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From the Comprehensive Rules 4.0:

An artifact is a unique weapon, suit of armor, or other kind of special object used by a character.

Most artifacts tell you who their bearer can be. Other artifacts play to your support area.

Though artifacts are played and used much like possessions, they are a different card type. Artifacts are not affected by cards that affect possessions.

See also transfer.

Artifacts

Portrait Card Name Culture Card Type Game Text
Ring of Accretion (9R6) Dwarven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Dwarf.

Bearer is damage +1.

Maneuver: For each Dwarf you spot, reveal a card from the top of your draw deck. Take all Free Peoples cards revealed into hand and discard the rest. Discard this artifact.

Ring of Fury (9R+7) Dwarven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Dwarf.

Bearer is damage +2.

Regroup: Spot a Dwarf that is damage +X to heal X Dwarves. Discard this artifact.

Ring of Guile (9R8) Dwarven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Dwarf.

Bearer is damage +1.

Maneuver: Take a event into hand from your discard pile. Discard this artifact.

Ring of Retribution (9R9) Dwarven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Dwarf.

Response: If bearer wins a skirmish, discard this artifact to exert each Orc.

Ring of Artifice (17R4) Dwarven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Dwarf.

Bearer is damage +1.

Bearer is strength +1 for each artifact in your discard pile.

Regroup: Discard this to take a non-event card into hand from your discard pile.

Ring of Artifice (17RF1) Dwarven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Dwarf.

Bearer is damage +1.

Bearer is strength +1 for each artifact in your discard pile.

Regroup: Discard this to take a non-event card into hand from your discard pile.

Nenya (3R23) Elven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Galadriel.

At the start of each regroup phase, you may discard up to 2 cards from hand to draw the same number of cards.

Vilya (3R27) Elven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Elrond.

Maneuver: Exert Elrond twice and spot a Shadow condition to return that condition to its owner’s hand.

Aiglos (9R+12) Elven Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be an Elf.

If bearer is Gil-galad, he is strength +1 for each artifact you can spot (limit +6).

Regroup: Discard Aiglos to wound a minion for each Elf you spot.

Narya, Ring of Fire (9R19) Elven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Círdan or Gandalf.

Fellowship: Remove X culture tokens, where X is equal to bearer’s vitality. Discard this artifact.

Nenya, Ring of Adamant (9R20) Elven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Galadriel.

Maneuver: Heal 2 companions and place up to 2 cards from hand on top of your draw deck. Discard this artifact.

Vilya, Ring of Air (9R23) Elven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Elrond or Gil-galad.

Skirmish: Discard the top card of your draw deck. Make a minion skirmishing an Elf strength –X, where X is the twilight cost of the discarded card. Discard this artifact.

Phial of Galadriel, Star-glass (10R13) Elven Artifact Bearer must be a Hobbit.

Skirmish: Until the regroup phase, remove the game text (except card type and race) of a minion skirmishing bearer and make it unable to gain game text. Discard this artifiact.

Phial of Galadriel, Star-glass (10R13) Elven Artifact Bearer must be a Hobbit.

Skirmish: Until the regroup phase, remove the game text (except card type and race) of a minion skirmishing bearer and make it unable to gain game text. Discard this artifiact.

Gift of the Evenstar, Blessed Light (15U16) Elven Artifact • Support Area Each time an Elf wins a skirmish, you may exert that Elf or Aragorn to place an token here.

At the start of each maneuver phase, you may remove an token here to draw a card.

The Mirror of Galadriel, Dangerous Guide (15R22) Elven Artifact • Support Area To play, spot 3 Elves.

Each time you are about to draw a card, you may exert an Elf to look at the top three cards of your draw deck instead. Take a Free Peoples card into your hand and place the other cards on the bottom of your draw deck.

The Mirror of Galadriel, Dangerous Guide (15RF4) Elven Artifact • Support Area To play, spot 3 Elves.

Each time you are about to draw a card, you may exert an Elf to look at the top three cards of your draw deck instead. Take a Free Peoples card into your hand and place the other cards on the bottom of your draw deck.

Galadriel's Silver Ewer (18R11) Elven Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Galadriel or Celeborn.

While Galadriel is the Ring-bearer, she is strength +2 and resistance +2.

Each time you play an skirmish event, you may reinforce an token.

Galadriel's Silver Ewer (18RF3) Elven Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Galadriel or Celeborn.

While Galadriel is the Ring-bearer, she is strength +2 and resistance +2.

Each time you play an skirmish event, you may reinforce an token.

Gandalf's Staff (2R22) Gandalf Artifact • Staff Bearer must be Gandalf.

The twilight cost of each spell is -1.

Skirmish: Exert Gandalf twice to cancel a skirmish involving him.

Narya (3R34) Gandalf Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Gandalf.

At the start of each of your turns, you may add to remove a burden.

Gandalf's Staff, Walking Stick (4R91) Gandalf Artifact • Staff Bearer must be Gandalf.

While you can spot 2 twilight tokens, Gandalf is damage +2.

Gandalf's Staff, Focus of Power (7R38) Gandalf Artifact • Staff Bearer must be Gandalf.

While you can spot 4 twilight tokens, Gandalf is strength +1.

Gandalf's Staff, Ash-staff (11R34) Gandalf Artifact • Staff Bearer must be a Wizard.

If bearer is Gandalf, he gains muster. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.) Each time bearer wins a skirmish, choose a Shadow player who must wound a minion.

The Palantír of Orthanc, Recovered Seeing Stone (13R36) Gandalf Artifact • Palantir Bearer must be Gandalf. To play this, if you can spot The Palantír of Orthanc, discard it. At the start of the fellowship phase, you may add a burden to reveal a Shadow player's hand. He or she must choose a revealed minion and discard it from hand.
The Shards of Narsil (3R44) Gondor Artifact Fellowship: Stack a card from hand here.

Fellowship: Add to take a card stacked here into hand.

Ring of Barahir (6R55) Gondor Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Aragorn. At the start of each of your turns, you may spot a culture token to heal a companion of that culture.
Ring of Barahir (6R55) Gondor Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Aragorn. At the start of each of your turns, you may spot a culture token to heal a companion of that culture.
Andúril, Flame of the West (7R79) Gondor Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Aragorn. Discard other weapons he bears. He is damage +1 and cannot bear other weapons.

Fellowship or Regroup: If the fellowship is at any site 2 or any site 5, play the fellowship’s next site (replacing opponent’s site if necessary).

Andúril, King's Blade (7R80) Gondor Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Aragorn.

If you cannot spot a threat, Aragorn is defender +1.

Narsil, Blade of the Faithful (9R+34) Gondor Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be a Man.

If bearer is Elendil or Isildur, he is strength +1 for each artifact you can spot (limit +6).

Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, exert 2 Men to prevent that.

Sapling of the White Tree (9R35) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot an unbound Man.

Response: If a Man is about to take a wound, discard this artifact to prevent that.

Scroll of Isildur (9R36) Gondor Artifact • Support Area Tale. To play, spot a Man.

The Ring-bearer is resistance +1 for each artifact you can spot (limit +3).

Fellowship: Discard this artifact to play a ring from your discard pile.

Seeing Stone of Minas Anor (9R37) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot a Man with 3 or more vitality (or spot a Man and add 2 threats).

Regroup: Exert a Man or discard this artifact to discard your hand and draw 3 cards.

Seeing Stone of Orthanc (9R38) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot a Man with 3 or more vitality (or spot a Man and add 2 threats).

Regroup: Add a threat or discard this artifact to remove or draw a card.

Andúril, Sword That Was Broken (17R27) Gondor Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Aragorn.

He is damage +1.

Each time Aragorn wins a skirmish, you may exert him to liberate a site or discard a condition borne by a companion.

Narsil, Forged by Telchar (17R31) Gondor Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Elendil or Isildur.

Bearer is damage +1.

Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may exert him to discard a Shadow possession.

Throne of Minas Tirith (17R36) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Denethor (or 2 companions).

Each time a minion is killed or discarded from play during a skirmish, you may reinforce a token.

Skirmish: Remove 3 tokens to discard a possession.

Andúril, Sword That Was Broken (17RF5) Gondor Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Aragorn.

He is damage +1.

Each time Aragorn wins a skirmish, you may exert him to liberate a site or discard a condition borne by a companion.

Narsil, Forged by Telchar (17RF7) Gondor Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Elendil or Isildur.

Bearer is damage +1.

Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may exert him to discard a Shadow possession.

Throne of Minas Tirith (17RF8) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Denethor (or 2 companions).

Each time a minion is killed or discarded from play during a skirmish, you may reinforce a token.

Skirmish: Remove 3 tokens to discard a possession.

Throne of Minas Tirith (17O3) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Denethor (or 2 companions).

Each time a minion is killed or discarded from play during a skirmish, you may reinforce a token.

Skirmish: Remove 3 tokens to discard a possession.

Crown of Gondor (18R41) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Aragorn, Elendil, or Isildur.

Skirmish: Spot a Man with 3 or more vitality and discard a card from hand to make that Man strength +2.

Crown of Gondor (18RF7) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Aragorn, Elendil, or Isildur.

Skirmish: Spot a Man with 3 or more vitality and discard a card from hand to make that Man strength +2.

Crown of Gondor (18O3) Gondor Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Aragorn, Elendil, or Isildur.

Skirmish: Spot a Man with 3 or more vitality and discard a card from hand to make that Man strength +2.

The Palantír of Orthanc (3R67) Isengard Artifact • Palantir To play, spot an minion.

Shadow: Spot an minion and remove to reveal a card at random from the Free Peoples player's hand. Place that card on top of that player’s draw deck.

The Palantír of Orthanc, Seventh Seeing-stone (4R166) Isengard Artifact • Palantir To play, spot an minion. Plays to your support area.

Shadow: Spot an minion and remove to reveal the top card of any draw deck. You may place that card beneath that draw deck.

Saruman's Staff, Wizard's Device (4R174) Isengard Artifact • Staff Plays on Saruman. He is fierce and damage +1.

Maneuver: Make the first sentence of Saruman’s game text not apply until the regroup phase.

Library of Orthanc (9R+39) Isengard Artifact • Support Area Shadow: Play an minion to stack the top card of your draw deck on this card. Skirmish: Remove and discard a Free Peoples card stacked here to make an minion strength +1. Regroup: Remove to take an card stacked here into hand.
Staff of Saruman, Fallen Istar's Stave (13R81) Isengard Artifact • Staff Bearer must be a Wizard.

Regroup: If Saruman is the only minion you can spot, discard this artifact from play to return him to your hand.

Throne of Isengard (17R39) Isengard Artifact • Support Area Each time you play Saruman, spot a minion. That minion is fierce until the start of the regroup phase.

Each Wizard is strength +3 and damage +1.

Throne of Isengard (17RF9) Isengard Artifact • Support Area Each time you play Saruman, spot a minion. That minion is fierce until the start of the regroup phase.

Each Wizard is strength +3 and damage +1.

The Balrog's Sword (2R50) Moria Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be The Balrog.

It is damage +1

This weapon may be borne in addition to 1 other hand weapon.

Whip of Many Thongs (2R74) Moria Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be The Balrog.

Skirmish: Exert The Balrog to discard a helm, shield, or armor borne by a character The Balrog is skirmishing.

Whip of Many Thongs, Weapon of Flame and Shadow (12R80) Moria Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be The Balrog. It is fierce.

When you play this artifact, the Free Peoples player reveals his or her hand and discards all Free Peoples cards from hand that have a twilight cost of 1 or less.

Ring of Asperity (9R42) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Nazgûl.

When you play this artifact, you may wound an unwounded companion.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner’s hand.

Ring of Ire (9R+43) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be The Witch-king.

Skirmish: Exert bearer twice to make a minion damage +1.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner’s hand.

Ring of Rancor (9R44) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Nazgûl.

Maneuver: Remove a burden to heal each Nazgûl.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner’s hand.

Ring of Savagery (17R142) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Nazgûl.

Each time bearer wins a skirmish, the Free Peoples player must either add a burden or exert a companion.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner's hand.

Ring of Terror (17R143) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Nazgûl.

Bearer is damage +1.

When you play this artifact, you may remove 2 threats to take a card into hand from your discard pile.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner's hand.

Ring of Savagery (17RF17) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Nazgûl.

Each time bearer wins a skirmish, the Free Peoples player must either add a burden or exert a companion.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner's hand.

Ring of Terror (17RF18) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Nazgûl.

Bearer is damage +1.

When you play this artifact, you may remove 2 threats to take a card into hand from your discard pile.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner's hand.

Ring of Savagery (17O8) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Nazgûl.

Each time bearer wins a skirmish, the Free Peoples player must either add a burden or exert a companion.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner's hand.

Ring of Terror (17O9) Ringwraith Artifact • Ring Bearer must be a Nazgûl.

Bearer is damage +1.

When you play this artifact, you may remove 2 threats to take a card into hand from your discard pile.

Response: If a player reconciles, return bearer to his owner's hand.

The Red Arrow (9R46) Rohan Artifact • Support Area Assignment: Exert a Man to play a Man. You may exert that Man to play a possession on him or her. Discard this artifact.
Throne of the Golden Hall (17R98) Rohan Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Théoden (or 2 companions).

Saruman and Gríma cannot be assigned to skirmishes.

Response: If a Man is about to take a wound, exert another Man and add to prevent that.

Throne of the Golden Hall (17RF13) Rohan Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Théoden (or 2 companions).

Saruman and Gríma cannot be assigned to skirmishes.

Response: If a Man is about to take a wound, exert another Man and add to prevent that.

Throne of the Golden Hall (17O5) Rohan Artifact • Support Area To play, spot Théoden (or 2 companions).

Saruman and Gríma cannot be assigned to skirmishes.

Response: If a Man is about to take a wound, exert another Man and add to prevent that.

Ithil Stone (9R+47) Sauron Artifact • Support Area To play, exert a or minion.

At the start of each of your Shadow phases, you may draw a card.

Shadow: Discard this artifact to play a minion. Its twilight cost is –3.

Sceptre of the Dark Lord (13R141) Sauron Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Sauron.

He is damage +1.

Each time Sauron wins a skirmish and the companion he is skirmishing is not killed, you may assign X wounds to other companions, where X is the current region number.

Throne of the Dark Lord (17R105) Sauron Artifact • Support Area To play, spot 2 minions.

While you can spot Sauron, each other minion is damage +1.

While the fellowship is in the same region as Mount Doom, each companion is resistance -2.

Throne of the Dark Lord (17RF15) Sauron Artifact • Support Area To play, spot 2 minions.

While you can spot Sauron, each other minion is damage +1.

While the fellowship is in the same region as Mount Doom, each companion is resistance -2.

Mithril-coat (2R105) Shire Artifact • Armor Bearer must be Frodo.

The minion archery total is -1.

Each minion skirmishing Frodo does not gain strength bonuses from weapons and loses all damage bonuses.

Mithril-coat, Dwarf-mail (13R153) Shire Artifact • Armor Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit. Each minion skirmishing bearer loses all damage bonuses.

Skirmish: Exert bearer to make each minion he is skirmishing lose fierce and unable to gain fierce until the regroup phase.

Phial of Galadriel, The Light of Earendil (13R155) Shire Artifact • Phial Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit.

While bearer is in region 1, bearer gains muster.

While bearer is in region 2, each of your companions gains muster.

While bearer is in region 3, each character gains muster.

Orcrist (30S17) Dwarven Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Thorin. He is damage +1. Each time Thorin wins a skirmish, you may wound an Orc.
Emeralds of Girion (31HD3) Dwarven Artifact • Support Area Fellowship: Add [1] to take a card stacked here into hand. Regroup: Exert an [Elven] ally to stack an [Elven] event (or Lore of Imladris) from your discard pile on Emeralds of Girion.
Mithril Coat (31HE5) Dwarven Artifact • Armor Bearer must be Bilbo. The minion archery total is -1. While Bilbo is skirmishing, the twilight cost of each Shadow event is +2.
The Arkenstone (31HE48) Dwarven Artifact • Support Area Fellowship: Add [1] to take a card stacked here in your hand. Regroup: Exert a [Dwarven] companion to stack a [Dwarven] event from your draw deck on the Arkenstone (limit once per phase).
Crown of Erebor (32HB1) Dwarven Artifact • Support Area Each time you play Roäc, you may heal Thorin or Dain Ironfoot. Then, you may remove a doubt. Assignment: If you cannot spot Thorin, [Dwarven] allies may be assigned to skirmishes.
Ring of Thrór (32HF44) Dwarven Artifact • Ring Ring. Bearer must be a [Dwarven] companion. Bearer is strength +1 for each [Dwarven] possession and [Dwarven] artifact in your discard pile (limit +3). Maneuver: Take a [Dwarven] event into hand from your discard pile. Discard this artifact.
Nenya (32HG14) Elven Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Galadriel. At the start of each of your turns, you may heal a Wise ally. Fellowship: Exert Galadriel and add [2] to take a [Gandalf] spell from your draw deck into your hand.
Glamdring (30S29) Gandalf Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Gandalf. Each time Gandalf wins a skirmish, you may remove a doubt.
Narya (32HG23) Gandalf Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Gandalf. The twilight cost of each [Gandalf] event is -1. Response: If Gandalf is about to be discarded, exert him to prevent that.
Wizard Staff (32HH63) Gandalf Artifact • Staff Bearer must be a Wizard. At the start of each of your turns, you may exert bearer to take a [Gandalf] spell from your draw deck into your hand.
Ring of Thrór, Last of the Seven Rings (32B27) Sauron Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Sauron. He is fierce. Skirmish: Remove [2] to make Sauron or a Wraith minion damage +1 (limit +1)
Sting (30S47) Shire Artifact • Hand Weapon Bearer must be Bilbo. Each time bearer wins a skirmish in which you played a [Dwarven] event, you may discard a condition.
The One Ring (30S48) Shire Artifact • Ring Bearer must be Bilbo. While wearing the One Ring, Bilbo is strength +2, and each time he is about to take a wound in a skirmish add a doubt instead. Skirmish: Add a doubt to wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
The Arkenstone, King's Jewel (31HE7) File:Culture Smaug.svg Smaug Artifact Plays on Bilbo. At sites 7 to 9, wound bearer at the end of the maneuver phase. (If bearer is Bilbo, add a doubt instead.) Thorin gains this ability : 'Maneuver : Add a doubt to transfer the Arkenstone to Thorin (or add 3 doubts to discard it).'


Cards That Support Artifacts

Dwarven

Elven

Gandalf

Gollum

Gondor

Site

Shire

Frodo, Reluctant Adventurer

Cards That Counter Artifacts

Elven

Gandalf

Gollum

Orc

Uruk-Hai


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Alignment (Kind / Side) Free Peoples Companion Ally Follower Artifact Possession The One Ring Condition Event Site
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