Ravens from the Citadel

1.1K April 2nd, 2020 update: April fools! The below FAQ was an April fools joke! None of the rules below are correct. Official FAQ for Game of Thrones: The card game second edition. As the game begins a new chapter, we have collected a set of questions recently asked to FFG that will presumably not be appearing in any official FAQ update. These represent clarifications or, at times, changes in how we’re interpreting the rules, and as such we felt it important to provide them to the community. With these questions settled we are excited to take our first steps into the future of the game! Proof reading and contributing editor: The Archmaester of Rules The Wall TMoWThe Wall (TMoW) The Night's Watch Location Plot deck limit: 3. The North. Each character you control gains the affiliation and loses all other faction affiliations.
Action: Kneel The Wall to choose an opponent. Put an eligible character of that player’s choice from his or her discard pile into play under your control. The March on Winterfell #26

• Cards in your hand, discard and dead pile also gain the NW affiliation. (This does not affect cards removed from the game) A player controls the cards located in his or her out of play game areas (such as the hand, deck, discard pile, and dead pile).  (Source)

***** Time of PlentyTime of Plenty Neutral Plot Income: 6. Initiative: 1. Claim: 1. Reserve: 7. Plot deck limit: 2. Summer. Increase the number of cards each player draws in the draw phase by 1. Lions of Casterly Rock #51 / The Shield IslandsThe Shield Islands House Tyrell Location Plot deck limit: 3. The Reach. Increase the number of cards each player draws in the draw phase by 1. Kings of the Isles #38

• Time of Plenty and The Shield Islands increases the number of cards drawn by card effects triggered in the draw phase by 1

***** Heir to the Iron ThroneHeir to the Iron Throne Neutral Plot Income: 4. Initiative: 1. Claim: 1. Reserve: 6. Plot deck limit: 2. Kingdom. When Revealed: Search the top 10 cards of your deck for a Lord or Lady character and put it into play. Shuffle your deck. Then, sacrifice a Lord or Lady character. Kings of the Isles #48

• You must sacrifice a Lord or Lady even if you don’t find a Lord or Lady in the top 10 cards of your deck to put into play.

***** The ArborThe Arbor House Tyrell Location Plot deck limit: 3. House Redwyne. Limited.
+3 Income. No Middle Ground #64

• You can duplicate The Arbor on setup

***** At the GatesAt the Gates Neutral Plot Income: 4. Claim: 1. Reserve: 7. Plot deck limit: 2. City. Kingdom. When Revealed: Search your deck for a limited location with printed cost 1 or lower, reveal it, and add it to your hand (put it into play instead if there are no City plot cards in your used pile). Shuffle your deck. At the Gates #20

• When you put a limited location into play, it counts as your Limited for the round

***** Forced MarchForced March (SoD) Neutral Plot Income: 4. Initiative: 9. Claim: 1. Reserve: 5. Plot deck limit: 2. Edict. War. When Revealed: Each opponent kneels 1 character he or she controls with a icon. Then, you may kneel a character with a icon to initiate this effect again. Sands of Dorne #48

• In a melee game, If any of your opponents lacks a character with the military challenge icon to kneel, then the plot effect cannot initiate due to the lack of the if able clause.

***** This Must Be Answered Fiercely!This Must Be Answered Fiercely! House Tyrell Event Plot deck limit: 3. Reaction: After 3 or more characters are declared as attackers in a challenge against you, search your deck for a character and put it into play. Shuffle your deck. Someone Always Tells #104

• You can play this event any time 3 characters have been declared as attackers and you are one of the participating players whether it be defending or attacking.

***** Ser Waymar RoyceSer Waymar Royce The Night's Watch Character Plot deck limit: 3. Knight. Ranger. No attachments except Weapon.
Interrupt: When Ser Waymar Royce is killed, discard 1 card at random from each opponent’s hand. Core Set #128

• You can trigger his interrupt first and then next trigger Maester Aemon’s interrupt to save him.

***** The Faith MilitantThe Faith Militant Neutral Agenda Plot deck limit: 1. The Seven. Non-The Seven characters and locations you control cannot gain power.
Reaction: After you win a challenge, kneel your faction card to move 1 power from the losing opponent’s faction card to a participating The Seven character you control. The Faith Militant #99

• Power cannot be moved to a character without the Seven trait

***** Scouting VesselScouting Vessel House Greyjoy Location Plot deck limit: 3. Warship. Interrupt: When a character you control discards a card using pillage, kneel and sacrifice Scouting Vessel to discard 3 cards instead. Kings of the Isles #20

• As cards are pillaged 1 at a time, each pillage has its own separate triggering condition. Therefore, if you have a Scouting Vessel on the board, you can trigger its interrupt on the first card pillaged due to that Scouting Vessel.

***** TitheTithe Neutral Event Plot deck limit: 3. Action: Kneel a neutral character to gain 2 gold. Wolves of the North #45

• You cannot play Tithe if your opponent does not have a character for you to kneel. Kneeling is a cost, and thus you must kneel your opponent’s character to gain the two gold.

***** The Iron Throne LMHRThe Iron Throne (LMHR) Neutral Location Plot deck limit: 3. Contested. King's Landing. Reaction: After a phase begins, kneel The Iron Throne to name a card. Until the end of the phase, that card cannot be marshaled, played, or put into play. Long May He Reign #117

• You must be able to say the card’s name in full, in the language of the player playing the card, properly pronounced
• In melee, you must say the card in all languages spoken at the table
• You must specify the set number of the card you are referring to if the card has multiple versions

***** Knights of the Hollow HillKnights of the Hollow Hill Neutral Agenda Plot deck limit: 1. You cannot place cards during setup. Your other cards do not provide a gold bonus.
+3 Income. +2 Initiative. +1 Reserve. City of Secrets #39

• Only a Sith deals in absolutes. The player cannot gain gold only if they are a Sith lord.

***** Tears of LysTears of Lys Neutral Event Plot deck limit: 3. Poison. Reaction: After you win an challenge as the attacking player, place a poison token on a character without an icon controlled by the losing opponent. At the end of the phase, if that character still has the poison token, remove it and kill that character. (Max 1 per challenge.) Core Set #44 / Fear Cuts Deeper Than SwordsFear Cuts Deeper Than Swords House Stark Event Plot deck limit: 3. Interrupt: When the effects of an ability that chooses a character you control as its only target would initiate, cancel those effects and stand that character. Called to Arms #22

• You cannot cancel Tears of Lys with Fear Cuts Deeper Than Swords. Tears of Lys does not target the character, but does target the player that controls that character. They must make a DC 20 Will save or become Enraged at the templating. This DC is doubled if you say “best kill spell in the game!” as an additional cost to playing Tears.

***** No SurprisesNo Surprises House Stark Event Plot deck limit: 3. Action: Reveal your hand (of at least 1 card). Then, until the end of the phase, each opponent cannot play events or bring cards out of shadows. City of Secrets #22

• Bringing a card out of shadows is not the same as putting a card into play from shadows. No Surprise does not prevent a card effect that puts a card into play from shadows. And neither of those is playing a card from shadows. Returning a card to shadows, though, now that’s the same thing as putting a card into shadows from play, even though bringing a card out of shadows and putting a card into play from shadows are different… I think? Wait, are we sure that’s true? Or was I thinking of playing and put into play? Why do we even have these special terms for shadows? Is it because of that stupid crest that doesn’t have any actual game effect but is just there to confuse the piss out of everybody? I mean why go through all the trouble of putting some fancy crest on a card if it literally has no meaning?! What nihilist is in charge of templating around here?!? I don’t know, just remember that No Surprises either does or does not stop you from putting a card into play from your opponent’s shadows, or something. I’m going to go lie down.

***** General Rules Errata

• After a long and fruitful discussion with Tony Makos, all card effects are considered to have “limit 0 times per phase”.