RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.7)2026-01-26

In the 1.7 rules, a target rule was changed from saying you cannot deal damage to a target that cannot take…

Question

In the 1.7 rules, a target rule was changed from saying you cannot deal damage to a target that cannot take damage (the original 1.6 rule) instead to now say you cannot target a character that cannot take damage with an ability that ONLY deals damage to the target as its effect.
Does this mean that you can use the Nova ally Ms. Marvel’s ability (deal a damage and exhaust her is the cost) when you have played Go for Champions? Because she is no longer not allowed to be targeted by that ability, as the ONLY affect is not to deal her damage as she must be exhausted as well?

Answer

A cost in an ability is still considered part of that ability, and is therefore subject to the valid target rules. Since the cost of Ms. Marvel’s ability both deals damage to and exhausts her, she would be a valid target for her ability cost even if “Go for Champions!” were played earlier to prevent her from taking damage. (Note, since “Go for Champions!” now removes itself from the game, she’d have to be returning a different event to her hand this way.)

— Alex