If an opponent plays Wages of Pain on my Overzealous Fan at my battlefield, can I use Ride the Wind to move it to another battlefield and score a point?

Ruling: No, you cannot score a point this way unless your Overzealous Fan has more than 3 Might to survive Wages of Pain. The Fan must survive the damage for the staged showdown at the new battlefield to begin.

Sequence:

  • Opponent plays Wages of Pain targeting your Overzealous Fan
  • You respond with Ride the Wind (placing it higher on the chain)
  • Ride the Wind resolves first, moving your Fan to the new battlefield
  • The showdown at the new battlefield is marked as Staged during cleanup
  • Wages of Pain then resolves, dealing 3 damage to the Fan
  • If the Fan survives (has more than 3 Might), the staged showdown begins after Wages of Pain's cleanup
  • If the Fan dies, no showdown occurs and no point is scored

Nuances:

  • Staged showdowns can only begin from a Neutral Open State, not while the chain is still resolving
  • The Gold token created by Wages of Pain remains at the original battlefield, not the new one
  • You can only score each specific battlefield once per turn