RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2025-03-16

There was a recent ruling that we should not retroactively re-check Superhuman Strength after its timing…

Question

There was a recent ruling that we should not retroactively re-check Superhuman Strength after its timing window passes. I’m curious whether and how this may apply to Stunned/Confused statuses and interrupts that change the activation type such as Armor Up or Nick Fury’s Stealth suit.
1. So, if a Confused enemy attacks Nick Fury in Stealth mode, his Stealth Suit triggers after the window for Status cards, and then creates a replacement effect of the enemy scheming, does Confused trigger in this case? 2. If a Stunned enemy schemes against Colossus in alter-ego, and he plays Armor Up, this is again after the window for Status cards. It does not create a replacement effect, but changes the impending scheme into an attack, does Stunned trigger in this case?

Answer

When Nick Fury’s Stealth suit form triggers against an attacking enemy, it causes the enemy to change its activation type to a scheme, resetting the new activation to its initiation step and causing another check for status cards to occur. It is therefore possible for a Confused enemy to initiate an attack against Nick Fury, trigger Stealth suit form, initiate a scheme activation, and then discard its Confused status card.

Armor Up can similarly alter an enemy’s activation type in this way; if a Stunned enemy would initiate a scheme activation, Armor Up can be played to change the activation type and reset the new attack activation to its initiation step, causing the villain to discard its Stunned status card. We are looking into updating the rules for enemy activations to make this process more clear.

— Alex