LSJ
12/5/2010 11:03:00 PM
On Dec 5, 4:01 pm, "Kevin M." <youw...@imaspammer.org> wrote:
> Frederick Scott wrote:
> > Path of the Void
> > Master - Unique
> > 1 Pool
> > Path. Put this card on a vampire you control. This
> > vampire gets +1 stealth, -1 bleed, and can inflict
> > 1 damage on any minion as a (D) action. During this
> > vampire's untap phase, his or her controller must
> > discard a master card or tap this vampire. Burn
> > this card if this vampire commits diablerie. A
> > vampire can have only one path.
>
> > My question is whether a Baali with Path of the
> > Void on it can play the PotV effect first, and then
> > pay to untap afterward - avoiding the tapping
> > penalty if the Baali were tapped going into the
> > turn and they didn't have a master card to discard.
> > I believe the answer is yes, based on the rule
> > that _all_ untap effects other than each card's
> > normal automatic untap may be ordered as desired
> > by the phasing player. A comment by Salem once
> > referred to "Baali of the Name" after the Baali
> > untap rule was revised and went unchallenged,
> > leading me to believe he was correct that a
> > "must tap" effect in the untap phase could be
> > later reversed by the special Baali untap effect.
> > This would be similar.
>
> A reading of the 'Infernal' rule in the rulebook appears
> to confirm your thinking:
>
> [11] Infernal
> An infernal minion doesn't untap as normal in the untap
> phase. During his controller's untap phase, she may burn
> a pool to untap him.
Correct.