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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| <div style="font-size:3em">Welcome to the Lord of the Rings TCG Wiki</div><span style="font-size:1.3em">Card database and strategy hub for the Decipher card game printed 2001-2007 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}]] pages and growing!</span>
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<div style="flex-grow:5; flex-basis:60%; min-width:60%;margin:10px;">The '''Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game''' is an immersive card game by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decipher,_Inc. Decipher, Inc] which uses visuals from the Peter Jackson films and draws concepts from both the films and Tolkien's original masterpiece.  It was printed from 2001-2007, and has been kept alive by the fan community ever since.
 


Guide Frodo down the path to Mount Doom, defending him from orcs, Nazgul, trolls, and whatever else the forces of Shadow can muster up against him.  Then, when your turn is over, reverse roles and set your sights on corrupting your ''opponent'' as they try to keep the Ring out of Sauron's grasp.  Build your deck from more than a dozen cultures of Middle-earth, and find the one true strategy to rule them all!</div>


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{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN00S054.0_portrait.jpg|Promotional|0 - ''Promotional''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN01S079.0_portrait.jpg|The Fellowship of the Ring|1 - ''Fellowship of the Ring''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN02S051.0_portrait.jpg|Mines of Moria|2 - ''Mines of Moria''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN03S013.0_portrait.jpg|Realms of the Elf-lords|3 - ''Realms of the Elf-lords''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN04S280.0_portrait.jpg|The Two Towers|4 - ''The Two Towers''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN05S060.0_portrait.jpg|Battle of Helm's Deep|5 - ''Battle of Helm's Deep''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN06S037.0_portrait.jpg|Ents of Fangorn|6 - ''Ents of Fangorn''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN07S081.0_portrait.jpg|The Return of the King|7 - ''The Return of the King''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN08S103.0_portrait.jpg|Siege of Gondor|8 - ''Siege of Gondor''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN09F052.0_portrait.jpg|Reflections|9 - ''Reflections''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN10S112.0_portrait.jpg|Mount Doom|10 - ''Mount Doom''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN11S226.0_portrait.jpg|Shadows|11 - ''Shadows''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN12S118.0_portrait.jpg|Black Rider|12 - ''Black Rider''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN13S005.0_portrait.jpg|Bloodlines|13 - ''Bloodlines''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN14S006.0_portrait.jpg|Expanded Middle-earth|14 - ''Expanded Middle-earth''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN15G060.0_portrait.jpg|The Hunters|15 - ''The Hunters''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN16S006.0_portrait.jpg|The Wraith Collection|16 - ''The Wraith Collection''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN17S115.0_portrait.jpg|Rise of Saruman|17 - ''Rise of Saruman''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN18S029.0_portrait.jpg|Treachery & Deceit|18 - ''Treachery & Deceit''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN19F001.0 portrait.jpg|Age's End|19 - ''Age's End''}}
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{{ImageTile|sotp_header.jpg|Shadow of the Past|V1 - ''Shadow of the Past''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN01S079.0_portrait.jpg|Fellowship of the Ring Index|1 - ''Fellowship of the Ring''}}
{{ImageTile|v2-banner.jpg|King of the Golden Hall|V2 - ''King of the Golden Hall''}}
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{{ImageTile|V3-banner.jpg|The Pelennor Fields|V3 - ''The Pelennor Fields''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN03S013.0_portrait.jpg|Realms of the Elf-lords Index|3 - ''Realms of the Elf-lords''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN04S280.0_portrait.jpg|The Two Towers Index|4 - ''The Two Towers''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN05S060.0_portrait.jpg|Battle of Helm's Deep Index|5 - ''Battle of Helm's Deep''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN06S037.0_portrait.jpg|Ents of Fangorn Index|6 - ''Ents of Fangorn''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN07S081.0_portrait.jpg|Return of the King Index|7 - ''Return of the King''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN08S103.0_portrait.jpg|Siege of Gondor Index|8 - ''Siege of Gondor''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN09F052.0_portrait.jpg|Reflections Index|9 - ''Reflections''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN10S112.0_portrait.jpg|Mount Doom Index|10 - ''Mount Doom''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN11S226.0_portrait.jpg|Shadows Index|11 - ''Shadows''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN12S118.0_portrait.jpg|Black Rider Index|12 - ''Black Rider''}}
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{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN15G060.0_portrait.jpg|The Hunters Index|15 - ''The Hunters''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN16F006.0_portrait.jpg|The Wraith Collection Index|16 - ''The Wraith Collection''}}
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 11 December 2025

Welcome to the Lord of the Rings TCG Wiki
Card database and strategy hub for the Decipher card game printed 2001-2007    •    38,320 pages and growing!



Official Sets
0 - Promotional


1 - Fellowship of the Ring


2 - Mines of Moria


3 - Realms of the Elf-lords


4 - The Two Towers


5 - Battle of Helm's Deep


6 - Ents of Fangorn


7 - The Return of the King


8 - Siege of Gondor


9 - Reflections


10 - Mount Doom


11 - Shadows


12 - Black Rider


13 - Bloodlines


14 - Expanded Middle-earth


15 - The Hunters


16 - The Wraith Collection


17 - Rise of Saruman


18 - Treachery & Deceit


19 - Age's End



Player's Council Sets
V1 - Shadow of the Past


V2 - King of the Golden Hall


V3 - The Pelennor Fields



Other Unofficial Sets
30 - HDG: Main Deck


31 - HDG: Shadow Packs


32 - Supplementary Packs




Rules and Rulings - Rules Council
Decipher Rules Rulebooks • Comprehensive Rules 4.1 • Comprehensive Rules 4.0 • Current Rulings Document • Tournament Guidelines
Player's Council Legacy Rules Comprehensive Rules 4.2 • Legacy Rules Team Rulings  : #1 • #2 • #3 • #4 • #5 • #6 • #7 • #8 • #9 • #10 • #11 • #12 • #13 • #14 • #15
Player's Council Modern Rules Comprehensive Rules 5.0 • PC Rules Summary • Modern Rules Team Rulings  : #1 • #2 • #3 • #4 • #5



Card Type
Layout Used: Character Layout Modifier Layout Site Layout
Alignment (Kind / Side) Free Peoples Companion Ally Follower Artifact Possession The One Ring Condition Event Site
Shadow Minion
Player's Council Card Types Map



Card Layout
Tokens Twilight Tokens Culture Tokens Wounds Burdens
Characters Twilight Cost Culture Strength Vitality Resistance Signet Home Site Site Number Game Text Lore Collector's Info
Other (Modifier Layout)
Sites Shadow Number Site Arrow



Game Concepts
Play Area
Piles Draw Deck Adventure Deck Discard Pile Dead Pile
Other Fellowship Support Area Twilight Pool Adventure Path
The Turn Sequence
Fellowship Phase Shadow Phase Maneuver Phase Archery Phase Assignment Phase Skirmish Phase
Gameplay
Game Setup Starting Fellowship • Bidding • Mulligan
Deck Building Considerations Uniqueness • X-List • R-List • Errata • Format • Multipath
General Strategies Beatdown • Bomb • Corruption • Hand Extension • Run/Stop • Skirmish Cancellation • Swarm • Win Condition • Wound Prevention • Wounding
Deck Archetypes Auto-Corruption Bomb • Beasterlings • Berserkers • Bouncing Hobbits • Elvents • Forestguls • Hobbit Hospital • Fruit Loops • Gondor Knights • Gondor Rangers • Gondor Wraiths • Moria Archery • Moria Beatdown • Moria Navy • Moria Swarm • Moria Tentacles • Nazgul Beatdown • Ninja Gollum • Orc Corruption • Rainbow Wounding • Sauron Grind • Sauron Initiative • Sauron Roaming • Sauron Threats • Solo Smeagol • Southron Archery • Southron Initiative • Stupid Swarm • Super Friends • Telepathy • Threatguls • Token Tanks • Troll Swarm • Uruk Archery • Uruk Machines • Uruk Trackers • Warg Super Swarm
Rules Rule of 4 • Rule of 9
Mechanics Bear • Discard • Draw Deck • Exert • Exhausted • Fellowship • Initiative • In Play/Leave Play • Move Limit • Reconcile • Roaming • Site Control • Spot • Stack • Support Area • Threats
Gameplay Terms Boat • Body • Broken/NPE/OP • Buff/Nerf • Choke • Combo • Cultural Enforcement • Cycling • Dead Draw • Fetch • Filter • Flood • Flood Insurance • Grind • Hand Clog • Hate • Interaction • Item • Loop • Matchup • Meta • Mill • Newbie Trap • Pile • Power Creep • Pump • Rainbow • Recursion • Removal • Resource • Rogue • Rule of 6 • Side • Site Manipulation • Speed Bump • Splash • Subculture • Tank • Other Terms



Actions
General At Random Can/Cannot Cost Effect May Limit Pass Prevent Spot Up To
Triggers At the Start Each Time When While
Phase Actions Assign Cancel Special Ability Response
Character Actions Corrupt Exert Exhaust Heal Kill Overwhelm Participate Wound
Site Actions At a Site Control Liberate Replace
Card Actions Draw Discard Play Reveal Reconcile Shuffle Stack Transfer



Cultures
Free Peoples Dwarven Elven Gandalf Gollum Gondor Rohan Shire
Movie-era Shadow Dunland Gollum Isengard Moria Raider Ringwraith Sauron
Shadows-era Shadow Men Orc Uruk-hai Wraith



All Keywords
Loaded Keywords
Numeric Decipher Damage + X • Defender + X • Ambush X • Hunter X • Toil X
Non-numeric Decipher Aid • Archer • Enduring • Fierce • Lurker • Muster • [Roaming] • Sanctuary • Ring-bearer • Unhasty
Player's Council Relentless
Item Class Decipher [Classless] • Support Area • Armor • Box • Bracers • Brooch • Cloak • Gauntlets • Hand Weapon • Helm • Mount • Palantír • Phial • Pipe • Ranged Weapon • Ring • Shield • Staff
Unloaded Keywords
Race Decipher [Raceless] • Balrog • Creature • Dwarf • Elf • Ent • Half-troll • Hobbit • Maia • Man • Nazgûl • Orc • Spider • Tree • Troll • Uruk-hai • Wizard • Wraith
Player's Council Crow • Eagle
Hobbit Draft Game Bird • Dragon • Eagle • Giant • Goblin
Site
Decipher Battleground • Dwelling • Forest • Marsh • Mountain • Plains • River • Underground
General Decipher Besieger • Corsair • Easterling • Engine • Fellowship • Fortification • Knight • Machine • [Mounted] • Pipeweed • Ranger • Ring-bound • Search • Southron • Spell • Stealth • Tale • Tentacle • Tracker • Twilight • [Unbound] • Valiant • Villager • Weather • Warg-rider
Player's Council Pony
Hobbit Draft Game Burglar • Cunning • Wise




Electronic Platforms
Official Unofficial Deckbuilders
Game Clients Lord of the Rings Online SdA LackeyCCG gccg mLOTRO GEMP Zorbec's
File Formats *.ldc *.dck *.dek [gccg] *.txt - *.zdl
Zorbec's Decklist Builder Support ❌ ✔ ✔ ✔ ❌ ❌ ✔



Sets
Official Decipher Sets Promotional Promotional
Fellowship Block The Fellowship of the Ring • Mines of Moria • Realms of the Elf-lords
Towers Block The Two Towers • Battle of Helm's Deep • Ents of Fangorn
King Block The Return of the King • Siege of Gondor • Mount Doom
War of the Ring Block Shadows • Black Rider • Bloodlines
Hunters Block The Hunters • Rise of Saruman • Treachery & Deceit
Non-Block Sets Reflections • Expanded Middle-earth • The Wraith Collection • Age's End
Unreleased Sets The Great Eye • Shelob's Lair
Unofficial Fan Sets Player's Council PC Kitchen Sink (V0) • Shadow of the Past (V1) • King of the Golden Hall (V2) • The Pelennor Fields (V3)
Hobbit Draft Game Main Deck • Shadow Packs • Supplementary Packs
mLOTRO MLOTRO Promo Cards • MLOTRO Reflections II
The Journey Continues The Journey Begins


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
PC Errata 2021 X-List Errata • Yuletide 2021
2022 Summer 2022 • Yuletide 2022
2023 World Championship 2023 • Yuletide 2023
2024 World Championship 2024 • Yuletide 2024 + V2
2025 Spring 2025 • World Championship 2025 • Yuletide 2025 + V3
2026 TBD
Other Variants
Sealed • Booster Draft • Cube Draft • Culture Shock • Highlander • Poor Man's • PC Errata



LOTR-TCG Product
Card Product
Booster Packs
The Fellowship of the Ring • Mines of Moria • Realms of the Elf-lords
The Two Towers • Battle of Helm's Deep • Ents of Fangorn
Return of the King • Siege of Gondor • Mount Doom
Reflections
Shadows • Black Rider • Bloodlines
The Hunters • Rise of Saruman • Treachery & Deceit
Starter Decks The Fellowship of the Ring • Mines of Moria • Realms of the Elf-lords
The Two Towers • Battle of Helm's Deep • Ents of Fangorn
Return of the King • Siege of Gondor • Mount Doom
Shadows • Black Rider • Bloodlines
The Hunters • Rise of Saruman
Deluxe Starter Sets The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers
Draft Packs Fellowship Draft Pack • Towers Draft Pack • Expanded Middle-earth

King Draft Pack • Hunters Draft Pack

Tengwar Anthologies The Fellowship of the Ring Anthology • The Two Towers Anthology • The Return of the King Anthology • The War of the Ring Anthology
Complete Packs The Nine Riders Collection • The Wraith Collection • Age's End
Card Details & Distribution
Card Variants Foil • Legends (RF) • Legends Masterworks • Reprints • Tengwar
Card Production Details Print Runs (First Edition, A Revision, B Revision, Duplicate Version) • Product Box Counts • Reprints • Spacer Cards • Uncut Sheets • Weta Book Cards
League Kits / Race to Mount Doom Spring 2002 League Kit • Race to Mount Doom League Kit (TTT Edition) • Race to Mount Doom League Kit (ROTK Edition)
Prizes DGMA Prizes • Tournament Prize Support • Tournament Foils
Promo Distribution DVD Inserts • Event Promos • LOTRO Promos • Magazine Inserts • Oversized Cards • Retail Reward Incentives • Tournament Schedule • The Countdown Collection • The Weta Collection
Other Customizable League Cards • Deck Design Cards • Hunters Design-a-Card Contest
Unreleased Beta Cards Of Very Little Importance (Beta) • Fortune of Fate (Beta) • Always a Baggins in Bag End (Beta) • Maiden of the Golden Ale (Beta) • Ripples in the Pool (Beta) • Of Very Little Importance (Beta) • It's the Beard (Beta) • There are NO Dwarven Women! (Beta)
Non-Card Products
Merchandise Hats • T-shirts • Pins • Posters • Postcards • Binders • Ad Spots • Dice
Magazines Scrye Magazine • InQuest Magazine • Fan Club Official Movie Magazine

Scrye TTT Player's Guide • Scrye ROTK Player's Guide

Unreleased Merch 2002 Toy Fair Calendar • Film Cell Cards • Official Signed Cards
New Line Fax Proofs Lithograph Proofs • Balrog Promo Proof • Mines of Moria Booster Pack Proofs • Mines of Moria Card Proofs • Mines of Moria Packaging Proofs • Mines of Moria Poster Proof • Toy Fair Calendar Proposal • Mines of Moria Sell Sheet Proof • Realms of the Elf-lords Promo Proofs • Film Cell Card Proposal




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