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Must the creature or Villain named on an Encounter card be in play for its trigger to work?
The designer answered this directly, and the thread agrees.
No. The named creature or Villain matters only for setup, when it is shuffled into the stack. The trigger text on the Encounter card applies every turn from the start, and the Encounter does not need its named Creature in play.
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