Arkham Horror
When an encounter tells you to gain a specific card by name, can you take it from the Special cards pile?
The rulebook's special-cards entry says they are gained by name, and forum players agree that generic gains use the matching deck.
- Arkham Horror rulebook · Rulebook · Special Cards
- Clipper · Community · 2022-06-23
- DanneFrank · Community · 2022-06-23
Only when the encounter names that card in capitals. Instructions to gain an item, spell or ally of a given type come from the matching deck or display, not the Special cards pile. Special cards count as items, spells or allies once you have them, but you can only get them by name.