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If a shadow effect makes an attack undefended, does a character already exhausted to defend ready again?

The rulebook exhausts a defender when it is declared and readies cards only in the refresh phase.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set rulebook · Rulebook · Phase 7: Refresh
  • GPD123 · Community · 2026-06-30

No. A character that was exhausted to defend stays exhausted when a later shadow effect makes the attack undefended. Exhausted cards are readied only in the refresh phase.

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