Konrad Klar wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:46 pm
This clarification in its original state is sloppy worded.
The context is "Ready to His Will," which operates on hazard creatures. In this context, the CRF clarification is clear.
The CoE errata making the clarification longer and more accurate in some respects (inaccurate in others) does not necessarily make it more clear. And because the CoE Errata contradicts the text of Rank Upon Rank and the rules on passive conditions, it is less clear.
Konrad Klar wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:24 am
I propose the following change:
Note that
effects of a cards like Rank Upon Rank are applied as
actions caused by a passive condition,
declared once an attack of the right type is
faced. Therefore you can play and successfully resolve Ready to His Will in response to the declaration of Rank Upon Rank's effect.
This change contradicts Annotation 9 and the text of Rank Upon Rank. Annotation 9 states: "If a card specifies that an action is to occur as a result of some specific passive condition, this action becomes automatically the first action declared in the chain of effects to immediately follow the chain of effects producing the passive condition". Rank Upon Rank states "All non-agent Man attacks." The passive condition triggering the action is a "man attack," which is produced when the card creating the attack is resolved, not when the attack is faced (as indicated by this CoE Errata).
Konrad Klar wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:24 am
("faced", not "in play". Mere presence in play of an automatic-attacks should not activate an affects of cards like Rank Upon Rank [in my opinion])
I went back and read the rules and noticed this is already covered. Could be fun to discover why on your own, but let me know if you can't find it (hint: Rank Upon Rank is a hazard).
So then the CoE errata is entirely unnecessary and it creates additional confusion by contradicting the rules, suggesting that an attack would need to be faced in order to trigger a passive condition, potentially causing problems with other cards affecting attacks that trigger using passive conditions (e.g., Forewarned is Forearmed).