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orcbgone · 06-06-2016, 11:36 PM

This is a mechanics question rather than a card question:

If you use an effect to force a player to help you, but that effect stipulates that you cannot gain the winning level this way, what happens to the helper if the conditions change?

Example:

Player A is Level 8, he is in combat but cannot win on his own, so he pulls Player B into the fight with him, the monster is worth one Level. And after the helper joins the combat, Player A plays a GUAL card to reach Level 9, thus securing the win.

Boiling this down to basic mechanics, what happens to the helper/combat? Does this bypass the "can't be used to gain the winning Level" clause or can the helper back out? Or something else entirely?

06-06-2016, 11:36 PM	#1
orcbgone Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Texas	Forced helpers? This is a mechanics question rather than a card question: If you use an effect to force a player to help you, but that effect stipulates that you cannot gain the winning level this way, what happens to the helper if the conditions change? Example: Player A is Level 8, he is in combat but cannot win on his own, so he pulls Player B into the fight with him, the monster is worth one Level. And after the helper joins the combat, Player A plays a GUAL card to reach Level 9, thus securing the win. Boiling this down to basic mechanics, what happens to the helper/combat? Does this bypass the "can't be used to gain the winning Level" clause or can the helper back out? Or something else entirely?