By the way, as silly as it is, Escape is not playable on a character or an attack. You can use it to wound your own character without an attack. The attack cancellation cannot be declared (active conditions not met), but the wounding can be declared and resolved. This is an effect and so is not prev...

Wow, so much going on here. But first things first - Govern the Storms. Magic. Sorcery . Cancel all hazard effects for the rest of the turn that: force a sorcery-using character's company to return to its site of origin or would tap its current or new site. Unless he is a Ringwraith, the sorcery usi...

Even Align Palantir's wording "Sage only if a Palantir is in his company." is merely a condition that looks for an available sage at declaration and resolution. I read Align Palantir as have different playability conditions than Focus Palantir. Which is why Align Palantir needs to have th...

What's your favorite DC card and why is it Backpack? Backpack is great because you aren't stuck with the minor item that you normally choose before seeing your opponent's deck. You could just tap the bearer and get Healing Herbs (DCE: don't tap character), Star-glass (DCE: don't tap character), even...

Nico, did you see this one?

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Cards are only ever playable on/by/at one entity. there is ample evidence for cards that are "played by" one entity and "played on" another. A great example: Focus Palantir. I'm not saying it's not weird, but it is possible. Spies Feared is another that even says "Scout or ...

You stated that Trickery "is playable on attack." But if you read the card you'll notice that it is not. Probably I would see something different than you are seeing. I do not see "Playable on" phrase. And only action that can result from the card (beside dice-roll) operates on ...

Trickery is Scout only=Can only be played by characters with the Scout skill but is playable on attack. So why not "can only be played by characters with the Diplomat skill. Can only be played by characters with the Scout skill. playable on a scout facing an attack."? If you quoted Tricke...

NOTE - THIS THREAD IS FROM 2018 You all voted 48 YES to just 4 NO. I'm just here to bring up a relevant official ruling that appears to have been overlooked. Good news, the votes are ICE approved. It is the game state that matters, not whether a particular card left play. I wonder who voted NO. The ...

If an out of play target were made to be an active condition of the action then wouldn't the card need to be named and the particular out of play deck/area checked at declaration? This would remove any surprises from Mouth of Sauron and Smoke Rings. I think the rules are fine as is. Cards specifical...

Even if that is how the rules work, I don't think it was intentional to make Ruse require both skills. Do you think it was intentional to require both a Diplomat and a Scout in the company to play Ruse? "(Foo) only" cards can only be played by characters with the (foo) skill" (CRF rul...

Let's do Drowning Seas first as it is more fun. Environment . Playable on a company that moved this turn to a site with a Coastal Sea [ [-me_cs-] ] in its site path. Target company loses one item of its choice and its player must randomly discard two cards from his hand. Alternatively, if Doors of N...

I see no issue with Rats. The options can be conditionally declared. With Drowning Seas, perhaps the resource player would need to randomly select the 2 cards from their hand at declaration. I see no issue there. Annotation 27 : If a card has optional effects, the player playing the card must choose...

As for Ahunt Dragons. I think they are not a valid target to be specified for "the creature's card" despite the fact that their attacks are hazard creature attacks. Just because a long-event card creates a hazard creature attack that is the active condition for Riddling Talk does not mean ...

I remember opening several packs of The Dragons and pulling out this card, reading it line by line, getting to the end and then thinking "wait, what does this card actually do?" And then I read it again, and again. This card has been in the back of my mind for a bit. I am trying to reconci...