RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2024-05-10

180 – Two more questions for ya! 1.If I reveal the worried father obligation while the George Stacy support…

Question

180 – Two more questions for ya!
1.If I reveal the worried father obligation while the George Stacy support is not in my deck, discard pile or play area but rather somewhere like the seized! side scheme in magneto, the collection in the collector or under the stolen memories obligation in kang, can the alter ego action on worried father still add him to my hand from those places? I saw a similar ruling about cyclops lost visor obligation and wanted to see if I understand correctly that if a card doesn’t name specific places to check for named cards then it can be found anywhere.
2. If I buff spider woman’s stats during the player phase and in the villain phase I reveal a card that blanks her text box like tabala rasa 16 from Deadpool nemesis set, does that make her lose her current stat buffs? In case I get attacked that same phase and it could matter for her DEF. I believe the buffs remain but I was trying to understand the rules entry for lasting effects as it mentions a lasting effect remains even if the card the ability was on leaves play but it didn’t mention anything about blank text so wanted to make sure!

Answer

Yes, Worried Father should be treated the same as the Lost Visor obligation, where you follow the text as closely as possible. If you can’t find the named card in the specific areas mentioned, the search fails and the card does not attach, but the obligation remains in play. Then if you use the Alter-Ego action on the obligation, you add the named card to your hand from wherever it currently is.
Yes, if you use Spider-Woman’s hero ability to give her increased stats, it creates a lasting effect that persists even if her ability is blanked by Tabula Rasa 16.

— Alex