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[Ruling] Ocean Road + marshaling into shadows
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mplain
, Sep 21 2018 08:44 PM
Best Answer mplain , 21 September 2018 - 08:45 PM
Does Ocean Road reduce the cost of marshaling any card into shadows?
No. A card being marshaled into shadows is considered to have no characteristics, including the characteristic of being “neutral” or “out-of-faction.”
RRG "Neutral" says: "Some cards are not affiliated with any faction; these cards are neutral. Any deck may include neutral cards."
So it seems that "neutral" means "not having any faction affiliation". So, any card without a defined faction affiliation (e.g. a facedown card) should by this definition be neutral, no? Please tell me if my interpretation of this rules entry is incorrect.
You are correct that in the absence of a faction affiliation, a card is by default considered neutral. However, being “neutral” is still considered an attribute/characteristic of a card, so a card that is explicitly defined as having no attributes/characteristics (such as a facedown card or a card being marshaled into shadows) is not considered to be “neutral.”
[Danny Schaefer, 21.09.2018]
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Does Ocean Road reduce the cost of marshaling any card into shadows?
No. A card being marshaled into shadows is considered to have no characteristics, including the characteristic of being “neutral” or “out-of-faction.”
RRG "Neutral" says: "Some cards are not affiliated with any faction; these cards are neutral. Any deck may include neutral cards."
So it seems that "neutral" means "not having any faction affiliation". So, any card without a defined faction affiliation (e.g. a facedown card) should by this definition be neutral, no? Please tell me if my interpretation of this rules entry is incorrect.
You are correct that in the absence of a faction affiliation, a card is by default considered neutral. However, being “neutral” is still considered an attribute/characteristic of a card, so a card that is explicitly defined as having no attributes/characteristics (such as a facedown card or a card being marshaled into shadows) is not considered to be “neutral.”
[Danny Schaefer, 21.09.2018]
