Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2024-05-23

194 – If I am playing as Gambit and I draw Shadow of the Past, putting Belladonna (Gambit #26) and The…

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Question

194 – If I am playing as Gambit and I draw Shadow of the Past, putting Belladonna (Gambit #26) and The Assassins Guild (Gambit #27) into play, will Belladonna’s Quickstrike attack fully resolve before the Side Scheme comes into play, due to following SotP’s ability one sentence at a time? Or does the Quicksrike wait for SotP to fully resolve? It feels like the intention is for Belladonna’s Quickstrike attack to trigger the Forced Ability on the Side Scheme.

Answer

When Shadow of the Past puts Belladonna into play, her Quickstrike keyword resolves by initiating the attack (making it so the attack resolves as soon as the ability that put her into play finishes). You’d finish resolving all text on Shadow of the Past, then you’d resolve the rest of Belladonna’s Quickstrike attack.

— Alex