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Can't exhaust also means can't protect?
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:09 pm
by Spass
I have another question about one simple rule. Card says "Target ally can't attack or exhaust this turn." It also means that target ally can't protect?
Re: Can't exhaust also means can't protect?
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:28 pm
by Cooler39140
I think that it's like that.
Re: Can't exhaust also means can't protect?
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:48 pm
by Thalvin
Hey there!
You are correct! in order to protect, the protector has to be able to exhaust. The specific rule is as follows;
(From the Comprehensive Rules v. 7.4)
602.2 / As an attack window closes, if there is no attacker and/or no proposed defender, the combat concludes. Otherwise, any player opposed to the attacker may exhaust a character he controls that can protect the proposed defender against the attacker. This is called the Protect Point. This doesn't use the chain and is the only time a character can protect. If that happens, the proposed defender is removed from combat, and that exhausted character becomes the proposed defender and starts protecting.