Mirror Image as just a S:CE

inm8 wrote:

The below statement in isolation is wrong as the card is playable as long as there is combat (and no IG has been played).

LSJ wrote:

Note that Mirror Image cannot be played at all, due to card text.

LSJ later explained the above to be because of the "if this vampire was blocked.."

LSJ wrote:

>> Note that Mirror Image cannot be played at all, due to card text.
>
> Well in this case, I was talking about any action - not just
> bleeds.
Well in this case, I was talking about Mirror Image's "If this vampire was
blocked" text, not the "other than bleeding" text. The vampire was not blocked,
so the "if" condition is not met.

The "if this vampire was blocked.." part doesn't prevent it from being played "at all" and is an additional effect that only triggers under the specified conditions.

> If I use Champion, and enter combat, because the
> action has failed - can the opposing minion continue it with effects
> such as Form of Mist, Mirror Image and the like?

but if put into the context of the actual question (above) which is if it can be used to continue a failed action it isn´t playable at all for the effect to continue the action as that effect specifically is conditioned around the vampire playing it having been blocked