Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2024-06-13

214 – We just played the wrecking crew scenario and a few questions came up that I was hoping you could help…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.5)) and might be outdated.

Question

214 – We just played the wrecking crew scenario and a few questions came up that I was hoping you could help us with. 1. With the boost ability on the “I’ve been waiting for this” treachery card, does that scheme activation happen immediately right in the middle of the current activation? 2. If Thunder ball gets an escaped convict minion as boost card during his attack, does the other villain attack you before or after Thunderballs forced response triggers? 3. If you reveal the buddy system treachery while that villains encounter deck only has 1 card left, what is the correct timing of reshuffling that encounter deck, discarding buddy system and resolving the card it instructed you to reveal? 4. Do I understand correctly that if I attach the suppressing fire upgrade to a minion and another player defeats that minion, that player cannot trigger its Interupt ability? 5. I saw a ruling today that states when an effect causes multiple activations like the gang up treachery for example, you can choose the order in which those activations resolve. There is a bullet point under activation on page 6 of the current rules reference (1.5) that states in this situation the villain always activates first, followed by minions in any order. Does this new ruling replace that bullet point?

Answer

  1. No; a new activation cannot interrupt an activation currently resolving. Finish resolving the current villain’s activation (and responses to it), then resolve the new activation.
  2. After; resolve Thunderball’s attack and responses to it before resolving the new activation.
  3. When you reveal Buddy System, you reveal the top card of the villain’s deck, shuffle the empty deck immediately, resolve and discard the drawn card, then discard Buddy System.
  4. Correct; only the player who played Suppressing Fire can trigger its ability.
  5. No, that was an error on my part. The bullet in the rules reference should be followed when revealing Gang Up; resolve the villain’s attack first, then the minion attacks in any order.

— Alex