"Burning blood" vs. "Paying the cost" and Seeds of Corruption

mjvtes521 wrote:

What is the difference between burning blood and paying the cost of a card? Is there a difference. In particular, how does it work with Seeds of Corruption?

Seeds of Corruption
[Action]

[Thaumaturgy]

[2 Blood]

+1 stealth action.
[tha] Put this card on one of your prey's vampires. If the vampire is a Follower of Set, he or she burns 2 additional blood when attempting an action; otherwise, he or she burns 1 additional blood when attempting an action. The vampire's special abilities cannot be used. Any vampire(s) may burn this card with two +1 stealth actions.
[THA] As above, but the vampire burns 2 additional blood when attempting an action; Followers of Set burn 3 additional blood.[:quote]
Burning blood when announcing the action is not part of the cost: cost is paid only if the action is successful and can be reduced (with a Path, an Ankara Citadel...); burning blood when announcing the action occurs at soon as you announce it, and can't be reduced.

mjvtes521 wrote:

If a minion has seeds of corruption (superior) on them and 1 or 2 blood, can they attempt an action that costs 1 or 2 blood?

Yes, they can. But the action will probably fizzle if not blocked because the minion then won't be able to pay (unless you give him or her some blood somehow: Coven...)

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mjvtes521 wrote:

Can they bleed or hunt? I assume they can bleed and/or hunt, but I'm not sure what the rationale is for it.

Sure they can. A vampire with 0 blood can announce a hunt action, burn blood due to Seeds of Corruption (nothing happens) then gain 1 blood if the hunt action is successful.
Burn blood is a side-effect of announcing the action, not part the cost of the action.

Think also about Wake + Redirection. Redirection taps you as an effect, not as a cost and can therefore be used with a Wake.