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Expansion card questions: Hawkeye’s Nemesis side scheme ‘Marked for Death’ states: The Clint Barton player searches their hand, deck,…

Question

Hawkeye’s Nemesis side scheme ‘Marked for Death’ states: The Clint Barton player searches their hand, deck, discard pile, and play area for Mockingbird and places her faceup beneath this card. When this stage is defeated, return Mockingbird to her owner’s hand. My question is:
If you’re playing against Ultron and Mockingbird happens to be one of the Ultron Drones in play, are you allowed to search your Ultron Drones and move Mockingbird to the side scheme? If so, is the drone considered defeated? What happens to any attachments that were on the drone? If not, what exactly happens in this scenario?

Answer

No, only search the game areas that Marked for Death instructs you to search. In the instance of Ultron (or even the upcoming Collector scenario), you may not be able to find Mockingbird because she is in a different game area than the ones specified. Resolve the “When Revealed” ability as much as you can, then put the side scheme into play, as normal.

Something to note, Marked for Death’s final sentence creates a lasting effect upon its resolution. If, for instance, you are able to play Mockingbird after Marked for Death is already in play (such as defeating her while she’s a drone, then drawing her into your hand later when you shuffle your deck), that lasting effect on Marked for Death will return Mockingbird to your hand upon defeat.

— Boggs