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So if this is active all the time, are your heroes also protected from capture and set aside?

We might word it like this:

Release captured Heroes. Return set-aside Heroes to territory.

Protecting Heroes from shuffle outright is pretty much taboo in our game thanks to A New Beginning. You could protect them from shuffle by an opponent however.

I really like this, it's a very cool concept. I think the strength is pretty balanced too considering the power of cards outside of it and all potential counters. I like the protection from shuffle against Grapes, especially with TSC now making Grapes potentially 2x.

Cool card!

I love the idea that it's the counter to the ever annoying scattered play. I don't think it's overpowered considering all of the recent enhancement discarding cards from CoW. I would just add "except new beginning" in the ability or identifier.

To make it more versatile, what about adding:

"If played in battle, band to a Hero of each opponent."

I like it. This is my favorite kind of new card idea: simple, versatile, but not overwhelming.

Protect all Heroes from underdeck, set-aside, and shuffle (except by A New Beginning). Release captured Heroes. If played in battle, band to a Hero of each opponent.

I feel like this ability loses its elegance by having the ANB clause in there. Also,Vega brings up a good point that you could have this active, play Grapes to discard an EC (and shuffle other ECs) while protecting your own Hero from shuffle. I think it might be better off just going without the shuffle protection.

What about this:

Protect all Heroes from underdeck and withdraw abilities. Release captured Heroes and return your Heroes in set aside to territory. If played in battle, band to a Hero of each opponent.

Well it used to say protect your heroes from opponents shuffle abilities :p lol