RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Wolverine: On the newly revealed Wolverine character, what happens if you have his Wolverine’s Claws card in hand after…

Question

On the newly revealed Wolverine character, what happens if you have his Wolverine’s Claws card in hand after your mulligan, or if The Collector: Infiltrate the Museum or Ultron pull it out of your deck? Are you just missing that integral part of your kit? Will this card count against your deck’s 40-50 card limit? Does this mean that cards like Vision’s Intangible/Dense or Spectrum’s energy forms should also start in your deck and count against your card limit?

Answer

Wolverine’s Setup works as written. If you don’t want to risk being unable to play Wolverine’s Claws, don’t take a mulligan if they’re not in your starting hand (since they cannot be played from hand if you end up drawing them). Or, you can do what most of our playtesters did and put the Claws into play alongside your hero before drawing your starting hand.
Those Permanent cards involved in a hero’s Setup should not count toward their minimum deck size.

-Alex