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If I play a card that says "set hero aside" or "set a hero aside" on one of my hero's can I target one of my opponents hero's?

The set aside cards all seem to be cost to gain so I know if I target an opponents hero with say "mustering a war" he would get the draw 3 if indeed I can target his hero's at all.

I realize that this has been the rule for quite some time, but I was wondering if we could reconsider. Being able to increase your opponent's stats to help you gain initiative, or weaken their use of Judge's Seat, could be a lot of fun. The biggest issue would be that the old set-asides had no time limit, so you could keep them out for the rest of the game. This could be solved with a game-rule limit, i.e. "No character may be set aside for more than __ turns." This would also get those Disciples moving more frequently. 

Just a thought. I have not really looked into peripheral effects. It would just be nice to make all those old cards useful again.

The biggest issue would be that the old set-asides had no time limit, so you could keep them out for the rest of the game.

The cards that are set-aside go to the set-aside area of the player who controls the card being set-aside. Therefore if you set them aside with a card that did not specify a return, the opponent would be able to bring them back whenever they wanted.

The cards that are set-aside go to the set-aside area of the player who controls the card being set-aside. Therefore if you set them aside with a card that did not specify a return, the opponent would be able to bring them back whenever they wanted.

Oh yes, I knew that. 

So there is no problem, then!