RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Expansion card questions: I was wondering what would happen if I played defender of the nine realms or looking for trouble while I was…

Question

I was wondering what would happen if I played defender of the nine realms or looking for trouble while I was confused and didn’t find a minion when discarding cards from the encounter deck? It seems I’m unable to pay the second part of the cost but I am also past the point of aborting and paying no costs from the initiating abilities section on page 17 step 4 of the rules. So I’m not sure if I clear the confused status card?

Answer

Under “Encounter Deck” in the online rules reference, there’s a rule stating that if the encounter deck is emptied because a card ability discarded cards from it searching for a card with specific criteria (“a minion”), that card ability is considered fulfilled.
For that, you’d be able to remove Confused with Defender of the Nine Realms if you paid its cost by either discarding & engaging a minion from the encounter deck, or emptying the encounter deck while attempting to pay that card’s cost. If you end up emptying the encounter deck this way, be sure to place an acceleration token on the main scheme before discarding Confused.
If you end up emptying the encounter deck this way, be sure to place an acceleration token on the main scheme before discarding Confused.

-Alex