Then redefine the term "playing a card". Or state it straightly: Undead attacking in result Exhalation of Decay is not played, only is brought into play.CDavis7M wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:05 pm The only way for the rules to be consistent is to actually read the words used and give them their proper weight. "Only" means exclusively, nothing else. It is not merely an allowance. There is NO OTHER way to play a creature besides the rules given. This is not merely an allowance for playing a creature according to some conditions. It is a hard restriction. "Must" means that something should necessarily be done. Keying MUST be done.
A restriction in the rules always applies unless there is specific card text to overrule it. An allowance in the rules based on some set of conditions does not prevent a different allowance based on a different set of conditions. This is how the game works. It's how the rules were written and it's how the rulings were made.
Then resolve dilemma: as not being played the Undead can evade Stealth's effect, but Exhalation of Decay checks whether target Undead can attack.
Is it OK that the check says NO, while actually the Undead as not being played CAN attack?
Or maybe for the reason that the Undead will not be played, the check should say YES and the Undead CAN attack regardless of Stealth's effect?