Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2024-10-21

29 – My question today is about whether cards like One Way or Another or Return the Favor are “played” when…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.6)) and might be outdated.

Question

29 – My question today is about whether cards like One Way or Another or Return the Favor are “played” when their costs fail. 1. If I’m playing Gamora and play Return the Favor but get no Treachery, does that still count as having “played” an attack event for her Response? (2. Similarly for her cards that check if you’ve played an Attack event this turn) 3. For Spider-Woman, if I play Return the Favor does her ability trigger before I begin looking for a Treachery? 4. Either way does it trigger if no treachery is found?

Answer

  1. No; if you fail to find a treachery with Return the Favor, you haven’t paid its ability cost, and the rest of the ability doesn’t initiate. You then aren’t considered to have “played” an attack event for Gamora’s response.
  2. No, you aren’t considered to have played an attack event for the turn.
  3. No; the costs of the card need to be paid before triggering Spider-Woman’s interrupt. Failing to find a treachery with Return the Favor means its ability cost wasn’t successfully paid, so you can’t trigger the interrupt.
  4. No.

— Alex