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Is there a difference between prevent and avoid, and when can they be used?
The rulebook covers this directly (Prevent or Avoid).
- Android: Netrunner rulebook · Rulebook · Prevent or Avoid
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No practical difference: avoid is the word used for tags and prevent is used for everything else. Both can be used any time the effect they stop is about to resolve, even outside the normal paid-ability windows, and an effect that is prevented does not resolve.