RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2025-08-07

Hi there, I had a question about Slingshot’s ability. If Player 1 has Slingshot in their discard pile.…

Question

Hi there, I had a question about Slingshot’s ability. If Player 1 has Slingshot in their discard pile. Player 2 then uses Make the Call to put Slingshot under their control. If Player 2 then uses Slingshot’s ability, whose hand does Slingshot ultimately end up in? Player 1’s or Player’s 2? In v1.6 RRG we have a section on pg. 29 “””If a card that has changed control leaves play, after the resolution of the game occurrence that makes it leave play, the card is physically placed in its owner’s equivalent out-of-play area (hand, deck, or discard pile, or removed from the game if that player is no longer in the game). Other card abilities cannot interact with this secondary physical placement.

Answer

If Slingshot is put into play via Make the Call and not under her owner’s control, this counts as her “changing control,” so when she leaves play via her ability she returns to her “owner’s equivalent out-of-play area,” in this case her owner’s hand.

— Alex