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Sarah’s Jealousy…

"Holder may choose the Hero opponent uses to make rescue attempt this turn.”

If the battle is already ongoing and the “opponent” has more than one Hero in battle, does this card essentially negate the other Hero’s in battle after one is chosen to defend?

Thanks

FM

"Negate" may not be the proper word to clarify my question.  I apologize, I might have made the question more confusing.

I assume that, as you have pointed out, if a new hero begins the battle and all other Hero's exit the battle, than their Special Abilities exit the battle along with them.  This seems logical, for Special Abilities on characters do not activate until triggered by playing them in battle.

...at least that sounds correct...

On-going abilities of Heroes that are withdrawn from battle (which happens when a "Choose the Rescuer" ability is used) continue to be active until the end of the phase.

I don't want to speak for you, so you can clarify if this is your position on this particular card and situation. 

I believe you are saying...

In the case where a battle has been ongoing, then the ramifications of that current battle phase, where enhancements and character abilities which have already taken place, carry forward into any further battling - even with a new character. 

This seems logical, compared to a real life situation.  In a battle, there are consequences of that battle (enhancements and abilities) which have transpired.  Those "consequences" carry forward in the event (Sarah's Jealousy) that a new battle begins during the same battle phase.

I think this is correct. 

Appreciate your time not his.

FM

Basically, ongoing abilities (once activated) are active until the end of the phase in which they are activated unless they are negated. It doesn't matter if the card is removed from battle, whether it be shuffled, returned to territory, captured, returned to hand, etc. As such, since Sarah's Jealousy just withdraws the Heroes, not negating them, any ongoing abilities (such as a card protecting from capture) would continue until the end of the phase and would still affect the battle after the blocker chooses a new rescuer.

Hopefully that helps.


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