First off, the quoting

PAC
SUPERMAN ENEMY: When two friendly characters that can use the Superman Enemy team ability are adjacent to each other, once per turn, the character with the higher point value may be given a free action. If you do, that character can use Outwit until the beginning of your next turn, if it cannot use Outwit already. If the two characters have the same point value, their controller chooses which is treated as the higher point character this turn.

Player’s Guide
SUPERMAN ENEMY
The first sentence ends ―…to use Outwit.
The second sentence reads: ―That character can use Outwit until the beginning of your next turn, if it cannot use Outwit already and continues to use this ability
This power can be used for each set of adjacent Superman Enemy characters. For example, if you have three Superman Enemy characters all adjacent to one another, with point values 75, 60, and 44, there are three potential pairs: 1) 75/60, 2) 75/44, and 3) 60/44. 75 is higher than 60, so 75 gets to use Outwit. 75 is higher than 44, but 75 already can use Outwit—it cannot use it again. 60 is higher than 44, so 60 can use Outwit.

SUPERMAN ENEMY (combined with errata): When two friendly characters that can use the Superman Enemy team ability are adjacent to each other, once per turn, the character with the higher point value may be given a free action to use Outwit. That character can use Outwit until the beginning of your next turn, if it cannot use Outwit already and continues to use this ability. If the two characters have the same point value, their controller chooses which is treated as the higher point character this turn.

Now, my actual question, or scenario, is

I have three wild cards and a superman enemy on my team

The two highest point wild cards (A, B) are in the front, the slightly less behind them (C) and the actual Superman Enemy hidden well to the rear (D)

A B
C
(whole bunch of spaces)
D

ABC all choose Superman Enemy as their TA to use. A links with C to take the free action and now has Outwit. B links with C and gets a free action to use Outwit as well. Can C now leave? Change to another TA? The wording seems to imply the one getting the Outwit must continue to use the TA. Want to make sure.

Also, why has every single instance of me spelling Outwit had to be corrected as I keep spelling it as OUtwit?

As I understand it, C could leave. The Superman Enemy TA does not require you to maintain adjacency, at least not anymore. I'm not sure about continuing to use the TA vs. going ahead and copying something else, but I think you'd have to maintain using the TA. Not certain.

Yes, when C leaves, the outwit stays until next turn. Then on your next turn C has to be adjacent to B again to use it with B.

Note that the second section of the PG has the full wordings of everything in the game, so there is no reason to do the "original, errata, combined" bit, just quote the current reading of the text from the second section.

Keep in mind that A and B must actually use Outwit at that time. The free action is to use Outwit. Beyond that, robedestroyer and happyoptimistic88 are correct. C does not need to maintain adjacency in order for A/B to continue to use Outwit. C can also switch team abilities without affecting the Outwit. Both A/B must continue to use the Superman Enemy team ability in order to maintain their respective Outwits.

Ok I usually only play Marvel teams and have NEVER seen Superman enemies played. But this week I am going to give my wild cards outwit. So here is the question.

For these questions I have A and B side by side. A is the higher point character.
If I give my high point wild card the free action will that character need keep SE TA for the outwit to stay?


Is my outwit still good if B is Koed or changes TA? (yes since what happens to B is moot)

From the Player's Guide:

The second sentence reads: "That character can use Outwit until the beginning of your next turn, if it cannot use Outwit already and continues to use this ability."

Yes. If your character can no longer use the TA, it doesn't meet the requirements of that bolded part.


After A gets to use Outwit via the TA, it doesn't matter what happens to B.

Thanks. Wildcards make my brain hurt.

I am going to need this today, Please help...

Zod is next to Starman. Starman uses the Superman TA to Outwit the Defenses of Superboy. Starman then TK's Zod next to Superboy.

Does the Outwit go away? Yes or no and why, please.

It will make my day easier...

- Chris

1) If those are the only two figures involved, Starman is not the one who gets to use Outwit. The higher point figure is Zod, so he is the one who gets to use the Outwit.

2) The Outwit does not go away. The reason why is that the SE TA says that you use Outwit until the beginning of your next turn.

Thank you very much. It will solve my issues.