Rules FAQ

• In order to use Mace’s ability, the cost needs to be paid in full. That means you have to both stand a character and successfully remove it from the challenge. You can only pay costs with cards you control.

• On the other hand, the character you choose as the target of Mace’s ability can be controlled by any player. You can choose a character that is already standing (Ser Jaime Lannister (Core)), or a character that cannot really be removed from the challenge (for instance, if Walder Frey is attacking), as long as the character can be affected by at least one aspect of the effect.

Rules FAQ

• Event card effects engage the game state at the time they resolve. If an event card creates a lasting effect on a set of cards, only cards that are in play at the time the event card is played are eligible to be affected. Cards that enter play after the resolution of the event are not affected by its lasting effect. (See Event Cards.) Additionally, if a Dragon character leaves or enters play later in the phase, it will not raise or lower the STR of any character that was affected by The Field of Fire.

Rules FAQ

• If an effect causes a card to lose "all" of a given attribute (such as keywords, traits, or faction affiliations), that card loses each instance of each of those attributes. For instance, if an effect causes a character to "lose all keywords," that character will have no keywords (even if another effect would cause it to have multiple instances of a given keyword). (See The Word “All”.)

• If Stalwart Shields defending a challenge causes an attacking character to lose the assault keyword, any location targeted by assault in that challenge will not be knelt, unless there is another source of assault (on a non-Army character).

Rules FAQ

• You need to have fewer cards in hand than the losing opponent at the point when you trigger the reaction, not at the point when you win the challenge. For instance, if you have the same number of cards in hand as the losing opponent and you trigger Ser Barristan Selmy (FtR) first, you can then trigger Hero in the same reaction window as well.

Rules FAQ

• The word "cannot" is absolute, and cannot be countermanded by other abilities. In other words, you cannot initiate challenges even if another card would give you permission to initiate an additional challenge. (See Cannot.)

• The Crag gains 2 power as long as you control a King character, even if that character is not participating in the challenge.