Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2025-12-11

I have some questions to consult with you. 1.When I reveal Shadow of the Past, if there is a minion with the…

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Question

I have some questions to consult with you. 1.When I reveal Shadow of the Past, if there is a minion with the same name as my nemesis minion in play, causing the nemesis minion placed set-aside to not enter play. Will the nemesis minion be shuffled into the encounter deck along with other cards from the nemesis encounter set? 2.If the top card of the encounter deck does not have a boost icon or boost ability, can Battlefield Awareness discard this card? 3.If Honor Among Thieves reveals a quickstrike minion, which one resolves first, quickstrike or give that minion a tough status card?

Answer

  1. No. There will be a rules reference update soon that better addresses this, so we will use that ruling here as well; in a case where a unique non-villain card (e.g. a minion) would be revealed/enter play while another unique card with that name is in play, the new card is instead discarded (to the encounter discard pile) and the player revealing it is dealt a facedown encounter card.
  2. No, if the top card of the encounter deck does not have an icon in its boost area, Battlefield Awareness cannot discard it.
  3. In this case, the minion is revealed first, including resolving its Quickstrike ability, then Honor Among Thieves gives the minion a tough status card.

— Alex