When this version of Magneto stuns a character it can not recover. If Magneto is KO'd before the recovery phase, does his effect still hold? or because he is no longer on the field his effect is gone?

Spot's Knight

Well it's a continuous effect, so it only applies while Magneto is face-up on the Field. So if he's not face-up during the Recovery Phase then the opponent can recover.

Hope that helps Spots.

`{nova}

Questions like this one make my head hurt..

Here's the situation...

Player A has a stunned Magneto: MoM and has the iniative.
Player B has a stunned character.

Since Player A has the initiative, his M:MoM will recover 1st during the recovery step. So, does that mean that Player B could not recover his stunned character?

-- I don't think he could cause of M:MoM's text but argh! Who knows?! --

2nd in regards to M:MoM, what if I use other cards that only work during the recovery step to un-stun my characters? IE: Muir Island (MOR-034) or Moira MacTaggert (MOR-016)?

Anyone who can find out the official rulings shall be praised!

Yes... B cannot recover his stunned characters if A has initiative.

And on the 2nd part, yes... those card abilities may be played as long as it's before M:MoM recovers or as a response to it.

I wouldn't be too sure that the choosing of which character to recover goes on the chain. Also the way it's worded in the rulebook, "both players choose a stunned character to recover, then both players recover the chosen characters". So even if the MoM controler had the initiative, he would get to CHOOSE first, but his game text wouldn't be active until the opponents character(and his at the same time) had already been recovered.

I can't wait for the comprehensive rules so I can really dig in. I'm gonna go for Judge lvl. 12.:cool:

All Player recover together, there is no initiative here. If Magneto is stunned at this point his effect will not apply. That's my story and i'm sticking to it.

You know what... nova got me again. On pg 21:

"2. Starting with the initiative player, each player chooses one stunned character he controls. The players recover their chosen characters and all remaining stunned characters are put into their owners KO’d piles."

I read this wrong, I thought each player chooses and recovers one character starting with the player who has initiative. But the last part just says "The players recover...".

Hmm... I think more precise wording is in order here, something like "The players recover their chosen character *at the same time* and all..."

i don't think that the effect goes away if Magneto is removed from the field or is stunned.

the effect just states that the character is unable to be recovered if stunned by Magneto. since Magneto stunned the character, the character is gone...

Exact card wording.....

"Stunned characters your opponents control cannot be recovered"