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If all my heroes are set aside, and my opponent pops DD, can I heal them with Brass Serpent?

Yes.

I was under the impression that in order to heal w/ Brass Serpant you had to have a hero to play it on, is this not the case?

That is true, you must have a character to activate any enhancement. Healing cards are a special exception in that the Hero does not have to be in play, it can also be in the discard pile provided it was discarded on the same turn you heal it.

Here's a clarification that's being added to the REG:

A healing enhancement played in this way must be played on a character of matching brigade in one of two ways:  (1) on a character in the holder's territory or (2) on a character in the holder's discard pile (if the character was discarded  in the same turn). Both result in that character being healed.  Healing cards played on a character in a discard pile must target the same character.

I think the wording of I Am Healing would limit it's targets.

You can't use Brass Serpent anyway since the "no playing without an EC in battle" part of DD lasts until the end of the phase even if it's Discarded. Only The New Covenant can save Heroes from DD.

Could you not just wait and play Brass Serpent in a following phase after DD fizzles?

so how does this coincide with the Gates of Hell deck that Kirk played with and what is the ruling on that?