RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Adam Warlock: I have some Adam warlock (hero) questions. And a war machine hero question. 1.If you discard a basic or…

Question

I have some Adam warlock (hero) questions. And a war machine hero question. 1.If you discard a basic or identity specific card when using his “battle mage” action ability, are you still considered to have resolved it for purposes of say “mystic senses” 2.His events, “karmic blast” and “cosmic awareness” have you discard up to a certain number of cards. Do you decide how many up front and then discard them or can you go one at a time and divide to continue? The word choose is not in these cards if relevant. 3.Also with “Karmic blast”, as part of the cost it has you deal 4 damage, but if this is reduced by a card effect like “Kree combat armor”, is that preventing the cost and therefore stopping the attack altogether? And is this intentional? 4.Was it intentional that you can use the hero war machine “gauntlet gun” upgrade to pay for something other then a war machine event just to get the ammo counter?

Answer

Yes; if you discard a card using Battle Mage’s ability, no matter what that card is, you have “resolved” Battle Mage and can play Mystic Senses.
The cards you discard for Karmic Blast and Cosmic Awareness’ costs must be discarded at once; the discard is part of the “cost” to initiate the ability, and costs must be paid all at once.
You can satisfy Karmic Blast’s damage “cost” by dealing as much damage as possible with it to a valid target. It is fine if not all 4 damage can be dealt to the target.
Gauntlet Gun’s Resource ability can only be spent toward a War Machine Event, otherwise it cannot be initiated. You cannot exhaust the gun just for an ammo counter, because it’s a “Resource” ability; it must be used when paying for a cost.

-Alex