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Do enemy attacks made outside the combat phase get shadow cards and can I defend them?

A FAQ entry, quoted by multiple players, covers enemy attacks outside the combat phase.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game rulebook · Rulebook · Phase 6: Combat
  • Shellin · Community · 2023-01-15
  • alzsara · Community · 2012-03-14
  • KmiloRod · Community · 2025-06-29
  • rmunn · Community · 2025-06-30
  • alzsara · Community · 2012-03-15
  • Copterman · Community · 2023-09-26

Yes to both. An attack made outside the combat phase (a Black Rider's immediate attack, for example) is dealt a shadow card and can be defended. Combat-only actions such as Feint cannot be played because it is not the combat phase.

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