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Expansion card questions: With the Jefferson davis support cards action ability, If the main scheme has 0 threat on it and a side…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)) and might be outdated.

Question

1. With the Jefferson davis support cards action ability, If the main scheme has 0 threat on it and a side scheme in play has 1 threat on it, which scheme is considered to have the least?

2.With a boost card like jolt of adrenaline that has a boost ability that says to reveal it, is this the same as if it was revealed normally during step 4 of the villain phase and would gain incite 1 from Dial M for mojo? And I could also trigger spycraft?

3.With defending enemy attacks, we want to make sure we are doing it correctly and understand. Please check our understanding Scenario 1 -The villain initiates an attack and I first give it a boost card then play powerful punch. -if that attack was against another player, the attack it now redirected to me -If that 4 damage dealt was enough to defeat the final stage, the game ends and we win. -if that 4 damage dealt was enough to defeat the first stage, the attack continues and recalculates to the ATK of the next stage after immediately advancing it. -My hero is now defending the attack from this point on because of the (defense) label from powerful punch. -I do not have to exhaust to use my basic DEF power at this point to be considered to have defended but I still can if I want to in order to reduce the damage that will be dealt to me – I can also still play any number of other (defense) cards with the right triggering condition during this attack and only one character can currently be defending.

Scenario 2 The villain initiates an attack against me and I give it a boost card I then choose not to use my basic DEF power to defend but at the boost card step, I play defiance to discard the boost card and now I’m defending because of the (defense) label but I won’t reduce any of the damage dealt from the ATK itself.

Scenario 3 The villain initiates an attack against me and I give it a boost card. I again choose not to use my basic DEF power, and again at the boost card step I flip the boost card over and it has a boost ability that deals my identity 1 damage so I play side step to prevent that damage and now I’m defending the attack because of the (defense) label and because this was all during this enemy attack.

Scenario 4 The villain initiates an attack and I give it a boost card I choose again not to use my basic DEF power and again at the boost card step, I flip over the boost and then play preemptive strike to cancel the boost icons and now I’m defending the attack because of the (defense label) – I would also redirect the attack towards me had the attack been made against another player and that player had not yet made a defense with either their hero it an ally they control. – if a defending ally is defeated or leaves play at the boost card step, then the attack is now undefended and only the hero of that allies controller can now defend but only with a (defense) labeled ability. -if a defending hero was defeated during the boost card step then the attack is now undefended and cannot be defended against but the attack will not deal any damage at the end because the target player was eliminated. -If an ally leaves play or is defeated AFTER the boost card step, the attack is still considered defended by that ally. -if a defending ally is defeated with an attack with overkill, your hero can still play a (defense) card like side step to prevent overkill damage but because overkill damage is dealt simultaneously, the hero isn’t considered to have defended as the ally character already did.

Answer

  1. Jefferson Davis can only target the scheme with the least threat. If the scheme with the least threat happens to be the main scheme with 0, he cannot remove any threat.
  2. Yes, when Jolt of Adrenaline’s boost instructs you to reveal it, you should resolve incite X on Dial M for Mojo. And yes, you are able to trigger Spycraft when you reveal Jolt of Adrenaline.
  3. Scenario 1, Scenario 2, Scenario 3, and what I think is the end of Scenario 4 all appear to be correct. A few added notes: Yes, only one character at a time can defend against an attack. Yes, if a defending ally left play during the revealing of boost cards but before damage from the attack was dealt, that ally’s controller would be able to play a defense-traited event and become the new defender if they meet that event’s triggering condition. Otherwise, if the ally is defeated during the step of the enemy attack dealing damage to them, they are considered to have been the defender of the attack. You can play a defense card on an undefended attack against another player to become the defender of that attack. However, you cannot play a defense card if that player was already defending the attack. Yes, you can play Side Step to block Overkill damage being dealt to you. Note that the ally originally defending the attack would still be considered “the defender”.
  4. Yes, only one character at a time can defend against an attack.
  5. Yes, if a defending ally left play during the revealing of boost cards but before damage from the attack was dealt, that ally’s controller would be able to play a defense-traited event and become the new defender if they meet that event’s triggering condition. Otherwise, if the ally is defeated during the step of the enemy attack dealing damage to them, they are considered to have been the defender of the attack.
  6. You can play a defense card on an undefended attack against another player to become the defender of that attack. However, you cannot play a defense card if that player was already defending the attack.
  7. Yes, you can play Side Step to block Overkill damage being dealt to you. Note that the ally originally defending the attack would still be considered “the defender”.

-Alex