RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Core Set questions: I was working through some timing situations, and came across an oddity that I’m not sure how to handle:…

Question

I was working through some timing situations, and came across an oddity that I’m not sure how to handle: “When Defeated”. When do those abilities trigger? In particular, if a HYDRA Soldier had Biomechanical Upgrades, would I get an extra encounter card before he heals, or would he heal first and the extra encounter card would not trigger? Similarly for Overrun (Mutagen Formula) and Followed: do I get the possible Goblin Minion first, then damage it with Followed, or does Followed trigger its damage before the minion comes into play?

Answer

Biomechanical Upgrades prevents the minion from actually being defeated and heals it instead. That means when you would defeat a Hydra Soldier with Biomechanical Upgrades attached, you will not resolve the Hydra Soldier’s ability because it wasn’t actually defeated yet. Followed will always resolve its ability before the ‘when defeated’ ability on the attached scheme card. This is because Interrupt effects must be resolved immediately before the thing that they interrupt.

-Caleb