Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

The Hood (and modular sets): Does the cost arrow on ‘mister hyde’ apply to both sentences of his when revealed ability? we are not sure…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)) and might be outdated.

Question

Does the cost arrow on ‘mister hyde’ apply to both sentences of his when revealed ability? we are not sure if he will always get a tough status card and deal damage to each hero and ally regardless if ‘Calvin Zebo’ was in play or not.

Answer

  • Mister Hyde will only receive Tough and deal 1 damage to each hero & ally if Calvin Zabo is discarded from play with Mister Hyde’s ability. All sentences in Mister Hyde’s ability fall into a “cost > effect” formula, where Mister Hyde gaining those bonuses only happen when the “cost” of discarding Zabo is paid.
  • I understand my answer to an earlier question about cost arrows confused people, and I apologize. (If you are wondering about Space Stone in particular, discarding it IS part of the “effect” that happens when its “cost” is paid, and its cost can be paid when either a minion is revealed or it empties the encounter deck, per the rules of discarding.)

-Alex