Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2023-08-10

62 – I have some questions about Next Evolution: The player side scheme techno organic purge says…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.5)) and might be outdated.

Question

62 – I have some questions about Next Evolution: The player side scheme techno organic purge says “characters other than Cable cannot remove threat” from it. Can the Cable player use, events and upgrades they control to remove threat from Techno organic purge?

The rules reference entry for you says that events and upgrades are an extension of your identity so are they also an extension of the character ‘cable’. The Vivian ally could blank the text box on techno organic purge to allow any character to remove threat from it. But would that also remove the victory keyword? If so does that mean the scheme would get discarded rather than going into the victory display? The Flight, Super strength and telekinesis modular sets all have a card with “setup. Attach to the villain. Permanent”.

How would these modules interact with the Hood scenario? If one of these modules is set aside and then added to the encounter deck later during the scenario would the permanent card be shuffled into the encounter deck or immediately attached to Hood? Also, how would the infinity gauntlet work with hood since it also has a permanent card and a separate deck.

Answer

  • Yes, Cable can use events and upgrades while in hero form to remove threat from Technovirus Purge.
  • Yes, Vivian (Ironheart #24) can blank the text on Technovirus Purge. Doing so blanks all text in the side scheme’s text box, including the restriction and the Victory keyword. If the players defeat the scheme while it’s blanked, it will be discarded.
  • Cards with the Setup keyword should be put into play during Step 11 of Setup. This includes modular sets that have cards with the Setup keyword. When playing The Hood scenario, if you know one of your encounter sets has (or might have) one of these cards, check and separate that card out before shuffling the set into the encounter deck. Additionally, if the Infinity Gauntlet set is being used with The Hood, then it should be the very first modular set added to the game. The Infinity Gauntlet should be attached to The Hood immediately, and the Infinity Stone deck should be created immediately, per the rules of the Infinity Gauntlet set in The Mad Titan’s Shadow.
  • Additionally, if the Infinity Gauntlet set is being used with The Hood, then it should be the very first modular set added to the game. The Infinity Gauntlet should be attached to The Hood immediately, and the Infinity Stone deck should be created immediately, per the rules of the Infinity Gauntlet set in The Mad Titan’s Shadow.

— Alex