Side Step

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• Defense
• X Factor

Errata & Rulings

• Ruling Context: I am seeking to understand how Basic Powers are used or perhaps not used when making their… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.7)
• Ruling Just to clarify, is Side Step vs Crossbones’ Machine Gun damage generally defending? Similarly for Side Step… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.6) · may be outdated
• Ruling 25 – So, defense-labeled abilities seem to be settling into a good place, I just want to confirm: “cannot… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.6) · may be outdated
• Ruling 206 – Thank you for the answer! I’m left with one small doubt based on the references to dealt damage: You… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.5) · may be outdated
• Ruling 205 – I’m trying to understand how “cannot take more than X damage” effects interact with damage reduction… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.5) · may be outdated
• Ruling Boggs Rule Clarifications: I assume that something like Side Step can only be used on damage from the attack itself, not damage from a… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4) · may be outdated
• Ruling Core Set questions: If your hero has a Tough status card and you are dealt damage and you use an interrupt ability that prevents… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4) · may be outdated
• Ruling Expansion card questions: I’ve seen a ruling that preventing damage with a card like side step which has the same timing as a tough… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4) · may be outdated
• Ruling Expansion card questions: Can you trigger the judoka skill upgrade from the upcoming rogue pack, after defending with a (defense)… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4) · may be outdated
• Ruling Expansion card questions: With the Jefferson davis support cards action ability, If the main scheme has 0 threat on it and a side… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4) · may be outdated
• Ruling Expansion card questions: If I have two X-Men allies and two copies of Mutant Protectors in hand, the resources to play both Mutant… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4) · may be outdated
• Ruling Mutant Genesis: We are confused by the interrupt on Robert Kelly from the upcoming Mutant Genesis campaign expansion. It… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4) · may be outdated
• Ruling Shadowcat: I’m now curious, though, how [defense] works with Vision’s Intangible form, or the upcoming Shadowcat’s… Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4) · may be outdated