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	[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] is a {{C\|Shire}} [[Condition]] from the [[Ents of Fangorn]] set. It is the only [[Free Peoples]] card that can automatically [[Corruption\|corrupt]] the [[ring-bearer]] regardless of [[resistance]]. Only the Ring-bearer can be corrupted, however, and since it corrupts Frodo by name it can be borne at site 9 by {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} without causing the Free Peoples player to immediately lose.		[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] is a {{C\|Shire}} [[Condition]] from the [[Ents of Fangorn]] set. It is the only [[Free Peoples]] card that can automatically [[Corruption\|corrupt]] the [[ring-bearer]] regardless of [[resistance]]. Only the Ring-bearer can be corrupted, however, and since it corrupts Frodo by name it can be borne at site 9 by {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} without causing the Free Peoples player to immediately lose.

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	= Strategy =		= Strategy =

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	== Gameplay Strategy ==		== Gameplay Strategy ==

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	* Effects that can discard your own conditions, such as {{Card\|Sleep, Caradhras}}, {{Card\|Let Us Be Swift}}, and {{Card\|Secret Sentinels}} (to name a few)		* Effects that can discard your own conditions, such as {{Card\|Sleep, Caradhras}}, {{Card\|Let Us Be Swift}}, and {{Card\|Secret Sentinels}} (to name a few)
	* Cards that discard minions, such as {{Card\|Gondor's Vengeance}} and {{Card\|Narrow Escape}}		* Cards that discard minions, such as {{Card\|Gondor's Vengeance}} and {{Card\|Narrow Escape}}
	* Either version of {{Card\|Mithril ~~Coat~~}}, which can help keep burdens added to a minimum if Frodo will be skirmishing		* Either version of {{Card\|Mithril-coat}}, which can help keep burdens added to a minimum if Frodo will be skirmishing
	* Any version of The One Ring except {{Card\|The One Ring, The Ring of Rings}}: the Free Peoples may be unable to use The Ring (for example, in the Regroup phase), unable to optimize Frodo's vitality (being forced to wear The Ring in the Maneuver phase in order to prevent him from being killed later), or unable to convert wounds as efficiently (many versions of The Ring have a cost to wearing them)		* Any version of The One Ring except {{Card\|The One Ring, The Ring of Rings}}: the Free Peoples may be unable to use The Ring (for example, in the Regroup phase), unable to optimize Frodo's vitality (being forced to wear The Ring in the Maneuver phase in order to prevent him from being killed later), or unable to convert wounds as efficiently (many versions of The Ring have a cost to wearing them)

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	Held is essentially an extension of The One Ring, converting wounds on Frodo into burdens. This makes it an extremely niche card even before you consider its drawback at site 9 -- everybody starts the game with a similar effect on the table. Whether Held has any value at all depends on which version of The One Ring is being used and what dangers the player using Held is hoping to address.		Held is essentially an extension of The One Ring, converting wounds on Frodo into burdens. This makes it an extremely niche card even before you consider its drawback at site 9 -- everybody starts the game with a similar effect on the table. Whether Held has any value at all depends on which version of The One Ring is being used and what dangers the player using Held is hoping to address.

	In Towers when the card was released, only {{Card\|The One Ring, Isildur's Bane}} could convert archery wounds into burdens (and at great cost). {{Card\|The One Ring, ~~Such a Weight~~ to ~~Carry~~}} not only offers the greatest strength (while worn, at least) of all rings in the format but also the greatest vitality, yet it doesn't offer much of a way to utilize burdens against a wounding deck -- the best the Free Peoples player can do is allow Frodo to lose a skirmish instead of another companion, which is moot if another unassigned companion would have won the skirmish anyway. A fellowship comprised of Frodo with 6 vitality and 4 companions with 3 vitality can only take 13 wounds before companions start dropping, while most wounding strategies deliver 15 or more wounds across sites 7-9 to leave Frodo dead or stuck skirmishing more minions that he can handle.		In Towers when the card was released, only {{Card\|The One Ring, Isildur's Bane}} could convert archery wounds into burdens (and at great cost). {{Card\|The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles}} not only offers the greatest strength (while worn, at least) of all rings in the format but also the greatest vitality, yet it doesn't offer much of a way to utilize burdens against a wounding deck -- the best the Free Peoples player can do is allow Frodo to lose a skirmish instead of another companion, which is moot if another unassigned companion would have won the skirmish anyway. A fellowship comprised of Frodo with 6 vitality and 4 companions with 3 vitality can only take 13 wounds before companions start dropping, while most wounding strategies deliver 15 or more wounds across sites 7-9 to leave Frodo dead or stuck skirmishing more minions that he can handle.

	This scenario is where Held can offer something: by putting as many wounds as possible from sites 7 and 8 on Frodo before discarding Held, the Free Peoples player may be able to get by with just two or three losses (especially if Frodo wasn't able to fully heal at site 6). Minions in wounding decks are typically lower strength, which means discarding Held with its text at site 8 is much easier to achieve and Frodo can expect to handle a minion on his own. If a companion has a defender bonus then Frodo may not have to fight at all despite the wounding thrown at the Free Peoples. In conjunction with Sam, the Free Peoples player can reliably assign up to 14 wounds to Frodo (5 wounds, plus 9 more converted to burdens) before allowing him to be overwhelmed and transfer the Ring to Sam, discarding Held in the process.		This scenario is where Held can offer something: by putting as many wounds as possible from sites 7 and 8 on Frodo before discarding Held, the Free Peoples player may be able to get by with just two or three losses (especially if Frodo wasn't able to fully heal at site 6). Minions in wounding decks are typically lower strength, which means discarding Held with its text at site 8 is much easier to achieve and Frodo can expect to handle a minion on his own. If a companion has a defender bonus then Frodo may not have to fight at all despite the wounding thrown at the Free Peoples. In conjunction with Sam, the Free Peoples player can reliably assign up to 14 wounds to Frodo (5 wounds, plus 9 more converted to burdens) before allowing him to be overwhelmed and transfer the Ring to Sam, discarding Held in the process.

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	[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] is a {{C\|Shire}} [[Condition]] from the [[Ents of Fangorn]] set. It is the only [[Free Peoples]] card that can automatically [[Corruption\|corrupt]] the [[ring-bearer]] regardless of [[resistance]]. Only the Ring-bearer can be corrupted, however, and since it corrupts Frodo by name it can be borne at site 9 by {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} without causing the Free Peoples player to lose.		[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] is a {{C\|Shire}} [[Condition]] from the [[Ents of Fangorn]] set. It is the only [[Free Peoples]] card that can automatically [[Corruption\|corrupt]] the [[ring-bearer]] regardless of [[resistance]]. Only the Ring-bearer can be corrupted, however, and since it corrupts Frodo by name it can be borne at site 9 by {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} without causing the Free Peoples player to immediately lose.

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Phallen Cassidy: Wrote at length about the only two instances where this card is played

2022-09-07T02:13:47Z

Wrote at length about the only two instances where this card is played

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Cease: a more relevant card

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a more relevant card

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	Secondly, you have to leave the ring-bearer [[exhausted]] for it to work. Your opponent can just hold back whatever card they were going to use to finish off the ring-bearer until you leave yourself vulnerable again. It's buying you time to stabilize your situation at the cost of burdens, but you do have to drop Held at some point. This is especially a problem against {{Card\|Gollum, Dark as Darkness}}, since most decks playing Gollum have a way to [[recur]] him over and over again. Plus, if you're leaving the ring-bearer exhausted, you're somewhat wasting the advantage of playing {{Card\|The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles}} or {{Card\|The One Ring, The Ring of Doom}} in the first place.		Secondly, you have to leave the ring-bearer [[exhausted]] for it to work. Your opponent can just hold back whatever card they were going to use to finish off the ring-bearer until you leave yourself vulnerable again. It's buying you time to stabilize your situation at the cost of burdens, but you do have to drop Held at some point. This is especially a problem against {{Card\|Gollum, Dark as Darkness}}, since most decks playing Gollum have a way to [[recur]] him over and over again. Plus, if you're leaving the ring-bearer exhausted, you're somewhat wasting the advantage of playing {{Card\|The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles}} or {{Card\|The One Ring, The Ring of Doom}} in the first place.

	Thirdly, it can just lose you the game. As long as your opponent keeps a minion alive through the [[Skirmish Phase]] at every single site, Held can just corrupt your ring-bearer. This will rarely happen, but it does mean that as long as you're relying on Held to counter your opponent's Shadow strategy, you may have to slow down, and can't just [[run]] down the site path. Cards that wound or discard minions in the Regroup Phase, such as {{Card\|~~Gondor's Vengeance~~}} or {{Card\|Out of the High Airs}}, can ensure that you can discard Held, but these cards are stronger, more-versatile tools to prevent Regroup Phase wounding anyway!		Thirdly, it can just lose you the game. As long as your opponent keeps a minion alive through the [[Skirmish Phase]] at every single site, Held can just corrupt your ring-bearer. This will rarely happen, but it does mean that as long as you're relying on Held to counter your opponent's Shadow strategy, you may have to slow down, and can't just [[run]] down the site path. Cards that wound or discard minions in the Regroup Phase, such as {{Card\|Narrow Escape}} or {{Card\|Out of the High Airs}}, can ensure that you can discard Held, but these cards are stronger, more-versatile tools to prevent Regroup Phase wounding anyway!

	The only time Held might be useful is if you play it on {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} as an emergency measure. Held will not corrupt any [[Ring-bearer]] except [[Frodo]] (although the [[burden]]s it places might!), so {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} with a high-[[resistance]] alternate [[ring-bearer]] like {{Card\|Sam, Bearer of Great Need}} is an option. However, since Frodo needs to be exhausted to benefit from Held, he can't use his ability to replace other characters in skirmishes. It will probably be more efficient to run some version of [[Bilbo]] using {{Card\|Consorting With Wizards}} to be immune to wounds with no burden cost at all, or {{Card\|Pippin, Brave Decoy}}, who does not need to exert to intervene in skirmishes.		The only time Held might be useful is if you play it on {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} as an emergency measure. Held will not corrupt any [[Ring-bearer]] except [[Frodo]] (although the [[burden]]s it places might!), so {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} with a high-[[resistance]] alternate [[ring-bearer]] like {{Card\|Sam, Bearer of Great Need}} is an option. However, since Frodo needs to be exhausted to benefit from Held, he can't use his ability to replace other characters in skirmishes. It will probably be more efficient to run some version of [[Bilbo]] using {{Card\|Consorting With Wizards}} to be immune to wounds with no burden cost at all, or {{Card\|Pippin, Brave Decoy}}, who does not need to exert to intervene in skirmishes.

Cease: /* Weak Versus... */

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Weak Versus...

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	== Weak Versus... ==		== Weak Versus... ==

	* Patience. Since the Free Peoples player ~~have~~ to remove Held before site 9 or else lose, the Shadow player can simply hold back their assassination cards, as long as they aren't super situational.		* Patience. Since the Free Peoples player has to remove Held before site 9 or else lose, the Shadow player can simply hold back their assassination cards, as long as they aren't super situational.
	* Relying on a single condition to keep your ring-bearer alive is always dangerous unless you're protecting it from [[Condition Removal\|condition removal]] with something like {{Card\|Scouring of the Shire}}. And even then, {{Card\|Buckland Homestead}} can always remove it.		* Relying on a single condition to keep your ring-bearer alive is always dangerous unless you're protecting it from [[Condition Removal\|condition removal]] with something like {{Card\|Scouring of the Shire}}. And even then, {{Card\|Buckland Homestead}} can always remove it.

Cease: /* Strategy */ actually, it can! also this combo kinda sucks, there are better options

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Strategy: actually, it can! also this combo kinda sucks, there are better options

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	Thirdly, it can just lose you the game. As long as your opponent keeps a minion alive through the [[Skirmish Phase]] at every single site, Held can just corrupt your ring-bearer. This will rarely happen, but it does mean that as long as you're relying on Held to counter your opponent's Shadow strategy, you may have to slow down, and can't just [[run]] down the site path. Cards that wound or discard minions in the Regroup Phase, such as {{Card\|Gondor's Vengeance}} or {{Card\|Out of the High Airs}}, can ensure that you can discard Held, but these cards are stronger, more-versatile tools to prevent Regroup Phase wounding anyway!		Thirdly, it can just lose you the game. As long as your opponent keeps a minion alive through the [[Skirmish Phase]] at every single site, Held can just corrupt your ring-bearer. This will rarely happen, but it does mean that as long as you're relying on Held to counter your opponent's Shadow strategy, you may have to slow down, and can't just [[run]] down the site path. Cards that wound or discard minions in the Regroup Phase, such as {{Card\|Gondor's Vengeance}} or {{Card\|Out of the High Airs}}, can ensure that you can discard Held, but these cards are stronger, more-versatile tools to prevent Regroup Phase wounding anyway!

	The only time Held might be useful is if you play it on {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} as an emergency measure. Held will not corrupt any [[Ring-bearer]] except [[Frodo]], so ~~running~~ {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} with a [[~~Ring~~-~~Bearer~~]] like {{Card\|Sam, Bearer of Great Need}} ~~who can have excellent resistance~~ can be ~~a interesting strategy~~ to ~~pursue~~.		The only time Held might be useful is if you play it on {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} as an emergency measure. Held will not corrupt any [[Ring-bearer]] except [[Frodo]] (although the [[burden]]s it places might!), so {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} with a high-[[resistance]] alternate [[ring-bearer]] like {{Card\|Sam, Bearer of Great Need}} is an option. However, since Frodo needs to be exhausted to benefit from Held, he can't use his ability to replace other characters in skirmishes. It will probably be more efficient to run some version of [[Bilbo]] using {{Card\|Consorting With Wizards}} to be immune to wounds with no burden cost at all, or {{Card\|Pippin, Brave Decoy}}, who does not need to exert to intervene in skirmishes.

	= Strengths and Weaknesses =		= Strengths and Weaknesses =

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	Thirdly, it can just lose you the game. As long as your opponent keeps a minion alive through the [[Skirmish Phase]] at every single site, Held can just corrupt your ring-bearer. This will rarely happen, but it does mean that as long as you're relying on Held to counter your opponent's Shadow strategy, you may have to slow down, and can't just [[run]] down the site path. Cards that wound or discard minions in the Regroup Phase, such as {{Card\|Gondor's Vengeance}} or {{Card\|Out of the High Airs}}, can ensure that you can discard Held, but these cards are stronger, more-versatile tools to prevent Regroup Phase wounding anyway!		Thirdly, it can just lose you the game. As long as your opponent keeps a minion alive through the [[Skirmish Phase]] at every single site, Held can just corrupt your ring-bearer. This will rarely happen, but it does mean that as long as you're relying on Held to counter your opponent's Shadow strategy, you may have to slow down, and can't just [[run]] down the site path. Cards that wound or discard minions in the Regroup Phase, such as {{Card\|Gondor's Vengeance}} or {{Card\|Out of the High Airs}}, can ensure that you can discard Held, but these cards are stronger, more-versatile tools to prevent Regroup Phase wounding anyway!

			The only time Held might be useful is if you play it on {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} as an emergency measure. Held will not corrupt any [[Ring-bearer]] except [[Frodo]], so running {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} with a [[Ring-Bearer]] like {{Card\|Sam, Bearer of Great Need}} who can have excellent resistance can be a interesting strategy to pursue.

	= Strengths and Weaknesses =		= Strengths and Weaknesses =

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	* Effects that can discard your own conditions, such as {{Card\|Sleep, Caradhras}}, {{Card\|Let Us Be Swift}}, and {{Card\|Secret Sentinels}} (to name a few)		* Effects that can discard your own conditions, such as {{Card\|Sleep, Caradhras}}, {{Card\|Let Us Be Swift}}, and {{Card\|Secret Sentinels}} (to name a few)
	* Cards that discard minions, such as {{Card\|Gondor's Vengeance}} and {{Card\|Narrow Escape}}		* Cards that discard minions, such as {{Card\|Gondor's Vengeance}} and {{Card\|Narrow Escape}}
	* Either version of {{Card\|Mithril ~~Coat~~}}, which can help keep burdens added to a minimum if Frodo will be skirmishing		* Either version of {{Card\|Mithril-coat}}, which can help keep burdens added to a minimum if Frodo will be skirmishing
	* Any version of The One Ring except {{Card\|The One Ring, The Ring of Rings}}: the Free Peoples may be unable to use The Ring (for example, in the Regroup phase), unable to optimize Frodo's vitality (being forced to wear The Ring in the Maneuver phase in order to prevent him from being killed later), or unable to convert wounds as efficiently (many versions of The Ring have a cost to wearing them)		* Any version of The One Ring except {{Card\|The One Ring, The Ring of Rings}}: the Free Peoples may be unable to use The Ring (for example, in the Regroup phase), unable to optimize Frodo's vitality (being forced to wear The Ring in the Maneuver phase in order to prevent him from being killed later), or unable to convert wounds as efficiently (many versions of The Ring have a cost to wearing them)

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	[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] is a {{C\|Shire}} [[Condition]] from the [[Ents of Fangorn]] set. It is the only [[Free Peoples]] card that can automatically [[Corruption\|corrupt]] the [[ring-bearer]] regardless of [[resistance]]. Only the Ring-bearer can be corrupted, however, and since it corrupts Frodo by name it can be borne at site 9 by {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} without causing the Free Peoples player to lose.		[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] is a {{C\|Shire}} [[Condition]] from the [[Ents of Fangorn]] set. It is the only [[Free Peoples]] card that can automatically [[Corruption\|corrupt]] the [[ring-bearer]] regardless of [[resistance]]. Only the Ring-bearer can be corrupted, however, and since it corrupts Frodo by name it can be borne at site 9 by {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} without causing the Free Peoples player to immediately lose.

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	Secondly, you have to leave the ring-bearer [[exhausted]] for it to work. Your opponent can just hold back whatever card they were going to use to finish off the ring-bearer until you leave yourself vulnerable again. It's buying you time to stabilize your situation at the cost of burdens, but you do have to drop Held at some point. This is especially a problem against {{Card\|Gollum, Dark as Darkness}}, since most decks playing Gollum have a way to [[recur]] him over and over again. Plus, if you're leaving the ring-bearer exhausted, you're somewhat wasting the advantage of playing {{Card\|The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles}} or {{Card\|The One Ring, The Ring of Doom}} in the first place.		Secondly, you have to leave the ring-bearer [[exhausted]] for it to work. Your opponent can just hold back whatever card they were going to use to finish off the ring-bearer until you leave yourself vulnerable again. It's buying you time to stabilize your situation at the cost of burdens, but you do have to drop Held at some point. This is especially a problem against {{Card\|Gollum, Dark as Darkness}}, since most decks playing Gollum have a way to [[recur]] him over and over again. Plus, if you're leaving the ring-bearer exhausted, you're somewhat wasting the advantage of playing {{Card\|The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles}} or {{Card\|The One Ring, The Ring of Doom}} in the first place.

	Thirdly, it can just lose you the game. As long as your opponent keeps a minion alive through the [[Skirmish Phase]] at every single site, Held can just corrupt your ring-bearer. This will rarely happen, but it does mean that as long as you're relying on Held to counter your opponent's Shadow strategy, you may have to slow down, and can't just [[run]] down the site path. Cards that wound or discard minions in the Regroup Phase, such as {{Card\|~~Gondor's Vengeance~~}} or {{Card\|Out of the High Airs}}, can ensure that you can discard Held, but these cards are stronger, more-versatile tools to prevent Regroup Phase wounding anyway!		Thirdly, it can just lose you the game. As long as your opponent keeps a minion alive through the [[Skirmish Phase]] at every single site, Held can just corrupt your ring-bearer. This will rarely happen, but it does mean that as long as you're relying on Held to counter your opponent's Shadow strategy, you may have to slow down, and can't just [[run]] down the site path. Cards that wound or discard minions in the Regroup Phase, such as {{Card\|Narrow Escape}} or {{Card\|Out of the High Airs}}, can ensure that you can discard Held, but these cards are stronger, more-versatile tools to prevent Regroup Phase wounding anyway!

	The only time Held might be useful is if you play it on {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} as an emergency measure. Held will not corrupt any [[Ring-bearer]] except [[Frodo]] (although the [[burden]]s it places might!), so {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} with a high-[[resistance]] alternate [[ring-bearer]] like {{Card\|Sam, Bearer of Great Need}} is an option. However, since Frodo needs to be exhausted to benefit from Held, he can't use his ability to replace other characters in skirmishes. It will probably be more efficient to run some version of [[Bilbo]] using {{Card\|Consorting With Wizards}} to be immune to wounds with no burden cost at all, or {{Card\|Pippin, Brave Decoy}}, who does not need to exert to intervene in skirmishes.		The only time Held might be useful is if you play it on {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} as an emergency measure. Held will not corrupt any [[Ring-bearer]] except [[Frodo]] (although the [[burden]]s it places might!), so {{Card\|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} with a high-[[resistance]] alternate [[ring-bearer]] like {{Card\|Sam, Bearer of Great Need}} is an option. However, since Frodo needs to be exhausted to benefit from Held, he can't use his ability to replace other characters in skirmishes. It will probably be more efficient to run some version of [[Bilbo]] using {{Card\|Consorting With Wizards}} to be immune to wounds with no burden cost at all, or {{Card\|Pippin, Brave Decoy}}, who does not need to exert to intervene in skirmishes.