RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Boggs Rule Clarifications: Shouldn’t you only be able to exhaust cards you control when paying for a cost? Or is it because the card…

Question

Shouldn’t you only be able to exhaust cards you control when paying for a cost? Or is it because the card specifically tells you can do it and it breaks the general rule?

Answer

It basically works because of the golden rule. You’re right, normally you can’t exhaust something that you don’t control to pay a cost, but in this specific case, it’s telling you directly to exhaust Venom. It would be like if there was a card that said “Hero Action: Exhaust an ally another player controls –> do X.” Even though you normally can’t do that, because the card is now telling you to, you can. – Boggs (Facebook)