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|SetNum=01 | |||
| | |CardNum=066 | ||
| | | SetName=The Fellowship of the Ring | ||
| Culture | |Side=Free People | ||
| Culture=Elven | |||
| | |Twilight=1 | ||
| Vitality | | FullCardType=Condition | ||
| | | Vitality=+1 | ||
| Lore | | GameText=Tale. Bearer must be an Elf. Skirmish: Discard this condition to make bearer strength +2. | ||
| Rarity | | Lore=''"Gil-galad was an Elven-king / Of him the harpers sadly sing: / the last whose realm was fair and free / between the Mountains and the Sea."'' | ||
| Rarity=R | |||
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= General Strategy = | |||
The Tale of Gil-Galad, and its brethren card The Saga of Elendil, is a unique, vitality-increasing condition. The first to cards to increase vitality in the trading card game, The Tale of Gil-Galad and The Saga of Elendil also offer a skirmish special action text to discard the condition for a strength +2 bonus. Endurance of Dwarves, the[Dwarven] variant, is non-unique, but only provides a strength +1 boost. | |||
The Tale of Gil-Galad is often played on Legolas, Greenleaf, where the added vitality can result in an extra directed wound during the archery phase. That said, counting on The Tale of Gil-Galad, The Saga of Elendil, or Endurance of Dwarves for exertion based special abilities is a risky strategy. Discarding the condition on an exhausted companion means instant death, making cards like Hate and Orc Patrol potentially devastating. | |||
= Strengths and Weaknesses = | |||
=== Strong Versus... === | === Strong Versus... === | ||
* Best in concordance with characters with exertion special abilities, such as Legolas, Greenleaf or Aragorn, Ranger of the North | |||
* Additional vitality helpful against grind or archery Shadow strategies | |||
=== Weak Versus... === | === Weak Versus... === | ||
* Condition discarding, particularly in concert with directed wounding/exhausting | |||
* Directed wounding | |||
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General Strategy
The Tale of Gil-Galad, and its brethren card The Saga of Elendil, is a unique, vitality-increasing condition. The first to cards to increase vitality in the trading card game, The Tale of Gil-Galad and The Saga of Elendil also offer a skirmish special action text to discard the condition for a strength +2 bonus. Endurance of Dwarves, the[Dwarven] variant, is non-unique, but only provides a strength +1 boost.
The Tale of Gil-Galad is often played on Legolas, Greenleaf, where the added vitality can result in an extra directed wound during the archery phase. That said, counting on The Tale of Gil-Galad, The Saga of Elendil, or Endurance of Dwarves for exertion based special abilities is a risky strategy. Discarding the condition on an exhausted companion means instant death, making cards like Hate and Orc Patrol potentially devastating.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strong Versus...
- Best in concordance with characters with exertion special abilities, such as Legolas, Greenleaf or Aragorn, Ranger of the North
- Additional vitality helpful against grind or archery Shadow strategies
Weak Versus...
- Condition discarding, particularly in concert with directed wounding/exhausting
- Directed wounding
