RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Rise of Red Skull: If “Zola’s Mutate” is revealed and its “When Revealed” ability discards a Tech Attachment that has “Attach…

Question

If “Zola’s Mutate” is revealed and its “When Revealed” ability discards a Tech Attachment that has “Attach to the Villain”, such as “Tracking Display”, what happens to the attachment? Also if “Tracking Display” does attach to the Minion does it gain the it’s attacks can’t be defended ability even though it isn’t a Villain?

Answer

If Zola’s Mutate ended up discarding Tracking Display, then Tracking Display would get attached to Zola’s Mutate. This aligns with the intent of Zola’s Mutate and should circumvent Tracking Display’s “attach to” specification, which would not check for legality once attached. Because Zola’s Mutate is not a villain, it should NOT be treated as “attached villain” in Tracking Display’s ability. Zola’s Mutate could still be defended against.

-Alex