RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Expansion card questions: If I used Rapid Response to bring back the new Leadership Goliath ally, could I re-trigger his action to…

Question

If I used Rapid Response to bring back the new Leadership Goliath ally, could I re-trigger his action to give him 4+ strength again? Based on the Vision ruling where it’s a “new Vision entering play” it seems like he could. Is there a difference between “limit once per round” or “max once per round.”

Answer

Yes, there is a difference between “Limit” and “Max. On page 11 of the rulebook, under Limit:

“Limit X per [period]” is a limit that appears on some player cards. These limits are card-specific. Each copy of an ability with such a limit may be used X times per the specified period, per instance of that ability.”

On page 11 of the rulebook, under Max:

“If a maximum appears as part of an ability, it imposes a maximum number of times that the ability can be initiated from all copies (by title) of cards bearing that ability (including itself) during the designated period.”

Because Goliath’s ability is “max once per phase,” it can only be used once across all copies of the card each round.

— Boggs