CoE weekly Rulings/Clarifications 5

1. Re: Caverns Unchoked: "...This site is never discarded or returned to its location deck..." While this site is on the table...does it get to untap, and am I able to revisit it? (the site..

*** A site do not untap unless it or a card affecting it says so otherwise. (ie. Durin's Ring, Fireworks, Mallorn, etc.)

2. Players may include more than one copy of havens in their site deck. does this mean that if i have a company at the same haven as my opponent, I can move an agent to that haven by using a second copy of the haven in question?

*** Yes, if it is an elven agent.

3. After having played Umagaur the Pale or Buthrakaur the Green, I can play *any* non-unique troll hazards not counting against the hazard limit. Any means they don't even have to be keyable right? I can throw Trolls from the Mountains at my opponent after having played Um or Buth even if he/she didn't go through three wildernesses?

*** Yes and yes. And are these trolls considered to be keyed to shadow-hold? (Which means they're detainment against minions?) *** No. They're not keyed to anything thus they are a normal attack versus a minion opponent.

4. Does the 36 mind limitation affect agents in minion player's deck? I suppose so, but what if I play an agent in starting company with Open to Summons? Does it still count towards the limitation?

*** The 36 agent mind limitation affects all player alignments. It affects the deck construction, therefore it refers to all agents in the play deck. For clarity, the definition of "play deck" is: resources, hazards, sideboard, character draft, AND characters pre-assigned to be included in the deck regardless of the draft outcome.

5. Can I influence Aragorn away using Strider to reduce his mind resistance to 0 as if I used Aragorn?

*** No. (One of Ichabod's rulings as witnessed by Josh Grace)

6. Does playing Return of the King tap a site, even if played in the site phase?

*** No.

7. When assigning excess strikes where the number of excess strikes exceeds the number of characters, must the excess strikes be assigned as evenly as possible among the characters or can they all be assigned to one character?

*** No. You can assign/distribute them however you wish. It's in the rulebook, not the CRF.

8. a) Suppose my opponent has a haz limit 2 company. I play withered lands (Doors already in play) and 2or3 tribes (of drakes). This uses up my hazard haz limit. Even though I've used up limit, I can play unlimited drakes since they do not count against haz limit, right? b) Suppose my opponent has a haz limit 2 company. I play 2 hazards. I then wish to use Daelomin at Home or Power Built to increase the haz limit. Since both cards state they do not count against the limit to use, can I discard/tap them to increase the haz limit after I have already reached the "pre-existing" haz limit or must I tap the limit increasers b4 i reach the "pre-existing" hazard limit? c) Can I play pierced by many wounds after I have reached the hazard limit (including onguard play) or must I play it b4 the limit is reached even though PBMW doesn't count against limit?

*** (Chad Martin graciously and correctly answered): Basically, with all these questions, you're asking if running out of the hazard limit is the end of anything that the hazard player can do. The answer is no. Reaching the hazard limit means you can't play anything that counts toward the hazard limit. If you subsequently increase the hazard limit, good job, play more hazards. The only difference here is playing a hazard whose text reads "Does not count against the hazard limit" on guard DOES count against the hazard limit.