Costs vs Requirements (Dr. Emanuel Ashbel Reversal)

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Kaptain O a écrit:: For those of you that just want the ruling:

Ruling: You may not use an ability to prevent or cancel the payment of a cost being paid

Note: This does not mean card effects can't reduce costs (like General Store), or allow you to do something without paying one or more of the costs (like Drew Beauman). It means if you have to pay a cost, neither you or your opponent can opt to use an ability to prevent/cancel/reverse that cost being paid. If a trait, keyword or some other mandatory effect will interfere with the cost being paid that trait/keyword/mandatory effect still happens but the cost is still considered paid (for example if you Ace a Harrowed Dude from play to pay a cost his Harrowed Keyword will trigger causing him to be Discarded instead of aced but the cost was paid).

This ruling reverses the previous decision/answers given regarding Dr. Emanuel Ashbel and Gomorra Parish as follows:

Reversal: Dr. Emanuel Ashbel's ability may *not* be used to try and save a card aced by Gomorra Parish because that card is aced as a cost.