Sent Back

[ket_the_jet]

I think this has been asked before, but if you use Sent Back, does the Gandalf (or Radagast) in the Dead Pile still count against you in "The Rule of 9?" My belief is "yes."
-wtk

[Kralik]

I think this has been asked before, but if you use Sent Back, does the Gandalf (or Radagast) in the Dead Pile still count against you in "The Rule of 9?" My belief is "yes."
-wtk

YES. Be careful.

[Elrohir]

But I think, if you have several Gandalf or Radagast in the Deadpile they count as one for the rule of nine.

[ket_the_jet]

But I think, if you have several Gandalf or Radagast in the Deadpile they count as one for the rule of nine.

I thought three Gandalf's in the dead pile would count the same way as, let's say, three Ranger of Ithilien in the dead pile. I'm pretty sure you can have four Gandalf in the dead pile and four Radagast in the dead pile and then you can't play another companion (assuming you aren't using Gandalf, Bearer of Obligation).
-wtk

[Zoskan]

Found in the CRD about the dead pile
Dead pile
If you have more than one copy of a unique companion in your dead pile, you can't play one of them from your dead pile.


Found in the Comprehensive Rules 4.0
The Rule of 9
You cannot have more than nine total companions in play and in your dead pile at any time. (Each copy of a companion in play or in your dead pile counts as a separate companion, whether it's unique or non-unique.)