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Question from a fellow Necron player that I wanted to get a more confident answer for.

If Obyron uses his Ghostwalk Mantle moving to Zandrekh's location (for this question, all Set Up distances are fully legal) and then another HQ equipped with a Veil of Darkness selects Obyron and moves to another Unit, can Obyron use his Ghostwalk Mantle again to move that Unit to where Zandrehk is that same turn?

 Draco765 wrote:
Question from a fellow Necron player that I wanted to get a more confident answer for.

If Obyron uses his Ghostwalk Mantle moving to Zandrekh's location (for this question, all Set Up distances are fully legal) and then another HQ equipped with a Veil of Darkness selects Obyron and moves to another Unit, can Obyron use his Ghostwalk Mantle again to move that Unit to where Zandrehk is that same turn?

No. The "end of [the] Movement phase" only happens once and you can only use the Ghostwalk Mantle once per movement phase. You CAN chain the Ghostwalk Mantle into the Veil of Darkness (and vice versa, via Sequencing), but you can't go Ghostwalk into Veil into Ghostwalk.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

 Draco765 wrote:
Question from a fellow Necron player that I wanted to get a more confident answer for.

If Obyron uses his Ghostwalk Mantle moving to Zandrekh's location (for this question, all Set Up distances are fully legal) and then another HQ equipped with a Veil of Darkness selects Obyron and moves to another Unit, can Obyron use his Ghostwalk Mantle again to move that Unit to where Zandrehk is that same turn?

No. The "end of [the] Movement phase" only happens once and you can only use the Ghostwalk Mantle once per movement phase. You CAN chain the Ghostwalk Mantle into the Veil of Darkness (and vice versa, via Sequencing), but you can't go Ghostwalk into Veil into Ghostwalk.

Just to be fully clear, which rule says you can only Ghostwalk Mantle once per turn?

Usually, units removed then placed back on the board elsewhere count as reinforcements for purposes of arriving at the end of the movement phase. If that still holds for the Ghostwalk Mantle then Obyron would arrive at the end of the movement phase. He wouldn't be able to use the Ghostwalk Mantle again because he would be trying to use it after the end of the phase, which is not allowed. So, it would be a timing issue that would let him use the Ghostwalk Mantle once in the movement phase.

 doctortom wrote:
Usually, units removed then placed back on the board elsewhere count as reinforcements for purposes of arriving at the end of the movement phase. If that still holds for the Ghostwalk Mantle then Obyron would arrive at the end of the movement phase. He wouldn't be able to use the Ghostwalk Mantle again because he would be trying to use it after the end of the phase, which is not allowed. So, it would be a timing issue that would let him use the Ghostwalk Mantle once in the movement phase.

Light-bulb moment here...

I do think it is once per turn, but not for the reason you gave.

The Ghostwalk Mantle does count as coming from Reserve, and things coming in from Reserve are treated as if they have moved and are not allowed to move further. Doing a second Ghostwalk Mantle would be another Move.

I think that is the answer that I will give.

 Draco765 wrote:

 doctortom wrote:
Usually, units removed then placed back on the board elsewhere count as reinforcements for purposes of arriving at the end of the movement phase. If that still holds for the Ghostwalk Mantle then Obyron would arrive at the end of the movement phase. He wouldn't be able to use the Ghostwalk Mantle again because he would be trying to use it after the end of the phase, which is not allowed. So, it would be a timing issue that would let him use the Ghostwalk Mantle once in the movement phase.

Light-bulb moment here...

I do think it is once per turn, but not for the reason you gave.

The Ghostwalk Mantle does count as coming from Reserve, and things coming in from Reserve are treated as if they have moved and are not allowed to move further. Doing a second Ghostwalk Mantle would be another Move.

I think that is the answer that I will give.

Abilities cannot be used multiple times in a single go as a general rule of common sense.

Let's think of it this way - is MWBD only allowed to be used once per turn because it says "pick 1 unit" at the "beginning of the turn"? Nay, you can only use it once because by invoking "well it doesn't tell me I can't" approach to the rules in order to pick 1 unit to apply MWBD and then proceed to make multiple instances of picking 1 unit (since "the rule doesn't tell you that you can use abilities only once per turn") would undoubtedly break/make redundant the whole point of MWBD only targeting 1 unit.

Like I said, the "end of the movement phase" is only one moment in time.

If you use the Ghostmantle at the "end of the movement phase", then try to use it again, you didn't use the Ghostmantle the first timr "at the end of the movement phase" and thus broke the rules.

 BaconCatBug wrote:
Like I said, the "end of the movement phase" is only one moment in time.

If you use the Ghostmantle at the "end of the movement phase", then try to use it again, you didn't use the Ghostmantle the first timr "at the end of the movement phase" and thus broke the rules.

Can you not use it twice in that moment though and then sequence it?

 Stux wrote:

 BaconCatBug wrote:
Like I said, the "end of the movement phase" is only one moment in time.

If you use the Ghostmantle at the "end of the movement phase", then try to use it again, you didn't use the Ghostmantle the first timr "at the end of the movement phase" and thus broke the rules.

Can you not use it twice in that moment though and then sequence it?

No, because you're not given permission to use it multiple times at the end of the movement phase.