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Jon Snow



Jon Snow

Unique Jon Snow



Type: Character House: Stark
Cost: 3 Strength: 2 Icons: Military, Power
Game Text:
Bastard. Night's Watch. Wildling.
Deadly.
Your Wildling characters get +1 STR.
Your Night's Watch characters gain "immune to events."
Number: 73 Set: THTW
Quantity: 3 Illustrator: Magali Villeneuve
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25 Comments

OK, he´s vulnerable to Venomous Blade (TBoBB) and other attachments. But a 3 cost 2+1 STR bicon char with deadly who is immune to events and buffs others. If Westeros Bleeds (Core) the NW isn´t harmed p.e.
... I also like the thematic and art design. Fantastic card!
Being 3 strength due to being a Wildling, isn't he immune to Venomous Blade?
VB hits characters with *printed* STR 2 or lower
Ahhh. missed that. Thanks.
    • kizerman86 likes this
from a flavor pov, I think any version of jpon after his time with the wildlings should have a disadvantage. for example, this one could say. "At the beginning of each Challenge phase, name Wildling or Night's Watch trait. Your characters with the chosen trait get +1STR, those with the other trait -1STR." It would make this card less powerful and it would reflect how jon is faced with the burden of choice between using the wildlings' power and making the watch angry or scornign the wildlings to please his brothers. He could get +1 STR then, though.
    • kizerman86 likes this
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slothgodfather
Jul 09 2013 03:35 PM

He could get +1 STR then, though.

Except if he is both traits wouldn't he get -1+1 = 0 bonus?
    • Alaka likes this
the only thing I miss is no attachments except weapon...
This card seems pretty strong to me. Even if you don't play a wildling/NW deck, the 3 str (basically) bicon with deadly and event immunity makes him find use in many Stark decks. I'm really liking this set and the artwork we've seen so far.
    • Kennit and MotoBuzzsawMF like this

Except if he is both traits wouldn't he get -1+1 = 0 bonus?


Yeah, that's what I was thinking about, that he should, because of that, get 1 more pronted strength thn...however that is idle imagination^^ He is as he is, now^^
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HouseDoUrden
Aug 13 2013 12:48 AM
I'm a sucker for any theme that is both Nedly and effective. Any thoughts on splashing Jon Snow in a Bara/NW deck using The Wall (TWoW) ?
    • BustaMazoo likes this
how would the immune to events work with cards such as Passing the Wall (AToTT) as i understand it cards in hand have no text so wouldnt have the immune to events until they hit the board, but when they do they would be immune to the event that sends them back?
(3.19) Timing of Immunity
Immunity is only considered when a triggered effect (or a passive ability) first resolves. A card cannot gain immunity to a triggered effect (or a passive ability) with a lasting duration once that effect has first resolved.
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slothgodfather
Sep 25 2013 02:23 PM
Golladan is correct. The lasting effect created by the event overrides the event immunity and they would still be returned to hand.

immune to events means the same as with harrenhal?nw-characters gain immunity to everything written in bold?

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theamazingmrg
Jun 24 2014 09:25 PM

Only immune to events.  NW characters wouldn't be immune to the kneel effect on Castellan of the Rock or other character abilities.

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MagnusLothar
Nov 07 2014 01:15 PM

Let's say Jon Snow is in play with another unique Night's Watch character.  That character dies for military claim and I attempt to play the event card, Call of the Three-Eyed Crow.  John's transferred character ability of Night's Watch characters being immune to events I understand, but with the Night's Watch character entering my dead pile would it still carry the immunity therefore preventing the effect of the event card from happening (returning character to play knelt)?

Immunities do not effect a card that is out of play, so you could complete this situation.

Let's say Jon Snow is in play with another unique Night's Watch character.  That character dies for military claim and I attempt to play the event card, Call of the Three-Eyed Crow.  John's transferred character ability of Night's Watch characters being immune to events I understand, but with the Night's Watch character entering my dead pile would it still carry the immunity therefore preventing the effect of the event card from happening (returning character to play knelt)?

Call of The Three-Eyed Crow is a response (although kind of a wieird one), so it has to be played during the response window after the character becomes moribund. However, cards that are moribund are still in play, so the character would still have the immunity at that point. This means that you can't use CotTEC to saev the character while Jon Snow is in play.

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MagnusLothar
Nov 08 2014 12:39 AM

That's what I feared, Actaeon, so I appreciate the confirmation.  

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PatrickHaynes
Nov 12 2014 05:03 PM
I don't know about that...if the event were a save I would agree with you but call of the three eyed crow triggers as a response to the character leaving play rather than a response to the character being killed. Because call of the three eyes crow doesn't actually trigger until the character is in the dead pile, it would no longer have its immunity and would this be eligible for it.
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slothgodfather
Nov 12 2014 05:49 PM

Incorrect.  There is no response window for after cards are physically moved to the out-of-play areas (Step 6), so it must be played during Step 5, while Moribund cards are still in play.  As it is still in play, the immunity is still in effect.  Granted, the text on Call is super weird, which is why there is another FAQ entry that allows this event to work "properly" by changing it's moribund status to "stays in play".

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PatrickHaynes
Nov 13 2014 06:26 PM

That's just super weird and unnecessary...I hope second editions doesn't have as much wonky timing stuff.

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FedericoFasullo
Nov 14 2014 03:08 PM

The problem is not the wonky timing stuff but game designer who doesn't know how this game works. 

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theamazingmrg
Nov 18 2014 06:20 PM

That's just super weird and unnecessary...

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game!

 

But yeah, I would imagine second edition will fix that.  Probably by changing ability templating like they have with Star Wars and Conquest.  Action, Response, and Interrupt as opposed to the mess we have now.  That way, Call of the Three-Eyed Crow would be a Response that would trigger as the player enters the dead pile, circumventing Jon Snow's ability.  Other saves would be Interrupts that trigger as the character is killed, preventing the kill and thus wouldn't bypass Jon Snow's ability.

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theamazingmrg
Nov 18 2014 06:27 PM

The problem is not the wonky timing stuff but game designer who doesn't know how this game works. 

Quite. Although in his defence, he wrote Call of the Three-Eyed Crow as it should work. It's just the bizarre moribund rules that prevent it from working!