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What does 'immune to player card effects' stop?

Several players across two threads agree on the targeting rule, but the encounter-deck point rests on analogy.

  • GPD123 · Community · 2026-03-19
  • picklethehutt · Community · 2026-07-22
  • Dante1321 · Community · 2024-03-07
  • picklethehutt · Community · 2024-03-07

It stops player card effects that target the immune card, such as direct damage or a Black Arrow aimed at it, so Bard cannot lower Smaug's defense. Boosts to player cards and effects that target other cards still apply. Whether the text is active while the card sits in the encounter deck has no official ruling; players agree constant abilities are inactive there.

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