My brain just crossed and I have interpreted Secret Passage differently than I did before. Clearly, if the opponent plays a creature, it must be a creature that is keyed to the site (cannot be played keyed to the site path). However, "opponent may only play hazard creatures" (that are keyed to the site). Does this mean that the opponent cannot play any hazards UNLESS they are "hazard creatures that are keyed to the company's site" ? Meaning that the opponent cannot play Event cards (as they are not creatures keyed to the site).Secret Passage wrote:Playable only at the end of the organization phase. If the company that it is played on moves to a site, opponent may only play hazard creatures that are keyed to the company's site.
I found the rulings below but they are not clear on this point. Clearly, if an Ahunt dragon is ALREADY in play then it could attack (it is not being "played," it is in-play).
Before I just assumed that the opponent could play non-creatures. And now I am not sure. The wording is sloppy and I think it could be either way? Thematically, it seems like only the playing of creatures (not events) should be restricted. Is this how everyone is playing?
Rules Digest 49 wrote:From: "M. Sosa" <mso...@fiu.edu>
> How exactly does Secret Passage and Secret Entrance work? Can secret
>passage be used when one moves to a Dragon lair so that no dragons can be
>played (the card states that hazard may only be played to the site-
>presumably ruins&lairs and not regions) ?
Well, it would prevent creatures from being keyed to regions. However,
there are Dragons that can be played keyed to Ruins & Lairs, and the
Dragon who is associated with the site could be played keyed to the
site. Also events that create attacks, like Ahunt Dragons, would still
work.
EDIT: Now I see a related card, The Way is Shut. This makes me think that the opponent cannot play events (only creatures), because if Secret Passage only prevented playing creatures, then The Way is Shut would not need to refer to Secret Passage as no creatures would be played since the company is sent back to their site of origin.NetRep #75 wrote:Company moving to Ruins&Lairs after playing "Secret Passage" in
organization phase, may be attacked by dragons ahunt manifestations
played by player other than hazard opponent, or attacks created by
"Mordor in Arms", or dragon played whith "Fever of Unrest" (this
attack is keyed to nothing not to wilderness)?
*** You can still be attacked by events that generate attacks, like
Dragons Ahunt and Mordor in Arms. A dragon played with Fever of Unrest
is not keyed to the site and is therefore unplayable. Furthermore, a
dragon played with Fever of Unrest is keyed to the wilderness.
Or maybe, an Ahunt Dragon could be declared (and resolved first) in response to Secret Passage, which would be declared at the beginning of the M/H phase. So then Ahunt Dragon Events and some other Events could be played in response to the declaration of Secret Passage? But then not Events that must START a chain of effects? So then, a corruption card Even (which must start a chain of effects) could not be played? And would this happen before or after drawing cards?The Way is Shut wrote:A company moving to or from an Under-deeps site must return its site of origin. Additionally, cancels the effects of Secret Passage and Secret Entrance. Cannot be duplicated.
I'm still confused.