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Rule 5: While characters cannot be killed in the middle of a Phase, 'negative' (damaging/destroying/hindering/misdirecting) triggers ignore mortally wounded and pending destroy characters. Also, Secrets abort if their specific target is mortally wounded, pending destroy or they otherwise cannot meaningfully trigger. However, 'beneficial' (healing/buffing) triggers count mortally wounded, and AoE effects count mortally wounded.
Rule 5b: For the purposes of 'if it survives'/'if that kills it' effects, mortally wounded and pending destroy Characters are considered to not have survived/to hav…