RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2023-12-08

129 – Scenario is The minion Wade Cole is in play who has the Teamwork (Reaver) keyword. I reveal the minion…

Question

129 – Scenario is The minion Wade Cole is in play who has the Teamwork (Reaver) keyword. I reveal the minion Bonebreaker as my encounter card who also has the Teamwork (Reaver) keyword. I’ve seen a ruling that states Bonebreakers forced interrupt should actually be a forced response which is great. Timing wise, the Teamwork keyword, like the Quickstrike Keyword, should have priority over responses and will trigger first.
Questions. 1. Does the teamwork keyword work like the quickstrike keyword in that it only initiates but doesn’t fully resolve? 2.If so, that would mean the Teamwork keyword triggers first on Bonebreakers and initiates but the forced response on Bonebreakers would actually resolve before that attack resolves, is that correct? 3. Do all of the activations (attacks and schemes) triggered by the teamwork keyword initiate simultaneously? 4. If not, do you initiate all Teamwork activations (attacks and schemes) 1 by 1 with each having a response window in between? 5. Similarly, do all of the activations (attacks and schemes) resolve simultaneously? 6. If not, does each activation (attack or scheme) resolve before the next one initiates?

Answer

1. Yes; Teamwork causes the minions to initiate their activations, and abilities triggered by the initiations resolve before the activations do.

2. Yes; Bonebreaker’s Teamwork resolves first by initiating an activation, but you resolve that activation after his Forced Interrupt resolves.

Yes, Teamwork activations initiate simultaneously.

5-6. Sort of. They are simultaneous in the sense that they occur in the same general game step, but you still resolve them one at a time, in the order that you choose. (Similar to minion activations during Step 2 of the villain phase; you resolve those in any order.)

If by resolving one activation, you trigger an ability, you resolve the triggered ability immediately before moving on to the next activation. For example, if you have Retaliate 1 on your hero and two Teamwork minions attacking you, you resolve one attack, trigger Retaliate, then resolve the other attack, and trigger Retaliate again.

— Alex