Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2024-01-11

137 – Do responses and keywords wait for a full sentence to resolve? Example I have the Hawkeye leadership…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.5)) and might be outdated.

Question

137 – Do responses and keywords wait for a full sentence to resolve? Example I have the Hawkeye leadership ally in play with an arrow counter on him. I reveal the Planetary Invasion treachery card. The minion I discarded has the quickstrike keyword. What’s the timing order here with planetary invasions last sentence

Answer

In most cases, yes, a sentence in an ability must fully resolve before responses to that sentence can occur. That in mind, the sequence of events for these cards should be:

  • Planetary Invasion is revealed.
  • Cards are discarded from the encounter deck until a minion is discarded.
  • The minion is revealed, and its Quickstrike keyword resolves, initiating its attack. (The steps of the attack will then resolve at the next available opportunity.)
  • The minion is given a Tough status card immediately after this, because it’s in the same sentence as the reveal effect in Planetary Invasion.
  • Hawkeye’s Response may be resolved at this time, after the attack initiates but before the steps of the attack resolve.
  • The minion resolves its attack.

— Alex