So, basically...if I want to choose a TA right away, I can have the reductions applied before the team cost is "presented"?

For example, I have a Spy team with Iron Widow and Winter Soldier...without applying ANY TA to the Mercenary Feat, I clock in at 305 points...but should I declare it at the start of the game, it's 300?

I'm basing this on this thread:

Mercenary Thread

Thanks!

Not quite, the cost of the feat is determined during team construction and that cost determines your options for TA choice at the beginning of each game. The cost for the feat is based on the number of figures that naturally possess the TA chosen for the merc.

• By paying 20 for Merc, you can only chose a TA possessed by exactly one figure on your team.
• If you pay 15 points, you could only chose TAs possessed by exactly two figures on your team.
• Finally, by paying 10 points, you choose from any TAs with at least 3 natural members on your team.

If you want more options, for example to be able to choose between a TA with a single member and one with 3 members, you must pay the full 25 points for the feat.


Hope that clears things up for you.


BoT

So, I use Mercenary and I only have 1 Ultimates on the team and I plan on choosing Ultimates; Merc is now 20 points?

But if I plan to use, say Mystics and I have two, it's 15?

If that's the gist, then yeah, I get it. If not...I don't know

for your example with ultimates it would cost 25 for mercenary and 20 for mystics

No, according to this:

I believe choosing Ultimates is 20 points. Since there's only ONE Ultimates member on my team.

From the FAQ...

This is right. The card says it costs 25 points if you are using the TA with only 1 other member, 20 for the TA with 2 members, etc.

This totally CONTRADICTS with the FAQ.

Look at the 15 point cost line: 2 Mystics on the team = -10.

Look at the 20 point cost line: Either Batman Ally OR Superman Ally = -5.

I already have only ONE Ultimates on the team, so Merc is -5, for 20 points.

What am I missing?

Furthermore, the * on Mercenary reads as:

*Minus 5 for each friendly character with the chosen team ability, minimum cost 10

So, I only have 1 Ultimates, it's -5. Why is it still at 25?

Actually it would cost 25 to be able to use either Ultimates or Mystics, 20 for Ultimates only (1 member), 15 for Mystics only (2 members).

That is correct. The only additional thing to remember is that if you wanted to retain the option to use either Ultimates or Mystics in this situation you'd have to pay the full 25 points.


BoT

................ Oops. Sorry.

Shows you what not reading the card does LOL!!!




...... he he........... he..................

:walks off in shame:

Ok, so I want to merc a fig up to MoE-there is only 1 figure on the team with MoE.

It will cost me 20pts to do so and I have to keep both figs adjacent during the entire game, correct?

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In this case, Mercenary would cost you 20 pts, indeed.

However, you don't need to keep both figs adjacent during the entire game: the adjacency with the original MoE team member is only needed when the Merc wants to use the copied TA.