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If defending and playing Shen as a reaction during defender focus, does Shen join the showdown and combat? If playing Ride the Wind onto a battlefield with an active showdown, does that unit join the showdown/battle or queue up a new showdown?
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Ruling: A unit moved into an ongoing combat that its controller is part of will join the combat and gain the appropriate designation (attacker or defender). A unit moved into an ongoing showdown that its controller is part of will join that showdown. If moved to a showdown their controller is not part of, a combat will be staged there and begin after the current showdown ends.
Sequence:
- If you move a unit to a showdown you're already part of, it joins immediately
- If you move a unit to a showdown you're not part of, the combat is staged
- When all players pass focus instead of starting a chain in succession, the current showdown ends
- The staged combat then begins, with whoever first applied contested to the battlefield as the attacker
Nuances:
- You can only play Shen to locations you control (your base or any battlefields you control)
- As a defender, you generally control the battlefield, but not always (e.g., in surprise defense scenarios where the attacker attacks an open battlefield and you move a unit in)
- Shen gains the bonus Might from Shield when played during combat
- Control of a battlefield is retained throughout combat if you controlled it when combat started, until the end when it's resolving
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