Just curious if the Mastermind from "Mutant Messiah" could make a character qualify for "New Boss Every Week". Both happen at the beginning of the game so I would be able to choose the order they happen, correct?

Mutant Messiah: At the beginning of the game, for all characters with this trait, choose a friendly character with the Acolytes or Brotherhood of Mutants or X-Men keyword. That character can use Mastermind, but only to choose characters with this trait.

NEW BOSS EVERY WEEK: At the beginning of the game choose a friendly character that can use Leadership or Mastermind and a keyword that character has. Fancy Dan gains that keyword. (This doesn't affect theme teams

I want to say yes, but there is something stirring around in my memory that gives me doubt.

I think that there may have been clarification that the first player decides the order of all resolving "beginning of game" effects, and if this is the case then your opponent could tell you to resolve Mutant Messiah before you resolve New Boss Every Week.

In that case then Fancy Dan wouldn't have been able to choose the keywords to make him eligible for Mutant Messiah when the choice had to be made.

Someone might be able to provide the link to the relevant ruling or tell me how wrong I am or whatever it turns out to be.

Rulebook page 4. Technically, it would work, should you be able to resolve them in the correct order.

Thanks.

I knew it was out there somewhere, but I thought it came from a ruling, not the rulebook.

So yeah.

If you are able to resolve New Boss first then you are good, but you may not be allowed to do that.