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

69 – I have a question regarding the Hero Magneto in the Mysterio scenario. Let’s assume that we are in the…

Question

69 – I have a question regarding the Hero Magneto in the Mysterio scenario. Let’s assume that we are in the middle of a game, and the player deck consists (top to bottom) of three cards: Encounter Card, Encounter Card, Player Card (not Magnetic). Now Magneto uses Magnetic Pull, to discard cards until he discards a Magnetic Card, then drawing this to his hand from the discard pile. What exactly is happening? This is my understanding: – Magnetic Pull would discard the topmost card of the deck, but Maze of Illusions’ Forced Interrupt triggers and let you deal this card to yourself as an Encounter Card, and as an effect draw a card. – Since the next card is also an Encounter Card, the Forced Interrupt triggers again, dealing yourself an encounter card and letting you draw a card. – You draw the last card of the player deck. What happens now? Will the player deck reshuffle, because this happens in the effect window of the interrupt? Thus discarding from the new player deck? Or are we again in the resolution of Magnetic Pull, which ends unsuccessful, since we attempt to discard from an empty deck?

Answer

Because of nested sequencing, the Maze of Mirrors interrupt window that caused Magneto to draw the last card in his deck prompts an immediate shuffle, before that interrupt window closes; meaning when Magneto returns to the timing window created by Magnetic Pull, he will keep discarding cards from his newly shuffled deck.

— Alex