RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Core Set questions: My question concerns both the ‘masterplan’ treachery and ‘the masters of evil’ side scheme. I reveal…

Question

My question concerns both the ‘masterplan’ treachery and ‘the masters of evil’ side scheme. I reveal ‘masterplan’. There are no side schemes currently in play. I perform the effect of ‘discard cards from the top of the deck until a side scheme is discarded’. I discard cards until I discard ‘the masters of evil’ side scheme. However, ‘masters of Evil ‘ was the final card in the encounter deck. What happens?

Answer

If Masterplan causes you to discard from the encounter deck until you discard The Masters of Evil, which is also the last card in the deck, here is what would happen:

The Masters of Evil would get shuffled back into the encounter deck with the rest of the discard pile, and you would get an acceleration token.
You would search the encounter deck for The Masters of Evil side scheme and reveal it after shuffling the encounter deck.

It would have to happen this way because you resolve effects one sentence at a time. Masterplan’s second sentence has you discard for a side scheme, and the third sentence has you reveal it. So you would be forced to reset the encounter deck after resolving the second sentence. Then the third sentence tells you to “Reveal that side scheme” so you would have to go get it.That said, if I were playing I would skip shuffling it into the encounter deck because I’m just going to have to go get it and shuffle again.

-Caleb