Baron Nashor
Can I play Baron Nashor while an opponent's Mageseeker Warden is at a battlefield?
It depends on whether the Baron Pit is already on the board.
If the Baron Pit is not yet on the board, Baron Nashor enters the Baron Pit, not your base. As Baron Nashor is played, his "as you play me" instruction fires during the playing process — the Baron Pit battlefield token is added to the board.[135.2.b.3][184.9] Under Mageseeker Warden's restriction, your base is the only valid playing location — where Baron Nashor is nominally played to — but his replacement effect overrides where he actually enters.[355.2.a] His "If you do, I enter there" then functions as a replacement effect (per Riot ruling) that intercedes when he would enter the board, replacing his entry to his base with entry to the Baron Pit.[369][370.1.a]
If the Baron Pit is already on the board, the "as you play me" instruction does nothing — the Baron Pit token is only added if it's not there already — so the "If you do" condition is not met. Baron Nashor simply enters his base, the only valid playing location under Mageseeker Warden's restriction.[355.2.a]
Rules citation needed
Baron Nashor's "If you do, I enter there" lacks the "would" or "instead" language the rules use to identify replacement effects,[369.1] and entry-location-modifying instructions of this form are not explicitly addressed.[369.2] Riot has confirmed the intent, but clearer rules language may be needed.
Does Baron Nashor move to the Baron Pit when it's created as part of playing him?
No. Baron Nashor enters the Baron Pit directly — his entry location is replaced, not his position on the board. A move is defined as a permanent changing position from one space on the board to another.[441.1] Baron Nashor is entering the board for the first time (a zone change), which is not a move.[441.2]
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