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Can a defeated hero return from the discard pile to hand or deck?

Several players in separate threads give the same answer, and no post disputes it.

  • Dante1321 · Community · 2022-12-27
  • rees263 · Community · 2022-12-27
  • jonsbane · Community · 2022-08-26
  • Dante1321 · Community · 2023-11-22
  • dakerjohn · Community · 2025-10-29

No. A hero card in the discard pile is ignored by effects that move cards from discard to hand or deck, and a hero cannot go into a hand or deck at all. Only cards that name a defeated hero, such as Fortune or Fate, bring one back.

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