Cirith Ungol Warrior (10C56)

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Cirith Ungol Warrior (10C56) is a Ringwraith Minion from the Mount Doom set.

EN Nonfoil First Edition EN Foil First Edition DE Nonfoil First Edition DE Foil First Edition FR Nonfoil First Edition FR Foil First Edition IT Nonfoil First Edition IT Foil First Edition

Collection Info Title Cirith Ungol Warrior Unique No Collectible Yes Set 10 - Mount Doom Rarity C - Common Card Number 56 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Ringwraith Side Shadow Card Type Minion Race Orc Twilight Cost 4 Strength 9 Vitality 2 Site Number 4 Game Text Shadow: Spot a possession to make this minion fierce until the regroup phase. Lore “...deafening, roaring in his ears, the crash of the feet and the rending clamour of the Orcs before him.”

Translations DE - German Card Name Krieger aus Cirith Ungol Game Text Schatten: Entdecke eine Ausrüstung, um diesen Diener bis zur Sammelphase erbittert zu machen. Lore ... betäubend, in seinen Ohren dröhnend, der Krach der Füße und das durchdringende Geschrei der Orks vor ihm. FR - French IT - Italian

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN10S056.0 TLHH ID LOTR10056 GEMP ID 10_56 LOTRO Hex ID 68 6B 89 09 LOTRO Image ID 10_056

Strategy

Cirith Ungol Warrior is, like most of the Morgul Orcs of the tenth set, a forgettable and overpriced junk minion. Four twilight cost is just not a good value for a 9 strength minion that is usually-but-often-not Fierce.

There are just too many better Ringwraith minions in the same niche. Morgul Hound (7C192) is less reliable but half the cost for the same stats. 4 twilight is where you can start looking at the cheap Nazgul, and this just can't compete with Úlairë Otsëa, Thrall of the One (8R81) , Úlairë Lemenya, Assailing Minion (7R213) , or Úlairë Nertëa, Thrall of the One (8U80) . It's just as bad when you look at other cultures: cards like Uruk Warrior (1C156) or Mordor Pillager (10U92) are better minions at a lower price.

In Movie Block in particular, you can't always count on the Free Peoples player to play possessions for you to spot, because of pervasive possession hate in the format and a number of strong artifacts that fill the same role. You can activate Cirith Ungol Warrior's game text on your own with Shadow possessions. However, this is unreliable with possessions borne by minions, and the worthwhile support area possessions are not in Ringwraith culture.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Synergizes With...

• Other Morgul Orc cards that benefit orcs. Most notably Flung Into the Fray (8U71) , Stooping to the Kill (10C64) , Gothmog, Morgul Commander (8R72) , and Gorbag, Covetous Captain (10R59) .
• Shadow possessions, particularly cards that play to the support area like boats or Ground, Hammer of the Underworld
• Morgul Axe (7C186) . This makes the Warrior Fierce, and Damage +1 is great on Fierce minions. It's just that it's equally as good on the much more efficient Morgul Hound (7C192) .

Strong Versus...

• It's more reliably Fierce against particularly possession-reliant Free Peoples cultures like Rohan.

Weak Versus...

• Free Peoples decks that use few or no possessions, especially Ents but also some Movie Block Gondor (especially based on Noble Leaders (7R112) and artifact weapons) and Elven decks