by Maik_Stich
Digged out a post about Wandering took and a follow up question which contradicts the above ruling:Official Answer #2
Upon request, I followed up with the following question:
Imagine a scenario where the defender Leaves Play in the Action Phase after shadow effect resolution in step 3 and before the combat resolution in step 4. The shadow effect is +1 if defended, +3 if undefended. Does:
a) The Shadow Effect resolve in it's entirety in 6.2.3, therefore the enemy's Attack Strength (AS) is given +1 because it's defended at the time the Shadow Effect is resolved. That new AS is what is carried over to step 4 of combat. We then determine that it's undefended, so the new AS (ie the enemy's original AS + 1) gets applied to a Hero. OR
b) Because defended vs undefended isn't determined until start of Step 4, and Shadow Cards aren't discarded until end of phase, the entire Shadow Effect stays attached with the enemy and gets resolved in Step 4, now undefended, resulting in AS+3 (ie the enemy's original AS, and then add 3) being applied to a Hero. Or
c) Same as b), but resulting in damage being applied to a Hero equal to AS+4 (ie original enemy's AS, +1 got added to it during shadow effect resolution when it was defended, and then +3 got added in step 4 because it's now undefended).
The offical answer from Nate is:
Item (a) is correct. The Shadow effect resolves in step 3, modifying the enemy's ATTK at that time.
The implication is that all shadow effects resolve in their entirety in step 3, and there's no carry over for any later change of status.
Upon request, I followed up with the following question:
Imagine a scenario where the defender Leaves Play in the Action Phase after shadow effect resolution in step 3 and before the combat resolution in step 4. The shadow effect is +1 if defended, +3 if undefended. Does:
a) The Shadow Effect resolve in it's entirety in 6.2.3, therefore the enemy's Attack Strength (AS) is given +1 because it's defended at the time the Shadow Effect is resolved. That new AS is what is carried over to step 4 of combat. We then determine that it's undefended, so the new AS (ie the enemy's original AS + 1) gets applied to a Hero. OR
b) Because defended vs undefended isn't determined until start of Step 4, and Shadow Cards aren't discarded until end of phase, the entire Shadow Effect stays attached with the enemy and gets resolved in Step 4, now undefended, resulting in AS+3 (ie the enemy's original AS, and then add 3) being applied to a Hero. Or
c) Same as b), but resulting in damage being applied to a Hero equal to AS+4 (ie original enemy's AS, +1 got added to it during shadow effect resolution when it was defended, and then +3 got added in step 4 because it's now undefended).
The offical answer from Nate is:
Item (a) is correct. The Shadow effect resolves in step 3, modifying the enemy's ATTK at that time.
The implication is that all shadow effects resolve in their entirety in step 3, and there's no carry over for any later change of status.