I've some questions regarding these three cards.
1) I'd like to know if there's any evidence that ICE wanted these three cards to have similar effects.
On one hand, we have the latest printed version of Great Ship, that says:
On the other hand, we have the latest CRF by ICE (15), where both Great Ship and Leaflock have this entry:"Tap a character to play this card during your organization phase on his company. Any character in the company this turn may tap to cancel a hazard that targets the company. This may be: a hazard event that specifically targets the company or an entity in the company OR a creature card. The company's site path must have a Coastal Sea and no consecutive non-Coastal Seas regions to do this."
Tom Bombadil doesn't have this entry in the CRF15, though. BUT, looking back at older versions of the CRF, I noticed that Tom Bombadil actually had this entry back in CRF11:Allows the canceling of one creature or the canceling and discarding of an event that targets the company in question or an entity associated with that company.
...Which is exactly the same as Great Ship and Leaflock. But I don't know why it was removed, and I thought that maybe someone around here knows what happened.Tom Bombadil
Allows the canceling of one creature or the canceling and discarding of an event that targets the company in question or an entity associated with that company.
2) Assuming Tom Bombadil works the same way as Leaflock and Great Ship, there are a number of digests that are incorrect, mainly referring to agent activities. Here's one:
If we apply the same rule from Great Ship and Leaflock, Tom Bombadil wouldn't be able to cancel Baduila's returning effect because it's not a creature card nor a hazard event. Or Grimburgoth' attacking during the m/h phase.ICE RULES DIGEST #564
25-03-1999 NetRep: Van Norton Source
QUERY 1
From: Martin Toggweiler
Subject: [Van/Ick] Can Tom…?
Can Tom Bombadil tap to stop any Agent activities against an eligible company/character…
…attack?
Yes, if during the M/H phase.
…influence attempt?
Yes, if during the M/H phase.
…Baduila/Seek without Success?
Yes.
Pilfer Anything Unwatched?
Yes.
3) Finally, could any of these three cards cancel an ahunt attack? I know ahunts are long-events are therefore don't have targets, but do the attacks caused by them have targets? And if so, can Tom Bombadil/Leaflock/Great Ship cancel them? And if the answer is yes, then the ahunt card would be discarded?
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Thanks a lot for your input.