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I don't think so since your green brigade prophet wouldn't technically have began the battle as Hidden Treasures says.

For reference:
Hidden Treasures - Once per turn, if your lone green brigade prophet begins a battle, you may play an enhancement or discard an evil enhancement in an opponent's deck.

But he did begin a battle. It just so happened to be a side battle so I feel like you would be able to use hidden treasures ability.

Quote from: DrowningFish on July 07, 2014, 04:38:28 PM

But he did begin a battle. It just so happened to be a side battle so I feel like you would be able to use hidden treasures ability.

Koala's and my stance is not that a battle wasn't begun, because one clearly was. We're thinking that the thing that began the battle was the enhancement, not the Hero.

Just working through this here... I don't think a hero starts a normal battle either. A normal RA or BC is begun by a player per the game rules. Since Hidden Treasures works in this normal battle - which was not begun by a hero or its ability - I don't think that saying the enhancement started the battle is a reason not to let Hidden Treasures work. I think it really comes down to who is in the battle when the dust has settled. Just my thought process.

I can see both rulings being the answer to our question.

I would disagree with the assessment that the enhancement started the battle, in the same way that game rule or the player personally did not start the battle in any normal situation.  Normally on a BC or RA, the player pushes a hero in via the game rules, but we don't say either started the battle, we say that the hero started the battle.  In this case, the enhancement allows for the battle, much like game rules in the normal situation, and it does not matter that it is not the first battle of the turn nor does it matter that it was involuntary.  The heroes in battle still started the battle.

Therefore, I would rule that HT could certainly be triggered in a side battle, though of course it is only once per turn.

Please remember that my rulings do not reflect any actual, official ruling.

Characters opposing you in battle cannot be counted for your side for whether your hero is alone; they are alone if you have no other character on your side (basic definition of that, I know there are other cases that don't trigger HT).