When moving sites around, does Vindictive Nation protect the nearby sites before or after the move?
Vindictive Nation protects the sites it was nearby before the move. For example: I = Vindictive Nation R = Rubble A = Allied Site My opponent casts Earthquake and rearranges the two rightmost sites: Even though site A moved and is now nearby Vindictive Nation, my opponent doesn't lose any life because A wasn't nearby Vindictive Nation before the move. Alternately, if we started from the second situation and Earthquake moved sites into the first situation, my opponent would lose 3 life because they moved a that was (even though the ended up no longer ).
If my Vindictive Nation is silenced by my opponent, e.g. Smokestacks of Gnaak, will my opponent lose life?
No, because Smokestacks silences them first. Vindictive Nation's ability is effectively a triggered ability, while Smokestacks are a passive ability that generates an ongoing effect. Ongoing effects are applied before triggered abilities can trigger.
Does this effect have time to resolve if the site itself is getting destroyed?
Yes! They are very vindictive.
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