The Book of Skrull Infiltrator

[laughing matter]

My instinct would be to change the Phoenix powers to say

PHOENIX BIRTH
You may draft a Jean Grey figure with the Merciful personality. If you do, Phoenix does not start the game on the battlefield. Your Merciful Jean Grey must use the Phoenix Fire special power, and when Phoenix Fire refers to Phoenix, it refers to your Merciful Jean Grey as well. Whenever your Merciful Jean Grey would be destroyed, instead, you must switch her with Phoenix.

That way, powers like Devastating Pounce wouldn't trigger. Thematically, that's what should occur anyway, since Sabretooth shouldn't be able to keep Jean from going Phoenix by sitting on her. Then you get to leave Pounce powers alone.

DEVASTATING POUNCE SPECIAL ATTACK
Range Special. Attack 6.
Choose a non-adjacent figure within 4 clear sight spaces whose base is not higher or lower than 6 levels from the base of Sabretooth. Before attacking, place Sabretooth adjacent to the chosen figure. If the chosen figure is destroyed by this special attack, immediately place Sabretooth on a space that was occupied by the chosen figure. If the figure is not destroyed, Sabretooth receives one wound. When Sabretooth is moved by this special attack, he will take any leaving engagement attacks.

But I would change Skrull/walker powers to say

SECRET INVASION
Skrull Infiltrators do not start the game on the battlefield. Skrull Infiltrators can only enter the battlefield after a small or medium figure that is not a Skrull Infiltrator is destroyed. After removing the destroyed figure from the battlefield, you may place one of your Skrull Infiltrators that has not yet been placed on the battlefield onto a space that was occupied by the destroyed figure, if possible.

So that Sabretooth's power would cancel it, which thematically it should. It is a Secret Invasion, so they wouldn't be able to replace someone if there's a person who knows they killed them running around to tell everyone "Hey, I just killed her, she must be a Skrull!". The same goes for Zombies. Even if the person did become a Zombie, Sabretooth, and guys like him, aren't going to let the person they killed get back up.

[Lazy Orang]

When a figure is killed by an AoE attack and a Skrull replaces that figure, are they too affected? It's relevant for a test I'm doing right now. I really need a ruling on this, quickly.

[Sir Yeshua]

I'm no expert, but my gut says that they won't be affected. I'm pretty sure the sequence is:

Choose a target for an AoE attack
Choose what order the defenders roll in
Roll the attack

Therefore, the Skrull isn't on the field when targets are declared and thus is unaffected. This make sense thematically, since AoE attacks are hitting all the targets at the 'same time'.

(But TBH take this with a grain of salt cause I'm mostly thinking of sweepers in MtG)

[Tornado]

Not sure this is right but I would say no, because the Skrull is not adjacent when the attack was rolled.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

As per Tul-Bak-Ra, the Inflitrator wouldn’t be affected by the explosion. Determining who is affected by area attacks happpens during the targeting phase and can’t be altered by any future events during the actual attack, so it is decided long before the Inflitrator’s power comes into play.

[Tornado]

Thanks Soundwarp!

[Lazy Orang]

Thanks, chaps! That's how I ended up ruling it in my test, and was my instinctive expectation, but it didn't feel entirely clear.

[Karat]

The SP has been updated with the following.

SECRET INVASION
Skrull Infiltrators do not start the game on the battlefield. Skrull Infiltrators can only enter the battlefield when a small or medium figure that is not a Skrull is destroyed. You may replace that figure immediately, if possible, with one of your own Skrull Infiltrators that has not yet been placed on the battlefield.

@japes @Arkham @Soundwarp SG-1 @A3n , when one of you gets a moment, we will need an Art update here.

For reference the change is that the Infiltrators may not replace any Skrull instead of just Skrull Infiltrators.

[japes]

A3n, I'll also need this one if you have it.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by japes

A3n, I'll also need this one if you have it.

pretty sure I have this one.

[A3n]

22 October 2019 - Skrull Infiltrator - Secret Invasion updated to not replace any Skrull

[Karat]

Thanks for hitting this