Grey Galley

Grey Galley

Rules FAQ

  • If Grand Melee is revealed, Grey Galley's ability will let you have STR in the challenge even if you only have one defending character. It also stops unopposed challenges if your defending characters have 0 STR or do not contribute their STR to the challenge.

  • The text of Grey Galley is self-referential. One copy will not contribute 3 STR just because another copy came out of shadows that phase. It only refers to itself.

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Northern Envoy

Northern Envoy

Rules FAQ

  • The cards are revealed to all players.

  • If the opponent has fewer than 10 cards left in their deck, all of the remaining cards are revealed.

  • The reaction itself is optional, but once you trigger it, you have to choose a valid character if there is one available, even if you would prefer not to (for example, if the only valid target is Freedmen).

  • Interrupts like Alla Tyrell or Sweetrobin can be used when the cards are revealed. Any card that is "removed" from the revealed cards by those abilities is no longer available to be chosen afterwards.

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Retribution

Retribution

Rules FAQ

  • You cannot play Retribution if the character is saved.

  • You compare the number of characters after claim has already been applied.

  • If multiple characters are killed for claim, you can play multiple copies of Retribution. But you have to compare the number of characters before each one you play.

  • If a claim replacement ability is used, a character is not killed "for claim", unless that specific phrase is used. In other words, Trial by Combat would work, but The Seastone Chair would not. If a character is killed to satisfy claim outside of a challenge (for instance, with A Toast to the King), Retribution cannot be played, because there is no attacking player.

  • An attacking character is a character participating in the challenge on the attacker's side.

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Ser Gulian Qorgyle

Ser Gulian Qorgyle

Rules FAQ

  • If multiple characters are declared as attackers or defenders at the same time, Gulian can react twice. You have to say which character you are reacting to each time, but you do not have to state which icon you are removing until the cancel window has passed.

  • Removing an icon while a character is already participating in a challenge does not directly affect that challenge, but it could matter for abilities like The Red Viper (OR) or Sandstone.

  • You can choose an icon the character does not currently have.

  • In a Melee game, you can trigger Gulian even during challenges where you are not the attacking or defending player.

  • You cannot trigger Gulian when a character becomes participating in some way other than being declared as an attacker or defender (for instance, Ours is the Fury or Azor Ahai Reborn).

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The Regent's Council

The Regent's Council

Rules FAQ

  • The phrase "determine dominance" means you count STR for dominance the same way you would in the dominance phase. The winner gains 1 power, and any reactions to winning or losing dominance can be triggered.

  • The Regent's Council determines dominance while the game is still in the challenges phase. Cards like Edric Storm (LoCR) or Fiery Followers cannot be triggered. Abilities that specifically refer to the dominance phase (such as Flea Bottom Bastard) do not apply, but abilities that refer to dominance itself (such as Nagga's Ribs) do.

  • The dominance phase still happens as normal later in the round.

  • Northern Encampment can stand if you won dominance at least one time. You do not need to win it every time it is determined during the round.

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