Such a weight to carry

[macheteman]

if i have the one ring, such a weight to carry, can i add a burden to wear the one ring. and then pay the cost again even though i can't use the effect? and again and again and again?

-mm

[ket_the_jet]

Yes. Have fun with your Shire Countryside deck.
-wtk

[Kralik]

Indeed.

Same with Answer to All Riddles.

[Witchkingx5]

When I saw this topic, I remember an old MtG Card, which says:
" (...): You may make the opponent next move. (You're opponent doesn't loose life with Mana Brun and you can't resign for your opponent."

Would be nice to have such a card in LotR, too!!!

[Marcoliboar]

Yes. Have fun with your Shire Countryside deck.
-wtk

That can't be right.

If he's wearing the one ring he can't wear it again...

Just my opinion.

[jdizzy001]

No, he can't wear it again, but you can add burdens since it is a maneuver action.  We've had discussions similar to this before.

[Marcoliboar]

Well, then there should be some kind of ruling against this.

[ket_the_jet]

Well, then there should be some kind of ruling against this.

Why? He is paying the cost of something for no effect. This happens all the time. Most of the time it takes place with the playing of a card for no effect, example:

Maneuver: Spot an Orc, play Terrible As the Dawn (whether or not you can spot Galadriel).

Great for cycling...because it is a maneuver action, you are welcome to add a burden to put on the Ring (and then subsequently add burdens for no effect) as much as you want.
-wtk

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

Yeah, I use Foes of Mordor in my wraith deck to get unlimited exertions, even if there are no minions in play.

[Kralik]

Exactly. Pay cost, no effect. Why should there be a ruling against it?

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

Now I do suspect that if you use an action with no cost and no effect, that constitutes stalling. Specifically, I heard a ruling a while back saying that you can't use Sam, FC to repeatedly try to play Bill the Pony from your draw deck when you don't have Bill the Pony in your draw deck (Elven telepathy decks used to do this for the free shuffle). Presumably, events are okay because they have the implicit cost of discarding the event (and thus can't be repeated ad infinitum).

But as long as there's a cost of some sort, I don't think there's a problem.

[jdizzy001]

Ha ha, Sam, FC for infinite shuffling.  That's funny.

[macheteman]

i think he was being sarcastic. observe the *knowing wink*

[sharkey]

I think it is fine.

[sharkey]

I heard a ruling a while back saying that you can't use Sam, FC to repeatedly try to play Bill the Pony from your draw deck when you don't have Bill the Pony in your draw deck.

"Maybe there will be a Bill this time!"