RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2023-06-08

21 – I did have one question, since it seems that it may be a fairly significant change that’s slipping…

Question

21 – I did have one question, since it seems that it may be a fairly significant change that’s slipping under the radar. Under ABILITY, the 1.5 rulebook says, “Only the player who controls a player card with an attachment that uses the word ‘you’ or ‘your’ can trigger abilities or pay costs on that attachment.” The Poison (from Galaxy’s Most Wanted) begins: “Attach to YOUR identity.” [emphasis mine] So the attachment is using the word “your.” Does this new rule under ABILITY indicate that the reminder text for the Hero Action on The Poison is no longer correct, and other players CANNOT pay the cost to trigger it?

Answer

Thank you for your question. We have decided that the reminder text “Any player can do this” on attachments should be interpreted as rules text instead. With this, The Poison should function as it always has, even with the rules reference update. Attachments that attach to identities without this text should follow the new rule instead, such as Death Factor and Counterspell.

— Alex