Enduring

Úlairë Cantëa, Thrall of the One (10R67) is one of several Nazgûl from set 10 with skirmish special abilities that use healing the minion as a cost.

Enduring is a non-numeric loaded keyword introduced in set 8, Siege of Gondor. It also appeared on cards in Reflections, Mount Doom, and The Wraith Collection, and is mentioned on two sites in War of the Ring Block.

Rules Entries

From the Comprehensive Rules:

For each wound on a character with the enduring keyword, that character is strength +2.

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Cards with Enduring

This includes Seasoned Leader (10R48) , the one card that grants a minion Enduring.

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Shelob, Terror of Cirith Ungol (V3_13)	Gollum	Minion • Spider	Fierce. Enduring. Each time a skirmish involving Shelob ends, you may hinder each character she was skirmishing. Skirmish: If Gollum is skirmishing, exert Gollum and Shelob to hinder a character he is skirmishing.
	King of the Dead, Oathbreaker (8R38)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, spot a Wraith and add 2 threats. Response: If Aragorn is about to take a wound in a skirmish, exert King of the Dead to prevent that wound.
	Oathbreaker (8C41)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, add a threat. Skirmish: Discard 3 cards from hand to discard a possession borne by a minion skirmishing this companion.
	Shadow Host (8R43)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, spot 2 exhausted Wraiths and add 2 threats. While Shadow Host is exhausted, it is defender +1.
	Sleepless Dead (8U45)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, add a threat. Each time this companion wins a skirmish, you may exert him to discard a minion he is skirmishing.
	Cursed of Erech (10U26)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, add a threat. When you play Cursed of Erech, exert him twice. At the start of the maneuver phase, you may exert another Wraith to make Cursed of Erech defender +1 until the regroup phase.
	Dead Man of Dunharrow (10C27)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, add a threat. When you play this companion, exert him twice.
	King of the Dead, Dead Keeper (V3_27)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, add 2 threats. Each time King of the Dead is killed, heal every Wraith. Assignment: Exert King of the Dead and restore a Wraith to heal that Wraith.
	Pippin, Trollslayer (V3_31)	Gondor	Companion • Hobbit	Knight. Enduring. To play, spot a companion. Skirmish: Exert Pippin twice to make a minion he is skirmishing lose all keywords until the regroup phase.
	Tormented Revenant (V3_32)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, spot or add 2 threats. This companion is strength +X, where X is the twilight cost of each minion skirmishing this companion.
	Tormented Spectre (V3_33)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, add a threat. This companion is strength +1 for each hindered card you can spot.
	Tormented Warrior (V3_34)	Gondor	Companion • Wraith	Enduring. To play, add a threat. This companion is strength +1 for each companion in the dead pile. This companion is strength +1 for each Wraith in the dead pile.
	Merry, Master Holbytla (V3_85)	Rohan	Companion • Hobbit	Valiant. Enduring. While you can spot 3 companions (or Eowyn), Merry is considered a Man. Each time another Man exerts, you may exert Merry to heal that Man. Skirmish: If he is not assigned to a skirmish, hinder Merry to end a skirmish involving a companion.
	Shelob, Last Child of Ungoliant (8C26)	Gollum	Minion • Spider	Enduring. Fierce. While in a fierce skirmish, Shelob is damage +1.
	Shelob, Her Ladyship (10R23)	Gollum	Minion • Spider	Enduring. Fierce. When you play Shelob, if you can spot Gollum, you may spot a companion. That companion cannot be assigned to a skirmish until the end of the turn.
	Castamir of Umbar (8R51)	Raider	Minion • Man	Corsair. Enduring. Fierce. Shadow: Exert Castamir of Umbar and play a corsair to add 2 tokens to a card that already has a token on it.
	Seasoned Leader (10R48)	Raider	Condition	Bearer must be a Southron. Bearer is Enduring. Skirmish: Remove a threat to play a condition from your discard pile.
	Úlairë Attëa, Thrall of the One (8U79)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Regroup: Exert Úlairë Attëa and spot your minion to return that minion to your hand.
	Úlairë Nertëa, Thrall of the One (8U80)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Fierce. The site number of each minion is –1.
	Úlairë Otsëa, Thrall of the One (8R81)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Fierce. Regroup: Discard Úlairë Otsëa to add , where X is the current site number.
	The Witch-king, Black Captain (8R84)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Each Man skirmishing The Witch-king loses all strength bonuses from weapons.
	Úlairë Cantëa, Thrall of the One (10R67)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Fierce. Shadow cards cannot exert Úlairë Cantëa during a skirmish phase. Skirmish: Heal Úlairë Cantëa to discard a possession borne by a character he is skirmishing.
	Úlairë Enquëa, Thrall of the One (10R68)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Shadow cards cannot exert Úlairë Enquëa during a skirmish phase. Skirmish: If Úlairë Enquëa is skirmishing, heal him to add a burden.
	Úlairë Lemenya, Thrall of the One (10U69)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Fierce. Shadow cards cannot exert Úlairë Lemenya during a skirmish phase. Skirmish: Heal Úlairë Lemenya to wound up to 3 other minions.
	Úlairë Nelya, Thrall of the One (10U70)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Fierce. Shadow cards cannot exert Úlairë Nelya during a skirmish phase. Skirmish: Heal Úlairë Nelya to add for each burden.
	Úlairë Toldëa, Thrall of the One (10R71)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Shadow cards cannot exert Úlairë Toldëa during a skirmish phase. Skirmish: Heal Úlairë Toldëa to make him damage +1.
	Barrow-wight Stalker (16R1)	Ringwraith	Minion • Wraith	Enduring. Each Wraith cannot take wounds (except during skirmishes). Shadow: Remove a burden to play a Wraith. That minion’s twilight cost is –2.
	Candle Corpses (16R2)	Ringwraith	Minion • Wraith	Enduring. Each time the Free Peoples player assigns this minion to a companion, you may spot another Wraith and remove to wound that companion.
	Covetous Wisp (16R3)	Ringwraith	Minion • Wraith	Enduring. Each time the Free Peoples player assigns Covetous Wisp to a companion, you may spot another Wraith and remove to add a burden.
	Dead Faces (16R4)	Ringwraith	Minion • Wraith	Enduring. Each time the Free Peoples player assigns this minion to a companion, you may spot another Wraith and remove to discard a condition.
	Spirit of Dread (16R5)	Ringwraith	Minion • Wraith	Enduring. While you can spot another Wraith, wounds cannot be healed and burdens can not be removed (except by Wraiths). Skrimish: Exert Spirit of Dread to make another Wraith strength +1.
	Undead of Angmar (16R6)	Ringwraith	Minion • Wraith	Enduring. While you can spot another Wraith, each wounded companion is resistance –2. Shadow: Exert Undead of Angmar twice to play a Wraith from your draw deck, then reshuffle.
	The Witch-king, Empowered by His Master (V3_80)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Fierce. Enduring. Damage +1. When you play this minion, hinder all Free Peoples cards of one type (except companion). The Free Peoples player may restore any number of their cards, and must exert one of their characters for each card restored.
	Winged Nazgul (V3_81)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Fierce. Assignment: Return another Winged Nazgul to hand to assign this minion to an unbound companion.
	Gorgoroth Berserker (8R96)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Besieger. Enduring. To play, spot a Orc. Maneuver: If you have initiative, exert Gorgoroth Berserker twice to take control a site. Maneuver: Remove a threat and exert Gorgoroth Berserker twice to take control a site.
	Sauron, The Lord of the Rings (9R+48)	Sauron	Minion • Maia	Damage +2. Enduring. Fierce. For each burden you spot, threat you spot, and site you control, Sauron’s twilight cost is –1.
	Orc Slaughterer (10R95)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Enduring. For each wound on this minion, it is strength +2.
	Endless Night (V3_96)	Sauron	Condition • Support Area,Support Area	Twilight. To play, hinder 4 twilight conditions. This cannot be discarded or hindered. Orcs gain fierce. Trolls gain enduring. Nazgul gain damage +1. Your Men and Uruk-hai gain archer. Shadow: Hinder X of your other Shadow support cards to play Sauron from your hand or discard pile; he is twilight cost -X.
	Gorgoroth Highway (V3_123)	Site	Site	All characters lose all strength bonuses from weapons and gain enduring. ​

Cards that interact with Enduring

This includes cards that interact with Enduring without granting it, as well as the two sites from War of the Ring block with abilities that cannot be used by Enduring characters.

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	For the Shire (V3_108)	Shire	Event • Assignment	Spot a Hobbit companion (except the Ring-bearer). In region 1, hinder all other Hobbits. In region 2, make that Hobbit defender +2 until the regroup phase. In region 3, make that Hobbit enduring until the regroup phase.
	Between Nazgûl and Prey (8R67)	Ringwraith	Event • Assignment	Exert an enduring minion twice to assign that minion to an unbound companion.
	Black Dart (8U69)	Ringwraith	Condition • Support Area	Archery: Spot your enduring or mounted Nazgûl to transfer this condition from your support area to an unbound companion. Discard a mount borne by that companion. Bearer cannot heal.
	Dark Swooping Shadows (10R58)	Ringwraith	Event • Skirmish	Heal an enduring minion to add a burden or 2 threats.
	The Dimholt (8U117)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Underground. Fellowship: Add 3 threats to play an enduring companion from your draw deck.
	City of the Dead (8U118)	Site	Site	Underground. Shadow: Remove 2 burdens to play an enduring minion from your draw deck or discard pile.
	Ettenmoors (11S237)	Site	Site	Plains. Skirmish: Exert your character (except an enduring character), to make it strength +2.
	Wold Battlefield (12U194)	Site	Site	Plains. Skirmish: Exert your Man (except an enduring Man) to make him or her damage +1. ​

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