Wand of Dowsing in combat

[Kirt]

There is an important distinction here between PLAYED (cuando sacas una tarjeta de su mano) and USED (cuando usas una tarjeta que tienes en la mesa.)

Dowsing Rod is an Item, and it can only be used once. As a one-shot item, it is legal to USE it during someone else's turn, provided it is already on the table. This is what the quote you have from the rules says.

However, if someone has the card in their hand, they may not PLAY it from their hand to the table unless it is their turn or they just received it. That is what the ruling you quote from MM says.

So, to answer your question, taking the monster in the middle of the combat was legal IF the dowsing rod was already on the table, but was not legal if the person tried to play it from their hand.

[MunchkinMan]

The Wand Of Dowsing does not say "usable once only," so it's not a one-shot card. You can not play it from your hand during combat, and since it's an Item, you may only play it to the table on your turn when you're not in combat, and use it any time after that, but you can't use it from your hand at any time.

[Kirt]

Originally Posted by Kirt

Dowsing Rod is an Item, and it can only be used once. As a one-shot item...

Now that the thread is unlocked, I should point out that I was WRONG about this. MM has had other posts where he has said that something is not a one-shot just because it says or implies "discard after using", it needed to say "usable once only" to qualify.

Andrew's recent ruling notwithstanding, what I wrote was wrong when I wrote it, so my apologies to MM and the OP for not checking more carefully before I said it.