Hi,

I apologize in advance if there is already a thread pertaining to the topic. i did a query but im still new to the community. anyhow. i am still unclear as to how duplicates work. my understanding is that i can play a duplicate of a character card under the active version of that character. doing this allows me keep one in play if that character were to die? also if there are counters on the character do those die with the duplicate? can i trigger abilities from both cards in one round?

Also, can i play duplicate locations, equipment, etc? if so do i have to play them in the same nature? for example if i play a location that yields a +1 to my gold and then a duplicate of that card i get +2 to my gold correct? im just still a little cloudy on how this mechanic works.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

If a card has a duplicate on it, you can discard that duplicate to save the card from being killed, discarded, or returned to hand.

The card can be a unique locaton, attachment, or character.

Duplicates themselves are blank, and have no active text, so you cannot use any text that comes from a duplicate.

If you use a duplicate to save a character, there is no reason to think you need to discard anything else on the card in play. Power, attachments, etc. all remain on the card.

thank you for the reply! so then why would one run multiples of locations in a deck if the card text has no effect? wouldnt it make more sense to run locations with similar abilities but not the same card that way your not stuck holding 3 in your hand the whole game?

Having multiple unique location sin your deck has some advantages.

For one, it increses your chances of drawing into said card.

Second, if you decide to dupe a location, you can discard the dupe to save that location should your opponent ever try to discard it.

Third, as locations are generally discarded from play, and not killed, very rarely will you ever run into the problem where you can't play a unique location because you already have a copy in your dead pile.

On the other hand, if the location isn't that important, having 3 may just take up deck space for other cards.

Of course, this isn't a problem with non-unique locations, since you can have as many in play at the same time as you want.

awesome thank you for the clarification. the whole unique and non unique text. is this referring to the house sigil on the top right hand of the card?

Drew Tuzson said:

All of the rules for duplicating cards with the same name apply to unique cards only.

so i can have multiple non unique locations in play at once and receive whatever multiplier or bonus from each of them? so if the non unique location yields +1 to gold and i have 2 on the field i would get +2 to gold?

Of course.

Although technically, you get +1 twice, not +2 (there can be a difference).

grand, thank you for the clarification.

So say I have one the new Black Hatchling in play, then attach a duplicate of it from my hand (I don't need to put it in Shadows first, right?) and then next turn I play Drogon. The passive effect of Black Hatchling kicks in and it is attached to Drogon as a duplicate, but the duplicate on Balck Hatchling is discarded, correct?

Shenanigans said:

I have a couple more duplicate related questions. Save via duplicates is now considered a triggered response yes? Does Burning Bridges now that it's back prevent saving via duplicates? Or can you still use the save because it's not a part of the printed ability of a card?

Also as a triggered effect can it be cancelled by triggered effect or response cancels like To be a Kraken or He Calls it Thinking?

Furthermore per the 1 per trigger rule assuming of course that the save can be cancelled, if I was to cancel an opponent's save via a duplicate if the opponent still has 1 last duplicate attached if he still wishes to save the character they need to do so through another means than the last duplicate yes?

Gotta get ready for all the ways Martells and Greyjoys gonna mess with me in melee games.

Freerider said:

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ktom said:

So, "on" it's the same as "printed" here? Are you sure we should read this way? Bowl of Brown ("cannot trigger its abilities") stops dupes, right?

Rogue30 said:

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ktom said:

Well, I mean if that was ruling about this plot in the past.

Rogue30 said:

Can playing a Targaryen character as a duplicate trigger the LDChambers' effect? I suppose it can, since, by the time I play the card, it is a Targaryen character. Correct?

Serazu said:

No, playing duplicate is not considered playing a character.

What about characters that come out of Shadows, then? Can they trigger LDC? I guess not, since they are not probably considered "played".

Serazu said:

Exactly.

Thanks again to all of you.

so this is a stupid question but if i have a duplicate character on the field and he has 4 power counters on the original card and then dies do the counters stay in play on the duplicate or do they go with the original card?

Drew Tuzson said:

If you have unique character A in play with duplicate B on it, when character A dies, you discard duplicate B in order to save the character. The original card never leaves play - the duplicate does. And since it was saved, it never leaves play -- and was never actually killed -- in any way. So power, attachments, etc. stay because the character never left play, leaving you no reason to do anything to it.

Consider this: there is a character versions and an attachment version of Grey Wind. Let's say you play the character and dupe it with the attachment (completely legal - playing dupes from your hand only looks for a matching card title, not card type). If using dupes meant killing the original and leaving the duplicate in play, what would you do when the original character left play, leaving the attachment version?

So keep that in mind: using a dupe to save the original character makes the card you used as the dupe leave play, not the card you played originally.

ok that makes more sense. thank you. just to clarify, it is legal to play a dupe as long as the card title is the same. you still have to pay the gold cost as well correct?