yesterday we were playing a 3 way game using just core decks

The battler was between Targaryen , Stark and Martell with Stark victors with 15 power and probabl the beat battle we have had

One card was questionsed yesterday called ' A Pinch of Powder ' and it's use. I think i understand the shadow mechanics and when/ how to bring the cards into play but having read this particular card we could not work out any discernable benefits or negatives when playing the card. I hvae read the context numerous times now and still dont understand when/ how this should be used and can only conclude that maybe it is used with a lot or event card ?

Can somebody please advise ?

Many thanks

Hi !

For the answer, this card seems to me really interesting. On use I see for this is a anti-renown card. You put that on a renown character and when you win a intrigue or power challenge, you remove some power from you're ennemy. Just this, it's pretty interesting, no ? One other use is for big, costly characters, or with some attachments on him. He must now buy it again (and no other characters he want to put this turn).

That's how I see things. Hope it will be helpfull !

Calepin said:

Thanks , at work at the moment so i will wait till i have the card in front to see if this makes more sense, i think i understand what you are saying but just need to make sure. Many thanks though for the extremely quick response.

A pinch of powder is played (from shadows) on an opponent's expensive character, a character in which he has invested many attachments, or a character that has claimed a lot of power or might be a great threat to you in your next challenge phase.

All you have to do is win an int or pow challenge by 3 or more strength, and you force that character back to his hand; discarding all it's attachments, accumulated power, and forcing him to pay the full cost to play it again next marshalling phase (or even risk it getting discarded in your follow-up intrigue challenge). You even have the option of paying 3 influence to put Pinch back into shadows to re-use it again.

It's also versatile; if your own character has some detrimental attachments or you're expecting a valar next plot phase you could potentially use it to bounce your own character back to hand.

I'm not sure where your confusion arrises from; the card is quite explicit in it's wording.

-Istaril said:

This makes alot of sense, fundementall its a card that becomes more useful as the game has progressed . I get it now

Thanks

~Mostly I think it's so I can always feel like I'm playing against Maester_LUke, even when I'm not.

radiskull said:

ktom said:

Especially if he's drawn in facial hair.