RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Expansion card questions: If I am attacked by an enemy dealing 8 damage with Overkill, I defend with Nightcrawler, who does not have…

Question

If I am attacked by an enemy dealing 8 damage with Overkill, I defend with Nightcrawler, who does not have Tough, and I trigger his ability to “prevent all of that damage”, does this also prevent the overkill damage from hitting my Identity? Was reading rules reference and rulings and Overkill is dealt simultaneously Overkill damage is damage from an attack but not an enemy attack itself

Answer

It depends.
If Nightcrawler (“NC”)’s ability was used targeting himself as “the X-Men character”, he could prevent all damage that would be dealt to himself, but not any overkill damage being dealt to his player’s identity. This is because overkill damage is dealt simultaneously with the attack’s standard damage, and NC can only prevent damage to one character.
One possibility though is that NC can target his player’s identity with his ability if that identity has the X-Men trait. NC can prevent overkill damage that would be dealt to them, and, because he leaves play, no damage could be dealt to him either. But, this can only work if his player’s identity has the X-Men trait.

-Alex