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King Balon's Host



King Balon's Host

Unique King Balon's Host



Type: Character House: Greyjoy
Cost: 8 Strength: 8 Icons: Military, Power
Game Text:
Army. Ironborn.
No attachments except Siege.
Lower the cost to play King Balon's Host by 4 if you control a King or Queen character.
While King Balon's Host is standing, opponent's characters lose all non-immunity keywords.
Crest: War
Number: 5 Set: TWot5K
Quantity: 1 Illustrator: Adam Pilkington
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12 Comments

Hi to everyone!
A simple question : If an opponent's character gains a keyword(stealth,vengeful,etc.) from another card does he-she has the keyword while king balon's host standing or not?
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ShadowcatX2000
May 02 2013 09:40 PM
No he does not.
Right now the current interpretation of lose all X means to lose one instance of each X. So if the character has stealth twice, it would still have stealth with Balon's Host standing. (Ex: Arianne Martell being given stealth with Lost Oasis).
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This is not to be confused with blanking a card, since blanking a card does not remove the gained text through something like Lost Oasis or I'm You Writ Small. This card would remove those keywords, except if, as agktmte has pointed out, you have more than one of a singular keyword.

I hope they clarify these effects in the upcoming FAQ.
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ShadowcatX2000
May 03 2013 01:46 PM

Right now the current interpretation of lose all X means to lose one instance of each X. So if the character has stealth twice, it would still have stealth with Balon's Host standing. (Ex: Arianne Martell being given stealth with Lost Oasis).


Actually, unless the ruling has been reversed, lose all X means lose one instance of each X, BUT, loose all X except Y means loose all copies of X forever.
And you'd think this type of rule would be simple. If I were ruling FFG, I'd say make them work the same way for consistencies sake and for the sanity of our player base.
Can you give an example of "lose all X except Y?"
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ShadowcatX2000
May 03 2013 03:31 PM

Can you give an example of "lose all X except Y?"


"Lose all non-immunity keywords."
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ShadowcatX2000
May 03 2013 03:32 PM

And you'd think this type of rule would be simple. If I were ruling FFG, I'd say make them work the same way for consistencies sake and for the sanity of our player base.


I agree, and in a game full of stupid timing restrictions and equally stupid rulings, I think this would probably make my top 5.
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FlokiTheBadRach
Sep 23 2013 07:41 PM
So, this card still only eliminate 1 keyword.
So if my opponent character gains an extra keyword, like if he/she has aChella, Daughter of Cheyk (Core), with Casterly Rock (LotR) in play, he/she will still be able to bypass my defense?
I mean, cmon, the Host says Lose "ALL"..., I know it can mean each type of Keywords, but IMO "ALL" is mandatory just like "CANNOT"
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slothgodfather
Sep 23 2013 08:16 PM
FAQ states that lose all means 1 of each.
(4.21) Losing/Gaining "all" Traits or Keywords
If a card gains or loses "all traits," it gains or
loses 1 instance of each trait in the game. If a
card gains or loses "all keywords," it gains or
loses 1 instance of each keyword in the game.

Since this is from the FAQ and not just the forums/email rulings, there really is no room for argument.

When there are 5 options on a menu and you ask for all items on the menu... what do you get? Infinity x 5? No, you get 1 of each. ;)
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dayvisson3008
Jul 23 2017 03:12 PM

This is my top 1 "king's army" of this cycle and one of the best of all times. Getting rid of Stealth and Deadly alone is huge both for offense or defense.