The Scourge:
Any Phase:
Kneel The Scourge to choose 1 character. That character loses a M , an I , and a P icon until the end of the phase.
Response:
After a character loses an icon from The Scourge, choose and discard 1 card from your hand to have that character gain that icon until the end of the phase. Any player may trigger this effect.
The Brimstone: Response: After a card is discarded from an opponent's hand, choose 1 character. Until the end of the phase, that character gains or loses an icon of your choice.
With both of these cards in play under my control, is it true that any icons stripped by The Scourge can remain stripped since any cards discarded in an attempt to restore them will only allow The Brimstone's effect to re-remove them? I think so since The Brimstone isn't triggered by an effect causing discard (e.g. Corpse Lake), but by the discard itself. Thus even though the discard is a cost, it should still allow The Brimstone to be triggered.