40 minutes ago, Brat Smalllighter said:You cannot say both "attacks are game effects" AND "game effects are attacks" but you do if you proclaim that anything that happens during resolving the attack chart is actually an attack when it comes to the question whether an attack instructs you to do something or a game effect does
I can and I do, as backed by a combination of FAQ rulings and common sense with ability interactions. Specifically all game effects confined within the attack flowchart must be the attack, and the attack is the accumulation of all game effects during that time. Not separate attacks, but part of the same inclusive attack. Combat wouldn't work without that being true.