So...if I put Cypher and this ATA on a team with Doom and some Doombots and they all copy this TA...does Doom now effectively have un-Outwit-able Mastermind?

If the answer to this is "yes", Doom may never leave home without his personal translator again...

Yeah..............

(maniacal laughter)

It seems like you want to put the ATA on Cypher and have him grant it to Doom & co. via his Trait, which you couldn't actually do if your opponent isn't playing the ATA.

Though you could simply wild card to it, in which case you could put multiple New Mutants/Gen Xers on your team and not run into the problem of losing the new TA if Cypher gets KOed.

Oh no..I knew the Trait wouldn't help. I simply used Cypher as an example. Any New Mutant would work for this.

But on top of that you can use the trait for the sheer fun of it. Plus - Perplex! Cypher is my buddy!

The way I read bagman is if you mastermind to him with this team ability the attacker would take the feedback, correct me if I am wrong.

PS the combo of professor X and cable with this team ability is brilliant.
It's the easiest way to bring cable to his hypersonic clicks.

I thought the same thing when I first read it. Cypher threw my thinking onto a whole different path. Took me a while to realize Cypher wasn't necessary, since any New Mutant/Gen-Xer could be used to do the same thing. Cypher's just a low cost option.

You are wrong. Bagman needs to be dealt damage from an attack. Masterminding damage is not an attack.

Oh yeah...which is why I used him as my example.

Plus, he's the cheapest New Mutant in Modern Age...I think.

PLUS, he's the guy who inspired the card!

So he seems like the best choice to pull this off with.