Procurer recruiting another with The Shard

Coyote wrote:

Maybe the rule is a bit redundant.

A minion already should be able to pay the cost of a card when he plays it (both checking the cost at announce and at pay time). Covered already by the rules.

A minion can not simply play a card that cannot pay. An ally cannot pay a card that cost blood.

But they can pay it when it costs 0.

Actually, is what I am saying. Read my previous post. I am in the team #ProcuresCanRecruitProcuresUsingTheShard

I was on the fence about this but after having a read of the rulebook, my stance would be as follows:

Blood Cost (from the rulebook):
A number in a red drop represents blood cost (the amount of blood the vampire must burn). Only a vampire with enough blood on them can play a card with a blood cost.

The Shard:
If you have the Edge, you can lock this card to reduce the cost of a card you play by 2 pool or blood.

Applying the rulebook to the card:
The Shard ability is used after the card is played. The Shard must target a card after it has already been played. However the Procurer is unable to play the recruitment action in the first instance as Only a vampire with enough blood on them can play a card with a blood cost..

A non vampire is unable to recruit an ally with a blood cost by using the shard. Similar to how treaty of Laibach does not work on a Tremere.

To work, the shard would have to target a card in hand and reduce its cost BEFORE its played.

I think I understand Rathpex reasoning.

Procurer costs 2 blood and you cannot reduce its cost before you play it, and, again from the rulebook:
Only a vampire with enough blood on them can play a card with a blood cost.

You cannot attempt something you can't do in hope that it will become legal later on.

Then again Shard can be used "to reduce card cost you play", so if it's supposed to be legally used in the described scenario, it seem that playing the card and checking if I can afford it is performed in the same window.

I guess is about timing

When you check if you can play a card?
When you decide the reduction cost?

If reduction cost goes before checking if you can play a card then you can play it as, when you check if you can play it, the cost, it is zero.

In case this is ruled (reductions goes before checking the card requisites) the procurer can use the shard to recruit another procurer.