Theo wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:51 am
Bandobras Took wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:42 pm
Umm . . . you may want to look at the *other* half of Wizard's Trove. Deliberately
replaces a "reference" (exact quote) in the card text.
I would think that for us to be able to determine "
Any reference to the site where the card can normally be stored", they need to be entities (under the English definition). I suppose they needn't be targetable entities... not sure we have much guidance on what isn't a targetable entity, though.
You may have forgotten your original question.
Could a reference be provided for this notion of "just a reference to Region Types"?
You've got one. Cards that mention a site where they can be stored are explicitly said to be making reference to the site.
So is your judgement that because the once reference to "reference" in the rules does not require that a "reference" be a target, we should assume that ICE intended that all "reference" entities are not targetable?
No, it's my judgment that ICE lets us know when they want card text altered. With a given card, if they haven't, it doesn't. Mentioning the second half of Wizard's Trove is simply to puncture that "exempting" tangent. The fact that it happens rarely is irrelevant. We aren't allowed to assume that all the other Nazgul become long-events as well as short-events just because the Witch-King is the only one that becomes a long-event. Nor are we allowed to assume that any card alters another card's text just because a couple of cards do so explicitly. It is, rather, the reverse. Only the Witch-king becomes a long-event; only cards that explicitly alter card text alter card text.
The game is flawed, but this does not mean it cannot be loved.