Legend · Green · RAM 2

Jackie Welles: Mama's Favorite

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Playable in Go Solo

Go Solo (Pay this Legend's cost to play it as a ready Unit. It can attack this turn. If it leaves the field, remove it from the game.)
If a friendly Unit would be defeated, you may spend 1 €$ to defeat this Legend instead. (Remove it from the game.)

How this card works

The line that matters most is the protection. If a friendly Unit would be defeated, you may pay 1 Eddie to defeat this Legend instead, which removes Jackie from the game. It works from the Legends area as well as the field, so you only need him face-up - you don't have to play him.

That is insurance for expensive Units such as Saul Bright: Stormrider, an 8-cost, 14-power Unit whose loss would set you back a whole turn. If you do want a body, 6 Eddies with Go Solo give you a ready 8-power Unit that can attack the turn it arrives.

The rulings add that the saved Unit's Defeated effect doesn't trigger, because it was never defeated. Once Jackie is a Unit on the field, he can also take the hit in his own place. Each use costs 1 Eddie. You can't run him with Jackie Welles: Pour One Out For Me, and he brings 2 Green RAM.