Just clarifying a ruling for a friendly game I was playing recently, wanted to make sure Multiple Man's ability to have the affiliation of each other character you controlled is only active while he is in play. I know it doesn't work while in the deck, and am pretty sure it doesn't work while in the KO pile. (at least that's how I thought it worked) I was recently told otherwise, allowing Reconstruction Program to be used on Multiple Man. I let it go, since it was a friendly game, but was curious to the answer, though I'm pretty sure I'm right. (Though I'm hoping I'm wrong, because then I'd be hard at work on a Multiple Man deck)

A card's text box is not in effect unless it is an 'object' and 'non-stunned' or it specifically says otherwise. So in the case of Mr. Madrox, he does not have the Sentinels affiliation.

500.2 Some cards have powers that function in a zone other than the in-play zone. These powers will have specific instructions from where a player may play them or where that power exists. Unless a card specifically indicates that a power may be used in another zone or can only function from another zone, powers only exist on an object.

OBJECT: An object is a Vs. System card in the in-play zone. An object is still a card. A face-up object can be referenced by its name.
An unrevealed face-down resource can’t have any characteristics, qualities, text, icons, and so on, other than the resource, ready, or exhausted characteristics.
A revealed face-down resource has all of its characteristics and qualities, except that it can’t have the object types “location,” “equipment,” “character,” or “plot twist.” It only has the object type “resource.” In addition, it can't have any powers except continuous powers, and payment powers that are usable only while it is revealed. It can still be seen to be a character card, equipment card, and so on.
A face-down character in the front or support row has its usual name, qualities, and characteristics, except that text in its text box is inactive, meaning that it is treated as though it did not exist. The text in the text box of an equipment attached to a face-down character is also inactive.


Hope this helps

The only card to have other affiliations in the deck and ko'd pile by this effect is Lacuna who clearly states it in her text.

Technically, Reconstruction Program could be used to pull a single Multiple Man out of the KO'ed pile and put it back into your hand. The card text states: "Return target character card or up to three target army Sentinel character cards from your KO'd pile to your hand." So you couldn't use it to return up to 3 copies of him, but unless I'm wrong, technically it could be used to return a single Multiple Man to your hand. But you are right, while it's in the KO'ed pile, the text box has no effect, therefore, Multiple Man has no team affiliations.