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I am having trouble finding this information in the REG.  When a player gains */* numbers or special abilities in a permanent manner, does returning that character to owners hand "undo" those gains?  If not does returning to draw pile accomplish this?

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...Cards returned to your hand return to face value and cards returned to your territory retain their abilities... 

Here's the REG quote for returning to hand. I couldn't find the REG reference for return to draw pile or discard pile, but I know the rule is that they reset.

If the card that gave them the extra ability said "...for the remainder of the game," then it would not reset in hand or draw pile.

BubbleBoy I don't believe that is the case. The "remainder of the game" implies it being in play.  Once it goes to hand or draw pile the ability does resets.  The best example is in T2.  I may have given a hero a gained ability but that does not mean every copy of that hero has that same ability. So if it gets shuffled then you would have to some how mark that specific card to know if that version of the card had the gained abilities.  Same with in your hand.  So the point being, a card returned to hand or deck lose gained abilities.