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| | #REDIRECT [[Savagery to Match Their Numbers (1R139)]] |
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| | SetNum=01
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| | CardNum=139
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| | SetName=The Fellowship of the Ring
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| | Side=Shadow
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| | Culture=Isengard
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| | Twilight=0
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| | FullCardType=Event
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| | GameText=Skirmish: Make an Uruk-hai strength +2, or spot 5 companions to make an Uruk-hai strength +4 and fierce until the regroup phase.
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| | Lore=''Uruk-hai match their enemies' strength with their own feral rage.''
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| | Rarity=R
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| | Notes=Lists: ERL, MXL. The strength +4 bonus lasts until the regroup phase.
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| }}
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| = General Strategy =
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| The key skirmish pump for the Uruk-Hai race, Savagery to Match Their Numbers offers a +2 strength bonus for a twilight cost of (0) against any companion; however, when a Fellowship contains at least 5 companions, the minion becomes '''fierce''' and Savagery to Match Their Numbers offers a +4 strength bonus which lasts until the regroup phase. The ability for this strength bonus to last through a second skirmish with just the single event makes it relatively unusual for a skirmish pump. Savagery to Match Their Numbers can alter a Free Peoples players' strategy significantly--the player may not complete a strategy or playing a fifth companion to avoid the full effect of this pump, making it even better crowd control than Greed or Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul.
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| Savagery to Match Their Numbers was added to the [[X-List]] in formats after Fellowship block, rendering the card unplayable in all subsequent formats. In casual formats, the event can be used with [Isengard] or [Sauron] Uruk-Hai, like Saruman's Ambition or Beyond the Height of Men.
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| With the Reflections expansion, Sack of the Shire is the closest [Isengard] pump offered, although Ferocity is a zero-!cost strength +2/3 pump in The Two Towers base set.
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| = Strengths and Weaknesses =
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| === Strong Versus... ===
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| * Fellowships with 5 or more companions
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| * With Saruman, Keeper of Isengard, Savagery to Match Their Numbers is arguably the most important [Isengard] card in Fellowship of the Ring block
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| * In casual formats, Savagery to Match Their Numbers can be coupled with [Isengard] or [Sauron] Uruk-Hai
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| === Weak Versus... ===
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| * Against small fellowships of four companions or less, Savagery to Match Their Numbers is a (0) cost, strength +2 pump; while this isn't anything to scoff at, the card could prevent some hand clog if the Shadow player greedily waits for a fifth companion to maximize its effects
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| * For players under a budget, even still, Savagery to Match Their Numbers is a fairly expensive card and can be difficult to acquire
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| = Example Decks =
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| '''Fellowship Block Uruk-Hai Shadow by ket_the_jet'''
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| Shadow Draw Deck:
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| 1x Lurtz, Servant of Isengard
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| 3x Saruman, Keeper of Isengard
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| 4x Troop of Uruk-hai
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| 2x Uruk Captain
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| 3x Uruk Fighter
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| 4x Uruk Lieutenant
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| 4x Uruk Ravager
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| 1x The Balrog, Durin's Bane
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| 1x Beyond the Height of Men
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| 1x Lurtz's Battle Cry
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| 1x Saruman's Power
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| 4x Savagery to Match Their Numbers
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| 1x Greed
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| 1x No Business of Ours
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| 3x Saruman's Ambition
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| 2x Saruman's Snows
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