Does Diana No Longer Human get +2 from being brought back by Heedless Resurrection?
Ruling
No, Diana, No Longer Human does not receive the +2 Might bonus from her ability when she is brought back by Heedless Resurrection.
Reasoning
- Definition of "Play": In Riftbound, "playing" a card refers to the process of moving it from a non-board zone to the board. Diana's ability specifically triggers "When you play a spell."
- Heedless Resurrection is the Spell: When you play Heedless Resurrection, you are playing a spell. If Diana were already on the board, she would trigger her ability upon the resolution of Heedless Resurrection.
- Diana is the Target: When Heedless Resurrection resolves, it moves Diana from the trash to the board. This is a game action (moving a unit to the board), not the act of "playing a spell." Because Diana is being moved to the board as the effect of a spell, she is not being "played" as a spell herself, nor does her entry into play constitute the act of playing a spell.
- Trigger Condition: Diana's ability reads: "When you play a spell, give me +2 [S] this turn." Since the act of bringing her back from the trash is not the act of playing a spell, her ability does not trigger from that specific event.
Summary of the Sequence
- You play Heedless Resurrection (a spell).
- If Diana were already on the board, she would trigger her ability at this point because you played a spell.
- Heedless Resurrection resolves. As part of its effect, it moves Diana from the trash to the board.
- Diana enters the board. Because she is entering via a spell effect and not being "played" as a spell, her ability does not trigger.
Note: I could not fully verify this ruling against the retrieved rules.