Yes, it does mean she’s immune to stuff I’ve been using on her, like Divine Focus, Gene-Bound Shackles, and Vicious Cyclone, but the tradeoff… is worth it.
This really makes Chairman a lot easier, as it turns out the Operative is vulnerable to a lot of things… including;
Chastise, Zealous Offense, Wrest the Mind, and End of Days.
So I just got out of a game, Fanatic was definitely MVP. I didn’t even realize until after the game that End of Days would kill the operative, even though I actually played it on turn 2 to get rid of a bunch of minions.
I don’t think you can bump her Into the Stratosphere, because I’m inclined to say she’s not actually a “villan card” either, but that could be pretty cool =p.
While I fully agree that your current assessment is correct, Christopher has already said that End of Days needs errata, to correct the “you can choose the order and if you choose End of Days first, it stops” problem. I have little doubt that once it’s errata-ed/corrected by enhanced edition, it will say “other than character cards”.
It’s right up there with using Into the Stratosphere to remove Spite’s Drugs. Is it legal right this second? Sure. Is it likely to stay that way? I doubt it.
If you want to be really picky about it, you can also Into the Stratosphere the Safe House. What happens then?
I would say that indestructible things shouldn’t be removed from play by any other effect, but that makes Advanced Matriarch even more horrifying than she already is (in theory… one I’m not about to test any time soon).
To be sure, The Operative is not immune to Vicious Cyclone. But, as she is immune to the effect of Gene-Bound Shackles, she won’t always make the best Vicious Cyclone target.
Not sure if this was answered somewhere before but since we are talking about The Operative. When playing as Mister Fixer, does he get the extra 1 damage when he hits The Operative. Also, when the The Operative deals damage to Mr Fixer, does she gets the extra 1 damage as well.
I think chwineka is right here. He must get the damage bonus, because she has his symbol. No, she’s not the villain card, but she still counts as “The Organization”, perhaps.
“… all damage dealt to each other is increased by 1, but not damage to targets other than specifically the hero and villan character cards” (emphasis mine).
Any card with the nemesis symbol on it would get the nemesis bonus. It’ll probably have to be added into the Infernal Relics rulebook and the enhanced edition rulebook stating it, seeing as they didn’t catch it for Rook City’s rulebook.