RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2023-09-14

85 – I was reading in the rules reference about player cards not resolving during the setup of the game and…

Question

85 – I was reading in the rules reference about player cards not resolving during the setup of the game and was wondering if that’s specifically referring to triggered abilities? Constant abilities for example would seem to make cards like Novas connection to the worldmind resource card count towards your hand size during the draw step and mulligan step.

Answer

Though we would be hesitant to say this applies to every case, we agree that in general the rule you’re referencing is intended for triggered abilities and not constant abilities, as constant abilities do not “resolve” like other abilities. So, we agreed that Connection to the Worldmind’s constant ability is active even when drawing opening hands.

— Alex