RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2025-10-10

Could you help us clarify how the Suit Up event from Age of Apocalypse works and how it interacts with a…

Question

Could you help us clarify how the Suit Up event from Age of Apocalypse works and how it interacts with a couple of cards? Our questions relate to just how far Suit Up can read into the cards it’s looking for to determine what exactly it deems “can be attached to that ally”.
This first arose when I wondered if Suit Up could be used to fetch one of Iceman’s signature allies, a Snow Clone. This is because Snow Clone’s ability says “Cannot have upgrades attached”. Since no attachments can be attached to Snow Clone, presumably Suit Up can’t find an attachment that is valid. However…I believe that ability on Snow Clone is a “constant ability”? And it’s my understanding that constant abilities are not active until the card is attempted to be used or already in play unless otherwise specified. And so Suit Up should perhaps not be able to tell that Snow Clone could not receive an upgrade? So how does Suit Up interact with Snow Clones? Or more specifically: Does Suit Up read into the abilities of allies and, if so, does it read abilities that should perhaps not currently be active?
Our next question is about how much does Suit Up read into the abilities of upgrades. While some appear obvious I believe absolute clarity would be useful. If I’m playing as Spider-Man and I use Suit Up targeting the basic ally Moon Girl, who has only the Genius and Champion traits, which of these upgrades are valid targets for Suit Up (if any) and which are not? Laser Blaster, Sidekick and Honorary Guardian. One cannot be attached due to an ally trait requirement on the upgrade, one cannot be attached due to the ally being the wrong card type, and one can be attached in theory but can only be played if we have the Guardian trait and Spider-Man does not in alter-ego (or hero form).

Answer

You raise good points about Suit Up; as written, it invites questions about external factors that would affect whether or not the upgrade “can” attach to the chosen ally, e.g. Snow Clone’s constant ability that shouldn’t affect the game while it’s not in play, or a Trait-dependent attachment clause that could become true under certain circumstances. We’d rather Suit Up be simple to resolve and not ask the player to run through these factors to determine eligibility.

We will plan a small change to Suit Up; instead of searching for an upgrade that “can be attached to that ally”, it should instead be worded as “can be attached to an ally.” So long as the upgrade attaches and doesn’t specify a non-ally target, it can be found via Suit Up.

— Alex