Apocalypse Automaton (Red)

You may only target heroes with Apocalypse Automaton. You cannot target anything other than heroes.

If an effect requires you to target something other than a hero (e.g. Arc Light Sentinel), Apocalypse Automaton ignores that requirement because it cannot target anything other than a hero.

If an effect restricts you from targeting a hero (e.g. an effect that says “hero can not be targeted this turn.”), Apocalypse Automaton can not target that hero.

You may choose to target 0 opposing heroes. If you do, the combat chain closes because there are no valid attack targets, and Apocalypse Automaton is cleared and goes to the graveyard.

Damage for each target hero is calculated separately, based on the defending cards that have been declared for that hero.

If you attack 2 or more heroes using Apocalypse Automaton, during the Defend step each hero in clockwise order declares the defending cards for themselves, starting with the player left of the attacker. Once a player has declared defending cards for themselves, players in clockwise order may add defending cards (e.g. with Protect), and then you move onto the next player declaring defending cards for themselves etc.

If an effect would trigger for Apocalypse Automaton dealing damage or hitting a hero, it triggers for each hero it deals damage to or hits. E.g. If you play Pummel on Apocalypse Automaton, each hero hit would discard a card.