BB019 Talia has the trait:
UNDERCOVER: Wild cards cannot copy team abilities from Talia.
and the Batman Ally and Superman Ally TAs.

GX012 Cypher has the trait:
CRACK ENEMY COMMUNICATIONS: At the beginning of the game, choose a team ability that an opposing character can use that isn't a Wild Card team ability or a team ability a Wild Card can't use. Friendly characters can use that team ability this game in addition to their other team abilities as long as Cypher is on the map. (typoed to Comunications in the unit listing, btw, also noticed that the Modern/Golden age colorbars are outdated there.)

Now, my question is this, can Cypher grant one of Talias TAs to his team-mates? It can be assumed that the wording "team ability a Wild Card can't use" in Cyphers trait means TAs like Power Cosmic and Quintessence, and that limitations to WC-copying on a specific enemy character is not an issue, as long as WCs generally can copy that TA.

I.e: Does Cyphers Trait refer to a TA in general, or specifically on a target enemy character?

My first though was "No he can't" but then again, I'm not sure...

He can not copy team abilities of Tallia. There would have to be another character with those team abilities in order for him to copy them.

If you look at the players guide, his trait works like team copy just like wild cards.

Thanks for the quick reply, planning to play her tomorrow, and could do without facing a bunch of mutants with superman-ally!

I agree that I think that Cypher can't copy but I'd wait for the *0fficial* word in orange.

Why? (filler)

It is official when its in the players guide

Or it could be in the guide. I. Can't. Read.

I thought that's how these things ran.

Well, when things are in the guide, they're already official. Even then, you don't need an orange post on every single issue. If a correct answer is already given and not contested, it's more logical to just leave the thread be. Posting in every single thread to say, "Yes, X is correct" would be inefficient.