Actions requiring an anarch - Crimethinc

For Crimethinc purposes is the "enter combat action" granted by Open war actually requiring an Anarch?
In a wider reading: does the text "Anarch vampires" means that action "requires an anarch"?

Open War
[Action] Action

+1 stealth action. Requires a baron.
Put this card in play. Anarch vampires can enter combat with any minion as a action. They can burn a location as a action that costs 2 pool. Any Methuselah may use a master phase action to move 1 counter from his or her pool to this card. When this card has 4 pool, burn it and gain 4 pool. Only one Open War may be played in a game.


CrimethInc.
[Action Modifier] Action Modifier

[Protean] Protean
[Quietus] Quietus
[Thaumaturgy] Thaumaturgy

Requires an anarch. Play after resolving a successful action that requires an anarch or makes this vampire an anarch.
[pro] Untap this anarch.
[qui] Untap another ready anarch.
[tha] Put this card in play. During your minion phase, you may burn a pool to untap a ready anarch you control.

thelonius wrote:

For Crimethinc purposes is the "enter combat action" granted by Open war actually requiring an Anarch?

Yes. The action to put Open War in play also requires an Anarch, since Baron implies Anarch. (Similarly, 'requires a Prince' implies Camarilla.)

[LSJ 20080603]

LSJ wrote:

>>> After I my anarch baron played "Open War", can he play "CrimethInc."?
>>> The more general question is like this: Does "requires a baron"
>>> implicates "requires an anarch"?

>> Yes.

> On another note, are the actions allowed by Open War considered
> actions that require an anarch for the same purpose?

By explicit card text, sure.

thelonius wrote:

In a wider reading: does the text "Anarch vampires" means that action "requires an anarch"?

Well, that would depend on the context.

If, as here, being an Anarch vampire is required to take the action, it's a requirement. But the phrase "Anarch vampires" (or just "anarchs") could turn up in other situations too, like an action where anarchs have a bonus on the action, but other vampires can take it.