The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set
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Does Protect the Innocent take a damage token from shadow damage dealt directly to the defending hero?
The card's wording is open to two readings, and no official ruling settles it.
- T3rr4former · Community · 2022-11-04
Probably not. The reading given is that only damage taken in the combat step counts, meaning the attack minus defence or the full attack when undefended, so direct shadow damage places no token. Another reader would count it, and no official ruling settles it.
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