discard pile or hand.
Glove adds an alternate playability to an ally. You may play an ally using Glove or the ally's playability, but you may not combine the two.
This statement is assuming that the phrase "
tapped or untapped" in Noble Hound's "
Playable at any tapped or untapped border-hold" describes the
site-based playability requirements and not another ally playability requirement. I disagree and so did the ICE Netrep. The particular site is just one of many playability requirements and the site being untapped is a separate playability requirement.
Glove of Radagast can be used to play an ally at a tapped site if the ally's card text indicates that it is playable at tapped sites.
10 · PLAYING AND DRAWING CARDS wrote:
METW wrote:Certain resource cards may only be played if specific required conditions exist.
Playing a faction card, ally card, information card, or item card (unless stated otherwise on the card) requires an untapped character and an untapped site. In addition, the company must face any automatic-attacks located at the same site before such a card can be played.
BRINGING AN ALLY INTO PLAY
You can automatically bring an ally into play by tapping one of your characters. The character must be at the site indicated on the ally’s card.
MELE wrote:Certain resource cards may only be played if specific required conditions exist. A faction card, ally card, or item card must be played during your site phase and requires an untapped character and an untapped site. In addition, the company must face any automatic-attacks located at the same site before such a card can be played.
Allies
A character may tap to play an ally card if he is at the site specified on the ally card and the character meets the requirements indicated on the ally card.
Let's list out all of the requirements for playing an Ally:
- An ally card must be played during your site phase
- An ally card requires an untapped character (unless stated otherwise on the card)
- An ally card requires an untapped site (unless stated otherwise on the card)
- The company must have faced any automatic-attacks located at the same site
- A character must tap to play an ally card
- The character must be at the site specified on the ally card
- The character must meet the requirements indicated on the ally card (e.g., on a RW or on a non-RW).
Requirement 3 (An ally card requires an untapped site (unless stated otherwise on the card)) is separate and distinct from Requirement 6 (The character must be at the site specified on the ally card). The phrase "tapped or untapped" on some allies specifically overrides Requirement 3. This is even indicated by the rules, which state:
Clarification: Playing a faction card, ally card, information card, or item card (unless stated otherwise on the card) requires an untapped character and an untapped site.
This should also be clear because "tapped or untapped" status is not an attribute of a Site. Site attributes include the site type, the region in which the site is found, the nearest haven, the site path to their nearest haven, the playable resources, and the automatic-attacks.
Furthermore, if "tapped or untapped" was describing the site for Requirement 6, then that would not be sufficient to override Requirement 3. The "tapped or untapped" statement must be overriding Requirement 3 in order for the Ally's card text for the words to make sense.
So when Glove of Radagast states "Any non-unique ally with 1 mind (a copy of which he does not already control) is considered playable with Radagast at his site" it is specifically modifying requirement 6 (the character must be at the site specified on the ally card
or with Radagast at his site").
ICE Netrep wrote:From: ich...@spamblock.cstone.net (Craig Ichabod O'Brien)
Subject: Re: [MECCG] Fallen-wiz Q
Date: 1998/09/04
Here's a question for whichever NetRep happens to see it:
Glove of Radagast:
Unique. Radagast specific. Place this card on Radagast if he is in play.
Any non-unique ally
with 1 mind (a copy of which he does not already control) is
considered playable with
Radagast at his site. This ally may be taken from your discard
pile or hand.
All such allies also happen to be playable at tapped or untapped sites.
Does this change that?
No, it just adds to the playable sites, it doesn't change the required
status of those sites.
No. Glove of Radagast does not change the fact that such allies are playable at tapped sites.