RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Mad Titan’s Shadow: When Thanos has Master of the Stones out and initiates an activation against Venom (Flash Thompson), if…

Question

When Thanos has Master of the Stones out and initiates an activation against Venom (Flash Thompson), if Venom plays Grasping Tendrils I’m assuming Master of the Stones goes first (Forced Interrupt->Hero Interrupt). But since Grasping Tendrils cancels the attack, does Master of the Stones still disarm afterward? Or does the attack being canceled mean that there is no “end of activation” window for Master of Stones to discard

Answer

If Thanos has Master of the Stones attached and initiates an attack, we rule that Master of the Stones’ Forced Interrupt would definitely put the top card of the Infinity Stone deck into play. Then, if Venom plays Grasping Tendrils to “cancel the attack”, the attack is still regarded as initiated, and the activation is considered “ended”, so Master of the Stones would get discarded.

-Alex