I just placed a few Varys (TGM) cards in my Lannister deck, and I was wondering how his unusual Shadows play affects duplicates.
Specifically, if I remove Varys from Shadows and place a duplicate on him, what happens to the duplicate when I trigger his response and send him back into Shadows?
It will be discarded. The duplicate is a titles textless card (once its a dupe) one the card its duping is removed (and varys will be as part of the cost of his effect) its going the way of the discard pile. If you tried to stop varys going to shadows with the dupe his effect would fail as the cost has not been paid.
And because it bears repeating: you cannot even try to save a card that leaves play for paying a cost (whether or not "cannot be saved" is specified), because it becomes moribund during step 1 (initiation), so it's too late to save it during step 2 (save/cancel).
Khudzlin said:
And because it bears repeating: you cannot even try to save a card that leaves play for paying a cost (whether or not "cannot be saved" is specified), because it becomes moribund during step 1 (initiation), so it's too late to save it during step 2 (save/cancel).