PC-Movie

PC-Movie is one of three formats maintained by the Player's Council. It is an mirror to Movie Block, the second-most popular format on GEMP. Due to the expanded card pool and scope, this format has the largest share of the PC's attention, especially compared to PC-Expanded which has languished over time.

Cards Used

Cards legal in the format are:

• Cards from Movie Block, i.e. 1-10
• Set V1, Shadow of the Past, which was specifically designed around being a supplement to Fellowship block
• Set V2, King of the Golden Hall, which supplemented Towers Block.
• Set V3, The Pelennor Fields, which supplemented King Block and introduced Hinder, Multi-dot Uniqueness, and the Relentless keyword.
• PC Errata, which affect many of the most commonly-used power cards (such as Galadriel, Lady Redeemed (10R11) , Castamir of Umbar (8R51) , Grond, Hammer of the Underworld (8R103) , and Promise Keeping (8R24) ).

Rule Changes

Standard Player's Council rule changes apply, including:

• The game ends once the Shadow player reconciles at site 9, and not the start of the Regroup Phase.
• Discard Piles are considered public knowledge, same as the Dead Pile; you may look through your opponent's discard pile at any time.

Multipath

Unlike other PC formats, the site path used is Multipath, meaning that any Movie-era site path can be used, so long as all cards in the Adventure Deck are from the same block. Players must include a Map card with their deck, which is revealed to all players before bidding. This Map dictates and reveals which site path the player has chosen.

V3 Mechanics

Set V3, The Pelennor Fields, introduced 3 new mechanics to the game: a Loaded Keyword which codified existing functionality (Relentless), an expansion of an existing mechanic (Multi-dot Uniqueness), and a brand new concept with no analogue in Decipher's base game (Hinder). Each of these are summarized below:

• Minions with the Relentless keyword participate in a third round of skirmishes, after Fierce.
• Cards with 2 or 3 dots are restricted to 2 or 3 copies in play, analogous to how Unique cards with 1 dot are restricted to 1 copy in play.
• Cards which are hindered are flipped face-down. While hindered, cards lose their Card Type, subtype, stats, Keywords, Title, and Game Text: they effectively no longer affect the game (for most purposes). If a card instructs you to restore a card, you flip it back face-up and it immediately resumes activity. Whenever any player Reconciles, that player automatically restores any hindered cards that they own.

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Formats

Sets	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	9	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	16	19
Historical Decipher Formats	Fellowship Block			Towers Block			King Block				War of the Ring Block				Hunters Block
	Towers Standard
	King Standard
	Movie Block
				War of the Ring Standard
							Standard
	Expanded
	Open

Player's Council Formats (including PC Errata)	1	2	3	V1	4	5	6	V2	7	8	9	10	V3	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
	PC-Fellowship
	PC-Movie
	PC-Expanded