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Can I keep the Weapon or Defense cards I played after winning a battle?

The rulebook's battle resolution rules say winners may keep played cards, and the designer acknowledged the confusion with special cards.

  • Dune rulebook · Rulebook · Battle Resolution
  • Horizon1 · Community · 2021-05-18
  • abredon · Community · 2021-12-02
  • zurn · Community · 2019-09-26
  • The Warp · Designer · 2021-05-20

Yes for ordinary weapons and defenses: the winner may keep or discard cards played. Cards whose text says to discard after use, Cheap Heroes and most other special cards must be discarded, and the loser discards everything played. The designer acknowledged the rulebook and the card text can confuse people here.

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