Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Galaxy’s Most Wanted: I have a question concerning Infiltrate The Museum and The Collection. The Forced Interrupt on The Collector…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)) and might be outdated.

Question

I have a question concerning Infiltrate The Museum and The Collection. The Forced Interrupt on The Collector has a trigger of “when a card in play would be placed in the discard pile”. I have Regroup in play which has a trigger of “when an ally is defeated by an enemy attack”. My question is if these two triggers share the same timing. Regroup is a replacement effect that stops the ally from going to the discard pile and return to hand instead. The Collector would then be unable to collect the ally, but The Collector is a Forced Interrupt so would take precedence if these two timing triggers are the same. My belief is they are not, but I would like confirmation.

Answer

Regroup specifies that when an ally is defeated, it is returned to its owner’s hand. This replaces the condition that the ally would get discarded when defeated, which is the triggering condition that the Collector is reliant on for his ability. So, in short, Regroup should get priority, and the ally should go to hand.

-Alex