Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2023-07-20

52 – With the Space Stone environment, If I discard cards from the encounter deck and it empties without…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.5)) and might be outdated.

Question

52 – With the Space Stone environment, If I discard cards from the encounter deck and it empties without discarding a minion, does it remain in play? 2. Step 4 under initiating abilities in the rules reference says the ability initiation is aborted when a cost can’t be paid. So with the defender of the nine realms event, If I discard cards from the encounter deck and it empties without discarding a minion, would it return to my hand because of this?

Answer

  1. If you resolve the Special on Space Stone and empty the encounter deck without finding a minion, you’re considered to have fulfilled that part of the effect. So yes, you discard Space Stone if that happens.
  2. No. If you don’t find a minion with Defender of the Nine Realms, you will still discard Defender of the Nine Realms. We will look into rewording Step 4 of Initiating Abilities to be more in line with our intentions for a card like DNR.

— Alex