Can you play Longbottom Leaf and bring 0 resources from your sideboard? Yes, because although the rules normally prohibit playing a short-event if doing so wouldn’t effect the board state (i.e. “just to discard it”; see Rule 5.1.2), resolving Longbottom Leaf involves 2 actions: Take up to two resou...

Do you have to move with the special movement of Paths of the Dead in order to play Army of the Dead? No. Army of the Dead can only be played by Aragorn II on the same turn that he plays Paths of the Dead , but it can be played regardless of whether his company actually moved using the special move...

What happens if an Assassin is played on a single character company and that character uses Ruse? Assassin has “three attacks (of one strike each) all against the same character,” while Ruse ’s second ability states that it is “playable on a scout facing an attack. No strikes of the attack may be a...

When playing Ride Against the Enemy, can I reveal a character that is already in play or eliminated? Here is the wording of Ride Against the Enemy for reference: Playable on a company moving through a Wilderness if you have a character in your hand. Reveal the character. A single-strike hazard crea...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>How many “at the end of [this phase/turn]” chains of effects can there be?<e>[/b]</e></B><br/> <br/> In CRF 17, the community voted to formalize how “at the end of [phase/turn]” effects (informally referred to as AEPs) could be declared and responded. The CoE’s rules currently descri...

Can an agent be revealed at any appropriate site with Inner Cunning/Nobody’s Friend, even if the agent hasn’t moved yet? Short answer: Yes. Long answer: This has been an oft-debated semantic question based on the wording of Inner Cunning and Nobody’s Friend . Here is the relevant text of Inner Cunn...

If Umagaur the Pale is canceled with Tom Bombadil, can any number of non-unique Orc or Troll creatures still be played? No, Tom Bombadil ’s ability used on a declared hazard would cancel the hazard itself, meaning that any additional effects of the hazard wouldn’t resolve and thus Umagaur the Pale ...

What happens if River is played on a company's new site, but then the company uses an effect to move to a different site and thus the site with River is discarded? When River is played on a site, its effect remains on that site for the rest of the turn, even for other companies that move to that si...

Can characters be tapped to support in the middle of resolving Ren the Unclean’s corruption checks? Here is the relevant text of Ren the Unclean , incorporating his various CRF rulings: If played as a permanent-event, it will remain in play until tapped during the opponent’s movement/hazard phase (...

We have identified a handful of corrections/clarifications that have been implemented to the CoE Game Rules document, which can be found at https://www.councilofelrond.org/rules/ and which includes these updates under the Change Log: (2026-02-07) Added clarification to Rule 2.II.7.F2 that Fallen-wiz...

Hello dear MECCG Community, We are publishing the following updates to the CRF (22) , compiling the 2025 rulings and clarifications made in CoE Digest #210. Turn Sequence Rulings End-of-Game - Actions that directly affect end-of-game corruption checks may be taken even if their effect(s) would norma...

We have updated the CoE Tournament Policies such that the points awarded for facing a bye is now 3 points for Round 5 and beyond.

Council of Elrond Meeting Minutes January 4, 2026 Present: Alvaro (Mordakai), Bruno (Bruce), Ethan (DamienX207), Felipe (fisilva1), Marc (sarma72), Miguel (Siraynad), Ralph (Goblin King), 1. Welcome! It's good to be meeting again after some time apart for the running of the Worlds tournaments! 2. R...

It's been pointed out to us that there was an important typo in the rules for detainment attacks, which we have now corrected in Rule 3.II.3 of the CoE Game Rules document at https://www.councilofelrond.org/rules/ as follows: Corrected Rule 3.II.3 that a creature card with a detainment attack is dis...

We have added some minor clarifications to the CoE Tournament Policies, which can be found at https://www.councilofelrond.org/policies/ and are listed below: Tournament proposals should include the proposed format, policy/rule modifications, and/or estimated attendance fees The "German promo&qu...