LD

This special is played during the battle on your turn as an attack – it may not be played defensively in response to an attack. The effect of this card is that it prevents the opponent from using cards from a battlesite either to attack or defend. Cards under the battlesite that do not act as attacks or defense may still be played, provided the appropriate activator card is available in hand (example: an HQ special, if it were under the battlesite and the appropriate activator card was in hand, could still be retrieved from the battlesite and played). If this special is drawn and the opposing player is not playing with a battlesite, it must be discarded as unusable.

Meta Rules
Meta #5 An attack is something which directly affects either the opponent or one of the opponent's Characters. It does not include offensive actions that do not affect the opposing side.

Meta #25 Only attacks which target a specific Character may be shifted or otherwise defended by a Character specific defensive action. Attacks made on the "opponent" may not be shifted or avoided. Attacks made on a Battlesite cannot be shifted.

Meta #51 Whenever a Special targets the opponent, the Reserve Character may be affected by the Special.

Meta #52 Specials which alter how a Character (or the opponent) may attack cannot be played defensively unless there is a secondary effect from the Special which is being used defensively.

Meta #67 An 'avoid' Special can only be played when the target of the attack is the player of the Special.

Meta #110 A Special that indicates what can and cannot be played once it hits can still be defended by the type of card it restricts, provided no other restrictions are in play.

Meta #112 If the target of a Special does not exist on the players team and there is no way in which the target can be brought into existence by a player, then the Special must be discarded as unusable.

Meta #152 Specials which read "Target" (with no qualifier) or "Target Opponent" should read "Target Character". Specials which say "Opponent" without the word "Target" refer to the opponent (not a specific character).