Expansion card questions: Followed is a response to the attached scheme being defeated. Responses happen after the triggering…

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Followed is a response to the attached scheme being defeated. Responses happen after the triggering condition has resolved. Defeated means a scheme is discarded which causes cards attached to it to also be discarded. Is the “defeated” response window before the card is discarded (so the scheme is still in play and thus its static effects still ongoing for example Madame Hydra can’t take damage as Legions of Hydra is in play) or is the scheme discarded first and if so how can Followed be triggered as it should also have left play?

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