The Dornish Wars

House Martell. Loyal.
Plot. Income: 4. Initiative: 6. Claim: 1. Reserve: 5. Plot deck limit: 1.

Legacy. War.

Each character an opponent controls cannot gain challenge icons.

Reaction: After you win a challenge, choose a character controlled by the losing opponent. Until the end of the phase, that character loses a challenge icon of your choice. (Limit twice per phase.)

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Winter's Kings #108.

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The Dornish Wars
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Rules FAQ

  • The constant ability prevents characters from gaining any instance of any challenge icon, even if the overall calculation for that character having (or not having) that icon would not change.

  • Any constant abilities or lasting effects (even pre-existing ones) causing characters to gain challenge icons cease to apply in that part while the constant ability of The Dornish Wars is active. For instance, a character with Ser Pounce attached will not gain an icon, but it will still not kneel when declared as an attacker in an challenge. Similarly, The Prince's Plan can still be played to give a character +STR and a challenge icon, but the character will not actually gain the challenge icon while The Dornish Wars is active. However, If The Dornish Wars later becomes blank or leaves play, the character will then gain the icon you chose when The Prince's Plan was played. (See previous ruling on a similar interaction.)

  • You cannot trigger any ability that would fail to change the game state due to the constant ability of The Dornish Wars (for instance, Edric Dayne (Core) or Selyse Baratheon (Core)). In other words, an ability has to do something other than just cause a character to gain a challenge icon (for instance, Syrio Forel, Varamyr Sixskins, Bran Stark (OR), Nymeria Sand (TRtW), etc.). (See previous ruling on a similar interaction.)

  • A character that cannot gain challenge icons is not a valid target for "Off To Gulltown". But you can still target a character controlled by the player who has The Dornish Wars revealed, and draw 1 card.

  • A character that is immune to the effects of The Dornish Wars can still gain challenge icons and cannot be targeted with the reaction (for instance, Arya Stark while Septa Mordane is in play).

  • A character "gains" a challenge icon whenever a card effect specifically uses that phrase. If a character stops losing a challenge icon (for instance, due to an effect like Confinement expiring), that character is not considered to have "gained" that icon.

  • A character is considered to have a challenge icon or to not have that icon. A single character that has and/or is gaining the same challenge icon from multiple sources functions as if it has one instance of that icon. (See Challenge Icons.)

  • You can choose any icon, even if the chosen character currently has no instances of that icon.

  • If you remove an icon that would cause the only remaining defender not to contribute its STR to the challenge in which The Red Viper (OR) is attacking, it will not retroactively make the challenge unopposed.

  • You can trigger reactions like Sandstone in the same reaction window, after you have triggered The Dornish Wars.

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