Rules Question: Fast Reaction

Hey, if I have Fast Reaction, does the vamp using it need to be unlocked? Or can it be used with a wake?

Fast Reaction

Only usable after a combat involving a blocking minion you control other than this vampire and the acting minion.
Lock this vampire. This vampire and the acting minion enter combat. The first round of combat, the acting minion cannot strike.
As above, with 1 optional press.

LivesByProxy wrote:

Hey, if I have Fast Reaction, does the vamp using it need to be unlocked? Or can it be used with a wake?

Either. The card simply tells you to "lock this vampire" which is an effect, so a vampire using a Wake is just locked redundantly. Deflection works much the same way.

If it's phrased as a cost - lock this vampire to - then a wake won't cut it. Example: Babble: [DEM] Lock this vampire to unlock another ready minion. Not usable by a blocking minion."

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