RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.7)2025-02-20

Again, asking about When Revealed timing, we were discussing attachments, and I noticed that cards like…

Question

Again, asking about When Revealed timing, we were discussing attachments, and I noticed that cards like Cruel Experiment (among several others) use their When Revealed effects to create the targets they attach to. But the rules for Reveal have us attach the card first in step 2, then do When Revealed.
It seems evident that we’re meant to handle the When Revealed here as part of the reveal, but the way that When Revealed has been pushed to after the cards enter play (as for the Quickstriking Minion case) seems to break these attachments. Mostly, I just keep seeing cards that I knew how to resolve when I assumed When Revealed effects were simultaneous with entering play, that seem to break with this new timing, and I wonder how it’s really meant to be working.

Answer

The rules for Reveal were written assuming that a revealed attachment has “attach to” text that resolves immediately after the card is flipped faceup, but that doesn’t apply to every attachment. If an attachment does not have “attach to” text, it must instead attach once its “When Revealed” ability triggers, as is the case with Cruel Experiment. We plan to better clarify this in a future rules reference update.

— Alex