Konrad Klar wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:13 pm
I encourage to think about consistency and about consequences.
If a creature is only revealed, not played then it is immune to Stealth,
Redy to His Will, Forewarned is Forearmed.
Maybe it is better to accept a convention that unless specifically stipulated a creature that attacks is played.
You're misunderstanding the difference between being "played" and being "in play." You have to just read the words of the card because they work differently. A creature that is in the play area is in play. Sometimes attack are created by cards that are specifically out of play as we already discussed (e.g., Shelob, Traitor, In Great Wrath, etc.)
Stealth states "
No creature hazards may be played on his company this turn." Stealth only works against creature hazards that would be played, not creatures that are in play without being played.
Ready to His Will States "Playable on an Orc, Troll, Giant, Slayer, or Man
hazard creature." Nothing here requires the creature to have actually been played (i.e., from hand according to the normal rules). The creature just needs to be in play. A creature revealed by Long Dark Reach is a legitimate target for Ready to His Will and its attacks can be reduced by Forewarned is Forearmed.
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Many cards are in play without ever being played. For example, Enruned Shield can be "in play" without ever being played since it may have been revealed by Lucky Search and then taken control of by a character. Once the Shield is controlled by the character, it is "in play" -- it's in the player's Play Area.
Or in recent discussions, playing Memories of Old Torture will cause an ally to be "in play" without ever having been played.