Unhasty

Don't․․․․․․․․․․․․․․be hasty․

Unhasty is a loaded keyword that only appears in Towers Block on Ents, which are all exclusively Gandalf culture. It represents the ents' reluctance to enter the fray. Unhasty characters can't skirmish unless they are an ally at their home site or are specifically allowed to skirmish by a Gandalf card, usually themselves. It's mainly a cultural enforcement tool, albeit an unusual one: most cards that allow unhasty characters to skirmish do so by exerting unbound Hobbits, which at the time only included Merry and Pippin.

The restriction to Gandalf culture cards is rarely relevant, mainly limiting the use of One Whom Men Would Follow (1U109) or Horn of Boromir (3R42) on Treebeard, Earthborn (4R103) or Treebeard, Oldest Living Thing (4C104) . Instead, you have to use Stump and Bramble (4U101) , and that card is so restrictive that few people bothered.

It was short-lived and largely unpopular. It only appeared on two ally versions of Treebeard in The Two Towers, and, while Battle of Helm's Deep introduced some ent companions with this keyword, all of them could allow themselves to skirmish for a small cost. By the third set of Towers Block, Ents of Fangorn, only one character, Treebeard, Guardian of the Forest (6C37) , has this keyword, and it doesn't appear in King Block or any later sets.

Rules Entries

From the Comprehensive Rules:

The Free Peoples player cannot assign a character with this keyword to a skirmish unless it is at its home site (see ally) or when a Gandalf card allows it do so.

Shadow players may assign any leftover unassigned minions to unhasty companions.

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List of Companions with Unhasty

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Treebeard, Earthborn (4R103)	Gandalf	Ally • Home 2 • Ent	Unhasty. Response: If an unbound Hobbit is about to be discarded, stack him here instead. Fellowship: Exert Treebeard and add to play an unbound Hobbit stacked here.
	Treebeard, Oldest Living Thing (4C104)	Gandalf	Ally • Home 2 • Ent	Unhasty. Fellowship: Exert Treebeard and discard an unbound companion from hand to heal an unbound companion.
	Birchseed, Tall Statesman (5U15)	Gandalf	Companion • Ent	Unhasty. Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit or discard 2 cards from hand to allow Birchseed to skirmish. Fellowship: Exert Birchseed to heal an unbound Hobbit.
	Forest Guardian (5C17)	Gandalf	Companion • Ent	Unhasty. Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit or discard 2 cards from hand to allow this companion to skirmish.
	Lindenroot, Elder Shepherd (5R19)	Gandalf	Companion • Ent	Unhasty. Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit or discard 2 cards from hand to allow Lindenroot to skirmish. Skirmish: Exert Lindenroot to wound an minion he is skirmishing.
	Treebeard, Guardian of the Forest (6C37)	Gandalf	Companion • Ent	Unhasty. Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit to allow Treebeard to skirmish. Skirmish: Exert Treebeard to make an Ent damage +1. ​

List of Cards that Interact with the Unhasty Keyword

(While Stump and Bramble (4U101) does not mention unhasty by name, the only allies it applies to are unhasty.)

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Stump and Bramble (4U101)	Gandalf	Event	Maneuver: Spot an minion and an Ent ally. Until the regroup phase, that ally is damage +2 and participates in archery fire and skirmishes.
	Jetsam (V3_2)	Gandalf	Possession • ,	Pipeweed. Bearer must bear a pipe. When you play this, you may discard a Shadow card on bearer. When this is discarded by a pipe, add 1 to the number of pipes you can spot this phase and make your character lose unhasty until the end of the turn. ​

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