Bilbo, Melancholy Hobbit (12RF12)

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Bilbo, Melancholy Hobbit (12RF12) is a Shire Companion from the Black Rider set.

EN Alt Image Foil First Edition DE Alt Image Foil First Edition FR Alt Image Foil First Edition IT Alt Image Foil First Edition

Collection Info Title Bilbo Subtitle Melancholy Hobbit Unique Yes Collectible Yes Notes Legends Series. Set 12 - Black Rider Rarity RF - Rare Foil (Legends) Card Number 12 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Shire Side Free Peoples Card Type Companion Race Hobbit Twilight Cost 2 Strength 3 Vitality 4 Resistance 8 Game Text Ring-bound. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may exert him to take a  skirmish event into hand from your discard pile. Lore “‘I want to see the wild country again before I die, and the Mountains....'”

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN12A012.0 TLHH ID LOTR12F12 GEMP ID 12_12 LOTRO Hex ID 67 B7 71 0B LOTRO Image ID 12_119

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Alternate Personas

Portrait	Name	Game Text
	Bilbo, Retired Adventurer (1R284)	Fellowship: Exert Bilbo to shuffle a card from your discard pile into your draw deck.
	Bilbo, Well-spoken Gentlehobbit (2U96)	Fellowship: Exert Bilbo and discard a tale to discard a Shadow condition from an opponent’s support area.
	Bilbo, Bearer of Things Burgled (9R+49)	Ring-bound. Each time the fellowship moves, if the twilight pool has 2 or fewer twilight tokens, add 2 burdens or add . Regroup: Add a burden to play a tale.
	Bilbo, Melancholy Hobbit (12R119)	Ring-bound. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may exert him to take a  skirmish event into hand from your discard pile.
	Bilbo, Aged Ring-bearer (13R142)	Ring-bound. While Bilbo is not assigned to a skirmish, each Ring-bound Hobbit is strength +1. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may remove a burden for each other Ring-bound Hobbit you can spot.
	Bilbo, Of Bag End (V1_50)	To play, spot 2 companions with the Frodo signet. Fellowship: If the fellowship is at a sanctuary, exert Bilbo twice to play 2 items from your draw deck on companions. ​

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