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If the target hero is the one in battle, then I would say yes based upon the below (unless there’s something I’m missing).

The battle is not yet over just because the defender chooses to allow his blocker to die by the numbers. Although the defender cannot play dominants at this point, if a triggered ability activates as a result of the blocked being discarded, and that ability targets the sole rescuing hero for removal, then the attacker has a chance to respond with a negate or interrupt enhancement.

These are the relevant portions of Battle Resoultion and SI in the REG:

Battle Resolution
2. Determine the outcome of the battle. Discard all characters that are being discarded based
on the strength and toughness comparison. Discard all Enhancements that no longer have
a character that can use them in battle.
3. Activate all effects that trigger based on the result of the battle.

SI
When a player is controlling character(s) in battle and a completing effect of an opponent’s ability, or a game rule that has been triggered by an effect of an opponent’s ability, would leave that player with no character in battle when the effect has completed, they have Special Initiative...If the card with the removing effect was already removed from play due to one of its effects, it may still be targeted during Special Initiative by an Enhancement that specifically targets its card type.

That makes the most sense.

If that assessment is correct, I doubt that is how we want Jackals to work. We will discuss this as an elder team and adjust it accordingly.

Has there been any discussion amongst the elders about this yet? I’ve been playtesting Jackals so I’d like to know what the definitive answer is.

Thanks.

Definitely cleaner. Thanks