RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.7)2026-03-06

What is timing of the Protection event Leading Blow with Wonder Man’s Forced Response and Ionic Physiology’s…

Question

What is timing of the Protection event Leading Blow with Wonder Man’s Forced Response and Ionic Physiology’s Response? The way I’ve been playing it is that Leading Blow’s Hero Interrupt triggers when Wonder Man initiates an attack. It discards the top card of the encounter deck and adjusts Wonder Man’s ATK accordingly.
Then, I’ve been triggering Wonder Man’s Forced Response to discard each tucked card under Ionic Physiology before Leading Blow’s final sentence that readies Wonder Man. If this is correct, Wonder Man can now tuck Leading Blow under Ionic Physiology using its Response to heal 1. Is this correct?

Answer

Not quite. The sequence of events is this:

Exhaust Wonder Man to initiate a basic attack.

Play Leading Blow, adjusting your ATK and creating a delayed effect that resolves later in the sequence. Place LB in the discard pile.

You have “played” Leading Blow, so here is where you can trigger Ionic Physiology if there’s less than 3 cards tucked. (Note, IP will be updated to where its cost arrow becomes a “Then” instead. Wonder Man will be able to tuck a card even if he’s at full health.)

Deal damage from Wonder Man’s attack.

Leading Blow’s delayed effect checks if damage was dealt, and if so, it readies Wonder Man.

Trigger Wonder Man’s Forced Response, discarding the cards beneath Ionic Physiology.

— Alex