Sock Puppet and Eldritch Cleaver

[magoo85]

Hi all,

Happy to be on the forums and this is my first post. I've been playing munchkin for around 5 years now. Last night I played a great 5 hr match and of course some rule questions arose, so now I'm here :)

I opened the door to the Sock Puppet and could kill it handily, but before I kill it, could I also play Eldritch Cleaver from my hand?

Moderator's Edit: Please don't quote card text. Also, don't use formatting involving different colors.

Of course my argument was that this card neither fought or aided the monster. What say you :)

...My apologies for my earlier posting method.

[MunchkinMan]

I'm having a hard time deciding. One, you're playing a card from your hand to affect the combat, but at the same time, it doesn't provided a bonus. . . I'm going to say, for now, that it's a legal play, unless Andrew has an opinion based on internal design knowledge.

[Clipper]

This would seem to slightly conflict with this ruling:

Originally Posted by MunchkinMan

I think that ... Of Love, since it can only be played when there is one Monster, would directly affect the Sock Puppet, and that is what is not allowed.

. . . Of Love changes the Treasure distribution and removes the levels from the Sock Puppet, neither of which affects its combat strength, but you ruled it should be blocked in that case.

[MunchkinMan]

. . . Of Love is played on and affects a Monster. Eldritch Cleaver affects the player upon which it is played.

[Clipper]

Ah, yes, that does make the difference clear. Thanks.

[magoo85]

Thank you both for your help. It is very much appreciated :)