Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2025-01-24

66 – 1) If Sentinel Mark VIII attaches Energy Barrier to itself from the discard pile, does that trigger…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.6)) and might be outdated.

Question

66 – 1) If Sentinel Mark VIII attaches Energy Barrier to itself from the discard pile, does that trigger Energy Barrier’s “attach to” clause and give it tough? Or since it is coming into play attached, the attach to does not trigger? 2) Is the second sentence of No Quarter an alteration effect? I’m asking because the following combo used to be legal, “Pay for No Quarter with Salvage to put a tech on top of the deck. Deal excess damage to a minion with the first line of NQ. Trigger Rocket Raccoon’s “Murdered You!” ability to draw that tech before the second sentence of NQ”. 1.6’s alteration effect entry leaves me unsure, but I lean toward the second sentence of NQ NOT being an alteration effect that resolves before “Murdered You!” would.

Answer

  1. No; if Energy Barrier attaches to a Sentinel Mark VIII via the Sentinel’s ability, EB’s “attach to” text is ignored, and the Sentinel doesn’t get a tough status card.
  2. The second sentence of No Quarter is not an alteration effect, so that combo still works as before: Rocket Raccoon draws a card before the second sentence of No Quarter resolves.

— Alex