RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Boggs Rule Clarifications: How does Nova’s resource card, Connection to the Worldmind work? If you draw to your hand size at the end of…

Question

How does Nova’s resource card, Connection to the Worldmind work? If you draw to your hand size at the end of the phase, it becomes active immediately and you draw an extra card? Or does the hand size check is only before you draw, so CttW won’t work until the next turn? Same thing for Star Lord’s Helmet, if he draws and empty the deck, does the encounter card you receive for decking out add to his hand size immediately?

Answer

Hand size is constantly checked, meaning that if something changes your hand size in the middle of drawing up to it, you correct it immediately. For Connection to the Worldmind specifically, it becomes active the moment you draw it. Even if it’s the last card you draw, it’ll become active and you’ll have 1 fewer card in hand than you should, so you’ll continue to draw. Star-Lord’s Helmet works the same way. If you deck out while drawing, your hand size will bump by 1 and you’ll keep drawing. – Boggs (Facebook)