Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2025-07-11

I saw a ruling that I had a question about answer number 3. Since piercing strike has an alteration effect,…

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Question

I saw a ruling that I had a question about answer number 3. Since piercing strike has an alteration effect, wouldn’t that make the piercing sentence be tied to the attack sentence that didn’t have a target and make it unplayable in this case?

Answer

A target that “cannot take damage” is only an invalid target for an ability that solely deals damage to it; Piercing Strike’s alteration effect makes it so that an enemy with Tough can still be its target, even if that same enemy “cannot take damage,” resulting in the Tough status card being removed.

— Alex