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In which zone(s) does Sleigh's reaction work?
« on: July 30, 2020, 03:57:48 pm »
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I assumed at first Sleigh has to be in your hand for you to discard it and use its reaction ability.  But nothing I've found confirms this.  Its on-play effect even gains cards, which suggests that maybe you're intended to discard it in reaction to itself.

I looked at other reaction cards, and every other one states which zone to play/reveal it from, except Beggar, which up until Menagerie had no way of being in play when an opponent played an attack.  Does that mean you can now react with Beggar while it's in play in response to a Black Cat?

And Market Square, which has the closest wording, specifies that you have to discard it from your hand.  That seems to settle it, Sleigh works from in play (unless there's some rule that Reaction cards only work in your hand by default, in which case the wording is inconsistent).
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Re: In which zone(s) does Sleigh's reaction work?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2020, 04:46:51 pm »
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"Discard" by the general Dominion rules always means "from your hand" unless it specifies otherwise:

http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Discard
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Move a card from your hand to your discard pile.
Sometimes a card will tell you to discard a card from another location, but by default discarded cards come from hands.

Market Square would work the same if it didn't say "from your hand"; it's just adding extra unneeded clarification that Sleigh doesn't have.

Things like Warehouse provide a simple example. "Discard 3 cards" means "from your hand" even though it doesn't say so.

Note that this only applies to "discard" as an instruction to follow, like it does in Warehouse and Sleigh. But when used in Tunnel, "discard" refers to an event that happened, not an instruction to follow. So Tunnel is considered "discarded" even if it was discarded from somewhere other than your hand.
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Re: In which zone(s) does Sleigh's reaction work?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2020, 07:01:00 pm »
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I looked at other reaction cards, and every other one states which zone to play/reveal it from, except Beggar, which up until Menagerie had no way of being in play when an opponent played an attack.  Does that mean you can now react with Beggar while it's in play in response to a Black Cat?

Beggar has always had ways of being in a variety of zones, such as the supply, the trash pile, and your opponent's deck. You obviously can't discard it from those places.
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Re: In which zone(s) does Sleigh's reaction work?
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2020, 08:49:08 pm »
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Okay, thanks everyone.  Common sense prevails, and I probably should have guessed it would be too confusing to work while in play.
More about this (with a link to even more).
Thanks, I missed this, I searched for "Sleigh" but only in the rules forum.
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Re: In which zone(s) does Sleigh's reaction work?
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2020, 08:51:46 pm »
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More about this (with a link to even more).

Woah, I gave almost the exact same answer, even with the same example, lol. Didn't remember that. Even down to the edit to explain Tunnel. Weird.
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Re: In which zone(s) does Sleigh's reaction work?
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2020, 05:33:30 am »
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More about this (with a link to even more).

Woah, I gave almost the exact same answer, even with the same example, lol. Didn't remember that. Even down to the edit to explain Tunnel. Weird.

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Re: In which zone(s) does Sleigh's reaction work?
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2020, 01:02:35 pm »
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Sleigh should say "from your hand" for clarity. It does only work from your hand.
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