81 – Sabertooth’s Feral Rage Side Scheme has a When defeated ability which causes Sabertooth to attack the…

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81 – Sabertooth’s Feral Rage Side Scheme has a When defeated ability which causes Sabertooth to attack the player who defeated the side scheme. If Cable has Greymalkin in play and it’s exhausted when can I ready it in response to defeating Feral Rage. Do I need to wait until after Sabertooth’s attack has resolved or can I do it before so it’s available to pay for defence cards? I think I should be able to ready it before resolving the attack for two reasons. One there was a ruling which said assault is considered fully resolved as soon as it tells the villain to attack so it’s put in the discard pile before a boost card is dealt.

Based on this I would assume Feral Rages’ when defeated ability is resolved in full as soon as it tells Sabertooth to attack, meaning I can now trigger any responses to defeating the side scheme before I actually resolve the attack. Secondly this seems to line up with the latest Widows bite ruling which says if a minion with quick strike engages black widow quick strike triggers first but the response on widows bite can trigger before the attack resolves (potential defeating the minion before it can attack) I believe this is because quick strike is considered resolved as soon as it initiates the attack, it doesnt rely on the whole attack resolving.

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— Alex