31 – If I am stunned as Angel and play Adaptive Plumage, why does the stunned status card apply and replace…

For Adaptive Plumage and event cards like it, you choose one of the two abilities to resolve when you play it. In most cases, only one ability will be able to be resolved, because only the one matching your form would be able to affect a target. However, let’s say you are Angel and stunned, and you intend to play Adaptive Plumage. You have the option to choose either ability, resolving the “thwart” ability as written or removing the stunned status card by triggering an “attack” labeled ability (as the rules of stunned status cards allow you to do this when there’s no valid target for the attack ability, which we agree also means which form you’re in isn’t relevant for status card removal as long as you’re a Hero). You can’t resolve both abilities, as that is not how these cards are designed. (I made a mistake on an earlier email stating the status card must always be replaced, when in actuality the player has a choice.) If Angel is stunned and confused when playing Adaptive Plumage, he chooses which ability to trigger on Adaptive Plumage, then discards the appropriate status card, then ends that action.