Sharp eyed readers may remember that Baron Nashor doesn't work this way. He enters at the Baron Pit regardless of effects preventing him from being played to battlefields. The reason for this is that Baron Nashor's passive ability generates a delayed replacement effect, the one that reads "I enter there." This replacement effect replaces the event of him entering to any other location with him entering to the Baron Pit. The replacement effect gets around effects like Mageseeker Warden which limit where you can play units. However, Dragon Roost is not written as a replacement effect. It tells you where to play the dragon you've paid the additional cost for, but it doesn't specify how that dragon enters the board. Therefore it is a permission on play location, but not a replacement effect.
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Baron Nashor
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- Energy
- 10
- Might
- 12
- Power
- 3
Ability
As you play me, add the Baron Pit battlefield token to the board if it's not there already. If you do, I enter there. (It has "Units can move here from anywhere.") I can't be chosen by enemy spells and abilities. Other friendly units have +2 [M].
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