I have some questions that are relevant to scenarios I've played in and hopefully that others have encountered, as well. The first is about a card from the Green Lantern set. If I use Fifth Dimension to remove a Revenge Squad character from play and then return it to play, do that character's “comes into play” powers trigger when it returns? For example, if I remove Hank Henshaw ◊ Cyborg from play and he comes back, can I choose a new target for his power? I think this is the case but I would like clarification.

 

You're correct. Not only can you choose a character when he returns to play, but you must do so, and it need not be the same as your previous choice. Note that the modifier from your previous choice stopped affecting Hank when he left play.

 

 

Yep, that rules update removed team affiliation from the list of qualities.

 

There are two types of continuous modifiers from effects—those that attempt to modify qualities of objects and those that don't. So that update meant that Made Men's modifier changed from the former to the latter.

 

My question is: Does the same apply for A Child Named Valeria? For example, I have Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards and Invisible Woman, The Invisible Girl on turn 3. If I resolve A Child Named Valeria and then recruit a character of cost 3 or less, is that character unstunnable this turn?

 

Yes. Valeria creates the same sort of modifier as Made Men, namely one that doesn't attempt to modify qualities of objects. Consequently, it will affect any characters of cost 3 or less you control this turn, whether or not they were characters of cost 3 or less you controlled on resolution of Valeria's effect.

 

 

 

Yes he was.

 

The modifier created by Crowd Control attempts to modify a quality (reinforcement), so this is an example of the other type of modifier (that is, different from both Made Men and A Child Named Valeria).

 

Consequently, affected characters (namely, support row characters you control) are “flagged” on resolution of Crowd Control's effect and the modifier applies only to those flagged characters this turn (whether or not they remain support row characters you control).

 

 

In both cases, Nice Try! will negate the entire effect, thereby stopping both characters from getting counters.

 

 

Let me stop you there for a second. A Child Named Valeria has been errata'd, so your opponent doesn't have to stun Jessica. Let's say he chooses to, though . . .

 

 

It negates the whole effect. Once again, you can't negate part of an effect (even when the effect is neatly divided into two modes like A Child Named Valeria's is).

 

5) Is there any point during which players have priority after the recovery phase but before the start of the draw phase? I'm wondering because I was in a game where my opponent played Micro-Sentinels during the start of the recovery phase, targeting my exhausted Alfred Pennyworth and a GCPD Officer. I wanted to use Alfred's power to search for Have A Blast! to KO Micro-Sentinels before it KO'd my 1-drops at the start of the next draw phase, but I couldn't do so until Alfred readied (that is, during the recovery phase wrap-up while players have no priority). I'm guessing there's no time that I can play effects after recovery finishes but before the start of next turn's draw phase, by which time Micro-Sentinels will have already triggered. If this is not the case, please let me know.

 

No, you're right. It is the case, but your question is well worth repeating because it touches on a number of important rules areas.

 

 

No, Micro-Sentinels must be face up in a resource row for its power to trigger at the start of the draw phase.

 

 

Yes. The counters are called “micro counters” and that's all each Micro-Sentinels looks for, regardless of where they came from.

 

 

 

You can't choose the same object for two (or more) targets of one effect. Micro-Sentinels only allows you to put one counter on each target.

 

This seems like a good spot to throw in a couple of related questions that came up during $10K Brisbane.

 

 

It's legal to play both effects. However, after one resolves, the remaining effect will be negated because all of its targets are no longer “characters that have no micro counters.”

 

Yes. Both Micro-Sentinels trigger simultaneously and you put their effects on the chain in the order of your choosing. After one triggered effect resolves, your opponent's character will have two micro counters on it, so the remaining triggered effect will KO that character on resolution.

 

 

The answer is no in both scenarios. Xavier's Dream has a conditional trigger, so it checks for stunned characters both when it triggers and when it resolves. It won't trigger at all if any characters are stunned as the recovery phase starts.

 

 

That's correct. Its text box is inactive, so it has no powers.

 

 

Yep, that works!

 

 

 

Yes he does. The attackers exhaust and Matt becomes a defender at the start of the attack substep. Then Matt's triggered effect goes on the chain. So, by the time it resolves, the attackers are counted amongst the opponent's exhausted characters.

 

 

 

The “Cosmic Franklin” trick does work, but because Cosmic Radiation has a threshold cost of 3, the earliest you can perform it is on the third turn (unless, of course, your resources on turn 2 are Latveria and Doomstadt).

 

Dave M., of indeterminate origin, takes us to the end credits with a clarification from the last Cerebro.

 

 

That's correct. The answer is the same for any and all powers that state that characters cannot be stunned while attacking (or team attacking). Some other high profile examples are Dynamic Duo and Red Star.

 

I hope everyone had a great time in New York! I'll be doing my best to cobble together another special edition of Cerebro. In the mean time, please keep those Vs. rules questions coming to vsrules@gmail.com.