Blood Cost & Allies

Adonai wrote:

Vlad wrote:

Ok for this one, but I believe that was an omission in the Rafastio Ghoul card text...

But the question is the same with the Herald of Topheth...

And so is the answer.

If an ally can play a specific subset of cards 'as a vampire', then they can play that specific subset of cards and pay life where blood is required.

All other cards that require blood cannot be played by that ally.

Correct - and I'll make the cardtexts less ambiguous by removing that sentence from these cards.

Another similar one is Hide The Heart at the level. An ally attempts to act and Hide The Heart simply causes the action to fail. The reacting vampire doesn't even have to tap or pay any blood

The action ends (unsuccessfully). The acting minion may burn 1 blood to cancel this card as it is played. Only one Hide the Heart may be played at each action.

And a vampire with Chanjelin ward can't be rushed by allies for the same reason...