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

130 – I need help with a timing situation and if you could check my understanding. I’m playing against the…

Question

130 – I need help with a timing situation and if you could check my understanding. I’m playing against the Mojo scenario and the Villain is on stage I. I have the basic ally, Spider-Man Hobie Brown in play with 2 threat on him. Spiderman gets defeated which will cause him to leave play and then in order The Forced interrupt on Mojo Mania triggers and moves the threat from spiderman to it. The interrupt on Spiderman triggers and end up dealing enough damage to mojo to defeat his current stage. Mojo Stage II has a when revealed ability to place threat on each friendly character 1.Is Spiderman still in play at this point and will have more threat placed on him before being discarded? If yes, does Mojo Mania trigger a second time? If no, when exactly was spiderman supposed to be discarded? T

Answer

A great question! The most important thing to state up front is that an ability can only be triggered once per instance of its triggering condition. So, threat can only be moved from Hobie once, and the result is that only 2 threat will be moved from Hobie to MojoMania in this example.

To break it down:

Hobie is defeated, about to leave play, causing a triggering condition to occur.
MojoMania’s Forced Interrupt must occur first. The 2 threat already on Hobie is placed on MojoMania.
Hobie’s Interrupt is next, and deals damage to Mojo I, defeating that stage.
Mojo I becomes Mojo II, triggering Mojo II’s “When Revealed” ability.
2 threat is placed on Hobie, since his leaving play was interrupted, and he is technically still in play.
Since all interrupts to Hobie leaving play have been resolved, Hobie now leaves play. MojoMania’s ability can’t be triggered again for that condition. Hobie is placed in his owner’s discard pile, and since he can’t have tokens on him while there, the 2 threat is returned to the supply.

— Alex