G'Day,

is the cancelling effect by discarding a hand for only one player or for all players?

Example:

There are three players. According to Narrow Escape all three would get their characters back. If one of them drops his or her hand would all three not get the characters, or one specified by the dropping player (Of course other players may also drop to cancel effect for another player)?

I'm asking this due to the wording "opponent" and "this effect", that might be interpretated as related to "owner's" in the sentence before. Thus there is not one, but several "effects" (one per player) which let them get their characters back, and "opponents" may cancel them.

Yeah, if any opponent discards his or her hand the entire effect is cancelled, meaning no one gets their characters back.

More to the point, "cancel" is an all-or-none mechanic. If you cancel an effect, you cancel the entire effect. You cannot cancel part of an effect or cancel it for one player but not another.

Thanks for all answers.

I often forget that there is a joust format, there this card is much more powerfull even according to the all-effect cancelled usage.