Sneaky Snyder

[Nosferatu]

That is true. I was refering to the "use an action to steal an item" thing, to essentially return an item they have to their hand. Or an item you have to your hand.

[JChadbourne]

so even though he was there to be declaimed as a blocker the creature it blocked would not remain blocked if that card was to be removed?

Thats a little confusing and maybe it explains it someplace in the rules that I just have not seen yet.

As long as a creature is there to begin the event as a blocker, then when the event gos tot he combat section you sac him at speed 6 so no damage can be dealt since it is default to speed 0. But the creature was there to begin bvlocking but when damage resolves he is not.

I will have to take a look at the rules to get a better understanding.
Another card that has to do witht his is twisted sorcerer but thats for another time.

[Nosferatu]

No. If a blocker is destroyed, sacrificed, removed, etc. before damage is dealt, then the attacker is now considered 'unblocked'. If the opponent had removed it, then there is a clause that allows you to declare another blocker/blockers in its stead.

Perhaps I misunderstood your question. Using Snyder's ability to find an item requires a sacrifice, and therefore, Snyder cannot both stop an attacker and find an item in the same event (With the unlikely situation of a creature with Quickness faster than 6 and power less than Snyder's health). What you CAN do is use your action to steal an item, say, your opponent's Bibliotheque, then block with the Snyder. When the snyder dies, the Bibliotheque is returned to your opponent's hand.

[Deleted]

Above all this I think it should also be noted that you can't to do 2 different things with the same one action. Furthermore, I'm not sure the rules permit for the same source to activate more than one action per event even it is has multiple actions.