0 cost cards

By Kako K., in Rules questions & answers

Hi,

just got a quick question about those 0 cost cards.

Let´s assume I´m playing with three lore heroes. Is it possible to put some o cost cards from other spheres into my deck and play them? Or do I need their resourcesymbol to play them even if they cost 0?

Thanks alot!

Rulebook, p.12:

Cards with a cost of zero do not require a resource to

be spent in order to pay their cost, but they do require
at least one hero under that player’s control to have a
resource icon that matches the card’s sphere.

Thank you. Must have missed that passage!

This might be a good time to note some nuances:

- A Good Harvest does not help you to play 0-cost off-sphere cards, since you are not actually spending any resources to play them.

- Similarly, hero Elrond cannot play a 0-cost off-sphere ally, e.g., Dunedain Hunter. (I guess this even applies if Elrond is paired with Spirit Theoden, and you try to play a Snowbourn Scout as your first Rohan ally without any Leadership heroes, or similar Grima shenanigans...)

- Hero Gandalf can play 0-cost off-sphere cards, but only off the top of the deck.