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Wolves of the North



  • Type: Character
  • Faction: Stark (Loyal)
  • Cost: 5
  • Icons: Military
  • Strength: 3
  • Direwolf.
  • No attachments. Stealth.
    Reaction: After Wolves of the North bypasses a character using stealth, that character gets -X STR until the end of the phase. X is the number of Direwolf cards you control.
  • Quantity: 1
  • Number: 6
  • Illustrator: Cristi Balanescu
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18 Comments

If you have multiples of this card out, can you bypass the same character twice for a bigger strength drop?

This card really isn't as bad as people make it out to be. It combos well with Grey Wind to lower a character's strength down low enough for the kill. To answer a question that was asked earlier I'm pretty sure these would stack if you had multiple.

I didn't know people were making it out to be bad. It definitely has its uses, even without the Greywind combo. 

Who is making it out as bad?  I think its pretty good.

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Kitescreech
May 25 2016 10:14 PM

If these make a character have 0 str, do they die?

If these make a character have 0 str, do they die?

no, the only way they would die is if your opponent has has Blood of the Dragon plot card in play. or Greywind kneels to nom someone 1 or 2 str
and since Wolves of the North is a NON-UNIQUE character, you are able to trigger 2 or 3 of them on one character making them -3/-6/-9 or just -3 on 3 different opponents.

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MagnusLothar
May 26 2016 06:44 AM
The burn is not terminal. If this card wasn't loyal then Targ-Wolf decks would become quite scary.
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LoneElfRanger
May 26 2016 06:47 PM

The burn is not terminal. If this card wasn't loyal then Targ-Wolf decks would become quite scary.

Nothing to worry about; Wolves of the North are Loyal to Stark.
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MagnusLothar
May 26 2016 07:42 PM

Wolves of the North are Loyal to Stark.


...which was my point: "If this card WASN'T loyal".
    • FedericoFasullo likes this

"Dogs and dragons, living together. Mass hysteria!"

    • FedericoFasullo likes this

Quick question (I didn't find the rule in the references right now): Stealth can be applied to non-eligible characters? I mean who don't have the item of the challenge?

Quick question (I didn't find the rule in the references right now): Stealth can be applied to non-eligible characters? I mean who don't have the item of the challenge?

 

You can stealth past a character that doesn't have a Military icon, but you cannot stealth past a character that has stealth himself.

kk, thx! Is that actually written somewhere in the references or is that just "common" knowledge? ^^

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LoneElfRanger
Jul 28 2016 03:13 PM

kk, thx! Is that actually written somewhere in the references or is that just "common" knowledge? ^^

It's just in the way it's worded.

 

These icons appear on most character cards and indicate which challenge types the character may be declared for as an attacker or defender.
 
 
Stealth is a keyword ability. When a player initiates a challenge, for each character with stealth he or she declares as an attacker, that player may choose one character without stealth controlled by the defending player. Each chosen character is considered bypassed by stealth, and cannot be declared as a defender for that challenge.

 

So,

 

1) Challenge icons only affect whether or not a character can be declared as an attacher or defender in a particular challenge. Nothing in the rulebook says that you cannot stealth past a characher that doesn't have a corresponding icon. Also note that nothing prevents a character without icons from participating in a challenge (via methods other than being declared as an attacker or defender, i.e. via card abilities, e.g. Wardens of the North).

 

2) The rules for Stealth explicitly state that you can choose to bypass a character without the Stealth keyword.

Alright, thx. I find it a bit odd though, cause the point of stealthing smne is to prevent him or her to defend, basically, no. But well, of course you can sneak by anyone to get to the king and slay him. ^^ So thematically I guess that's alright...

Alright, thx. I find it a bit odd though, cause the point of stealthing smne is to prevent him or her to defend, basically, no. But well, of course you can sneak by anyone to get to the king and slay him. ^^ So thematically I guess that's alright...

 

Sometimes a character can gain a military icon only after you've declared attackers and stealth (e.g. Nymeria Sand, Syrio ForelPractice Blade), and can still be declared as a defender. So preemptively stealthing past them makes sense.

    • ArinRahl likes this

Sometimes a character can gain a military icon only after you've declared attackers and stealth (e.g. Nymeria Sand, Syrio ForelPractice Blade), and can still be declared as a defender. So preemptively stealthing past them makes sense.

 

true.