If I`m on my recruit step and I play lets say an Spiderman(4) and my opponent try to exhaust it, can I anwer with a substitue removing spiderman with anothe sipedrman or character with substitute?I don`t know if I can but since substitute is an "ability" I think it`s ok to do it.Plz let me know.Tnkx

There was a rather lengthy discussion recently (that I can't find a link to) where it was correctly stated that Substitute does, in fact, use the chain - so your play is perfectly legal.

It's hidden in the New Players forum.

To be clear, though, the distinction was that Substitute doesn't require the chain to be empty---it and recruiting both use the chain.

Yes... unlike "recruit effects", substitute does not require an empty chain to be played, so you can substitute in response to effects.

If an effect however is chained on top of your substitute effect which results in the character your are substituting for being illegal (i.e. exhausted or removed from play), the substitute will be negated.

EDIT: Should not have used the word 'target'.

Except that Substitute doesn't target, so you technically don't indicate which character you're going to remove until resolution. If I have two 4-drops and use Substitute, you're Paralysis-ing blind, since you don't know who I intend to remove, or if I'm going to remove anyone at all.

And as an extra note, if either the Substitute effect is negated, or the player doesn't remove a character for it, the Substitute card returns from the chain to hand.

tricky stuff. I think 4 drop darkseid just got a little better.

Good catch... I should have picked my words more carefully. I'll edit my response.
This is important too and I'm glad you mentioned it.

Note that the only cost for Substitute is "Reveal this card".

If someone tries to add to the chain, you can simply pay the cost again, and add another copy of the Substitute effect to the chain.
No one can ever interfere with your substitute, unless you let them.

(As for the remaining effects on the chain, the Substitute has a "may" so you don't have to remove from game anything if you don't want to.)

And as a minor correction, the substitute effect isn't one of the ones that is represented by a physical card, so the character card itself is not placed on the chain (and thus does not return to hand from the chain, as HeroComplex mentioned).

If the opponent tries to Paralysis to prevent your Substitute effect, that Substitute card is on the chain and you'll need another Substitute card (or a way to negate your first effect) to beat the Paralysis.

Not quite:

Argh.. I was looking for that and couldn't find it.
I'll have to tell my friends we were wrong. :(

Couldn't you just reveal the same card? (Since it's still in your hand and the only cost is reveal)

When you put the Substitute effect on the chain, the card leaves your hand and is put, quite literally, onto the chain. It will be returned to your hand if the effect is negated in someway, but it's like playing a Teen Titans Go from your hand and trying to return it with Garth, before it resolves. Just doesn't work.

-Mike

EDIT: Speaking of which, man, instead of a normal test level 1 judges should just have to play a Best of Five Titans Mirror Match and if you win at least 2 of them, you get your certification. Hehe. Level 2 = having to win 4 out of 7. :p