Marvel Munchkin: Queue-ful of Questions Q3: Mind Gem + Secret Wars?

[tyr4n02r]

Hello all. A series of Marvel Core rules to check. Q1 was posted in the main forums, but I thought they'd be more appropriate here. Admins feel free to move any as necessary. I'm not (intentionally?) spamming, just trying to maintain them on different posts. On to the question:

~ Mind Gem + Secret Wars: Mind Gem, which can force someone to help me in a fight if I discard 3 cards and they get a first pick of a treasure. I got trapped with Secret Wars, saying I can not ask for help until I go up a level. Can I use Mind Gem while under this trap?

Thanks in advance for the help, thanks to any and all parties involved who made this set happen.