Revelation of Ecstasy when prey is tapped out?

TwoRazorReign wrote:

Yes. And the player who has not learned the steps in logic and wording templates you just laid out (those are not quite the wording templates used in the rulebook) will immediately think, "I can't use this, the minion is already tapped."

Does this mean that the same player will think "I can't play a Theft of Vitae against a vampire with no blood"?

TwoRazorReign wrote:

Ankha wrote:

TwoRazorReign wrote:

Yes. And the player who has not learned the steps in logic and wording templates you just laid out (those are not quite the wording templates used in the rulebook) will immediately think, "I can't use this, the minion is already tapped."

Does this mean that the same player will think "I can't play a Theft of Vitae against a vampire with no blood"?

No. How many times have you seen a new player try to send an opposing vampire to torpor using Theft of Vitae? I've seen it many times.

I'll put it in the same category of mistakes. New players will do mistakes, however clear the rules and the cardtexts are. At some point, the players must learn logical rules that make the game work. I put an emphasis on "learn" because logical rules are not necessarily intuitive (and what's called "intuitive" also varies along with the players)

TwoRazorReign wrote:

Doing something to a minion with zero blood in combat is not restricted by the rules.

Tapping a tapped card is not restricted by the rules neither.

TwoRazorReign wrote:

Theft of Vitae is likely regarded as no different than playing Lucky Blow in this situation because there are no stop signs when an opposing minion has no blood in combat.

Stealing something from someone who has nothing is not intuitive.

TwoRazorReign wrote:

Now, a minion being tapped generally restricts that minion from doing anything (tapped minions can't act, can't block, can't react...). I mean, there are stop signs left and right when a minion is tapped. Thus why this player would think tapping a tapped minion is restricted.

Tapping a tapped card is not intuitive neither. I understand you find it less intuitive than stealing things from someone who has nothing. But it's nonetheless logical, and for some players, a thing they must learn.