Denethor and Shadow Drawing

[Gwaihir]

Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith allows shadow players to draw cards during the fellowship phase.  It is possible that he could allow them to draw more than 4 cards during the fellowship phase.  I was playing someone and they said that the shadow side was limited to 4 cards because of the rule of 4.  I went with it, but was reading the rules again, and think this was incorrect.

The rule states in relevent part "your fellowship phase".  The shadow player isn't in his fellowship phase so it seems to me that the rule doesn't apply to him and he can draw as many cards as Denethor's text allows.  I guess the max would be 8 since he is limited to drawing 4 cards himself.

Thoughts?

[Not a Zombie]

You are correct. The shadow player may draw all they want.

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

Yeah, though technically, I think you might be able to use Denethor more than 4 times (since taking the card into hand is the effect, not the cost). Of course, this could be considered stalling (similar to telepathy decks that used Sam, FC without Bill the Pony to shuffle their draw deck) and wouldn't have much use unless you're playing deck discard against someone who doesn't know what you're trying to do (most players would decline to draw after the first few cards) or are in a 3-player game and are trying to give one Shadow player the cards to attack the other Shadow player's leading fellowship.