Lay the Trap

Lay the Trap

Why, when looking at this card's flavour text, you cants clearly say what is said by whom. I can expect both Wolverine and Deadpool to say either side of the confrontation. It's just really funny to me

NiemandSumpex · 89
Wolverine goes low because he's short, Deadpool goes low because he's a prick. Brilliant! — Michebugio · 32

Sidekick

Sidekick

Great card, but I wish it wasn't limited to your identify-specific ally. It would be sooo nice to be able to explore more possibilities; for example, I hate being stuck with Jubilee as Wolverine, and I'd love to have X-23 as my Sidekick instead!

Just for fun, here's a list of pairings I would have loved to see with this card:

Spider-Man: Peter Parker and Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Captain America and Falcon

Cyclops and Havok (c'mon, the Summers brothers are even in the picture of Side-by-Side!)

Hawkeye: Clint Barton and Hawkeye: Kate Bishop

Iron Man and Ironheart

Black Panther and Okoye

Wolverine and Colossus (Fastball Special let's go!)

Bonus: Spider-Man and Venom: Eddie Brock!

What are yours?

Michebugio · 32
Colossus and Magik — serve_the_shark · 893

Defensive Energy

Defensive Energy

I have a doubt with this card. If, in a Magik deck I use this to pay for a Mutant Protectors while I have an ally on top of my deck, which resolves first ? The Mutant Protectors effect, or the Defensive Energy interrupt ? I would say that defensive energy must resolve first (if triggered), so you can't "setup" your ally with Limbo if you want to draw with Defensive Energy, I would thank if anybody can confirm me if I'm right or not.

wehehe · 297
Resources are always spent BEFORE the card they're paying for is played, so Defensive Energy must resolve first. However, I'm not even sure Magik could use an ally on top of her deck as a valid ally for Mutant Protectors. I might be too nitpicky, but her ability says "you may PLAY the top card of your deck as if it was in your hand, reducing its resource cost by 1", and technically there is a (slight) difference between "playing it" and "put it into play as an effect of playing another card". In fact, Magik's ability even specifies that the card's resource cost is reduced by 1, implying that you have to actually PAY (and play) that card, and you can't just put it into play as an effect of another card. I hope I explained myself clearly. — Michebugio · 32

The Daily Beagle

The Daily Beagle

Supports with Alter-Ego actions are often a little questionable. You always have to ask if you're going to be in alter-ego form often enough to make playing the card worthwhile. Well, Ham wants to absorb damage to gain those spiffy toon counters, so it's almost given he will be flipping down to heal on a fairly regular basis. Claiming an extra pair of toon counters each time you do so is definitely worth the investment of playing the card.m

MightySchoop · 53

Hunted

Hunted

Can anybody clarify whether a minion brought into play with Hunted will proc any “When Revealed” effects on that minion? I assume it would activate Quickstrike (if you’re in hero), but during a game of Civil War someone argued that When Revealed effects wouldn’t go off as the minion is not entering play in the usual way.

Can anyone weigh in on this with some sources for clarity? My Google-Fu is not cutting it on this one.

swordgeo · 92
It's not revealed it is put into play, so you ignore all when revealed text. — Jvenom23 · 26
"When revealed" effects don't happen, because the card wasn't revealed, only put into play. Quickstrike does happen, because that's not a when revealed effect - it's something that happens when a minion engages you. — TwoHands · 87