raptor - obedience

gameover wrote:

Thanks!

the "combat ends" part is a bit confusing though.

LSJ wrote:

wumpus wrote:

> At some point the text of Obedience changed. I don't have the old
> text in front of me, but I believe it used to say that it 'cancelled'
> the combat or ended the action without combat (like Voice of Madness,
> Hard Case, and Mental Maze). I thus had it in my one (silly) deck
> that was designed to attempt to withdraw, as entering combat will
> prevent withdrawal.

History of Obedience:

1994 Jyhad printing: Untaps the reacting vampire.
19960708 Doesn't tap the reacting vampire, rather than actively untapping him.
19961001 Sabbat printing: Doesn't cancel combat. Leaves the reacting vampire
tapped if he successfully blocked.
19991206 Cancels combat. Says that the reacting vampire is not tapped.
20001031 SW: Cancels combat. Says that the reacting vampire is not tapped.

wumpus wrote:

> The text seems to imply that combat actually occurs, though Obedience
> ends it.

Perhaps, but combat does not occur. Obedience is played before combat (it is not
a combat card), and ends the combat before it starts (another way of saying: the
combat is canceled).