RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2024-01-25

140 – My understanding is that an event isn’t in your hand when you resolve it’s effects, but it doesn’t hit…

Question

140 – My understanding is that an event isn’t in your hand when you resolve it’s effects, but it doesn’t hit your discard pile until after effects are resolved, is this true and is it true if I’m using Magik’s ability to play the top card of her deck. For example, if Scrying is the top card of my deck and I play it would I look at the 3 cards under scrying or is Scrying still considered to be the top card of my deck so counts as one of the 3 cards I look at? Or if I play spiritual meditation from the top of my deck would I draw the 2 cards under spiritual meditation or would I draw spiritual meditation and one other card? If I do have to draw Spiritual meditation would this stay in my hand or be discarded? If I have to draw the two cards below spiritual meditation when does spiritual meditation hit the discard pile? Is it after I discard one card from my hand to resolve all the effects?

Answer

For these cards, it’s helpful to take the following rule literally: “When an event card is played, place it on the table, resolve its ability, and place the card in its owner’s discard pile.” When you play an event from the top of your deck with Magik, you place it on the table while resolving it, and in doing so that event leaves your deck, and is only discarded once its effects are resolved.

When you play Scrying from the top of your deck, you’d look at the 3 cards beneath Scrying, not counting Scrying itself. You’ll discard Scrying after resolving all of its effects.

Similarly, if you play Spiritual Meditation from the top of your deck, you draw the 2 cards beneath it, and you’ll discard Spiritual Meditation once you resolve all of its effects.

— Alex