Order of ending effects?

Here is something that came up and am not sure of which is the right answer.

Henri Lavenant enters combat with someone, your hand size goes up to 8, then he plays a card in the combat that is not replaced until end of combat, going back down to hand size 7. Now what happens when the combat ends?

Option 1: You discard down to hand size from his special to 6 cards, then draw back up to replace the card you played in the combat.
Option 2: You draw up to your hand size from the card you played in the combat, then discard down to hand size when Henri's special runs out.
Option 3: You can choose which of the above to do.
Option 4: They end at same time so you don't draw or discard anything but keep your hand of 7 cards.

Name: Henri Lavenant
[BH:U2]
Cardtype: Vampire
Clan: Lasombra
Group: 3
Capacity: 7
Discipline: pot qui DOM OBT
Sabbat. Black Hand: You have +1 hand size while Henri is in combat.
Artist: Christopher Shy

I'm not sure but here is something I found that seems related.

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But this has to do with effects during combat. Anyone else have an idea? Pascal?

Edit: The last entry by LSJ is interesting.

Klaital wrote:

Here is something that came up and am not sure of which is the right answer.

Henri Lavenant enters combat with someone, your hand size goes up to 8, then he plays a card in the combat that is not replaced until end of combat, going back down to hand size 7. Now what happens when the combat ends?

Keep in mind that "combat ends" happens during combat, and the events you're talking about happen "after combat".

Option 1: You discard down to hand size from his special to 6 cards, then draw back up to replace the card you played in the combat.
Option 2: You draw up to your hand size from the card you played in the combat, then discard down to hand size when Henri's special runs out.
Option 3: You can choose which of the above to do.
Option 4: They end at same time so you don't draw or discard anything but keep your hand of 7 cards.

Option 3 is my guess. If you use Dreams of the Sphinx to gain +2 hand size, you can order decreasing your hand size with other effects that happen during the discard phase (the end of the turn).

It is most likely the case that you lose the +1 hand size in the same timing window as you replace "replace after combat" cards. Two effects in the same timing window with the same controller can be ordered. I can't see how a "while in combat" would cease working in any window besides the "after combat" window, whenever that may be.

Regardless of whether Pascal agrees with me, this brings up some interesting qeustions as to exactly when the "replace after combat" window occurs. I assume this window happens between consecutive combats caused by sup. Psyche! Would you also lose your +1 hand size from Henri Lavenant between Pscyhe!/Coordinated Attack combats? The same for -1 from Raptor?

[ADD WITH EDIT: Of course, this seems to contradict what LSJ said in Andy's link. According to him, hand size is an "ongoing effect", whatever that is. Everyone around here orders the "ongoing effect" of losing your hand size to Dreams of the Sphinx with their discard phase action. Personally I think LSJ was not on the right track there - lots of effects are "ongoing", and when they change, you order them with everything else that happens in the same timing window.]

AaronC wrote:

Option 3 is my guess. If you use Dreams of the Sphinx to gain +2 hand size, you can order decreasing your hand size with other effects that happen during the discard phase (the end of the turn).

I'm pretty sure that part about Dreams of the Sphinx is wrong. Discard phase and end of the turn are different timingwise, you can't order things that happen at the end of your turn to happen in your discard phase (or the other way around).
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henrik wrote:

I'm pretty sure that part about Dreams of the Sphinx is wrong. Discard phase and end of the turn are different timingwise, you can't order things that happen at the end of your turn to happen in your discard phase (or the other way around).
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That is a very interesting post you've linked to.

"Your turn ends" is a separate timing window of the Discard Phase in the rules reference, too. Another case in which local longer-time players have passed on wrong information!

I don't think there is an established answer, and thus this requires a ruling. If I were judging at a tournament and this came up, I would rule that hand size is resolved before any other effect in a timing window, thus Option 1: Lose hand size, go to 6 cards, draw to replace. Is hand size different than other effects? I'm curious to see if it's been addressed other than LSJ's use of the (seemingly) undefined term "ongoing".

And I"m still interested in the timing of "after combat" effects, since this timing window is not mentioned in the rules reference.

AaronC wrote:

I don't think there is an established answer, and thus this requires a ruling. If I were judging at a tournament and this came up, I would rule that hand size is resolved before any other effect in a timing window, thus Option 1: Lose hand size, go to 6 cards, draw to replace. Is hand size different than other effects? I'm curious to see if it's been addressed other than LSJ's use of the (seemingly) undefined term "ongoing".

I think things that are said to last "until phase X" or "during phase X" etc, can't really be ordered (except for several effects taking place/ending/etc at the same time). I'm not so sure it's about hand size specifically, but rather about the wording.

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