Besieger
Besieger is an unloaded keyword appearing on Minions from the Sauron culture. Besieger cards are generally focused on affecting Engines, controlling sites, and stacking besieger minions on controlled sites.
Besiegers are a common Shadow deck in King Block and Movie Block. Generally, the deck seeks to set up a support area full of engine conditions, and uses them to buff besieger orc minions with cards like Great Siege-towers (7U281) and Tower Walkway (7C315) and/or get significant twilight cost discounts on besieger troll minions like Troll of Gorgoroth, Abomination of Sauron (8R108) . Different versions of the deck may place more or less emphasis on site control. The deck generally plays few if any non-besieger minions.
List of Cards with the Besieger Keyword
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Gorgoroth Attacker (7U270) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
When you play this minion from a site you control, add a burden for each site you control. | |
Gorgoroth Axeman (7U271) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Skirmish: Discard this minion to make a minion strength +1 for each site you control (or +2 if you have initiative). | |
Gorgoroth Engineer (7U272) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
When you play this minion from a site you control, add 2 threats. | |
Gorgoroth Garrison (7C273) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Regroup: Discard 2 cards from hand to stack a Orc on a site you control (or discard 1 card from hand if that Orc is a besieger). | |
Gorgoroth Officer (7R274) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Skirmish: Discard 2 cards from hand to play a Orc stacked on a site you control. That Orc is fierce and strength +6 until the regroup phase. | |
Gorgoroth Pillager (7C275) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
While this minion is stacked on a site you control, besiegers are fierce. | |
Gorgoroth Ransacker (7C276) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Skirmish: If this minion is stacked on a site you control, discard him to make a Orc strength +5 (or +10 if you have initiative). | |
Gorgoroth Sapper (7C277) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Shadow: Discard 2 cards from hand to play a Orc stacked on a site you control (discard 1 card from hand instead if that Orc is a besieger). | |
Gorgoroth Soldier (7U278) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Response: If a besieger is about to take a wound, discard 2 cards from hand to prevent it. | |
Gorgoroth Troop (7R279) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Skirmish: Stack a besieger on a site you control to make Gorgoroth Troop strength +2. | |
Siege Commander (7R311) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Skirmish: Discard 2 cards from hand to make a besieger fierce until the regroup phase. | |
Gorgoroth Agitator (8U94) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
When you play this minion, if you can spot another besieger, you may add a threat for each companion over 4. Shadow: Remove a threat to play a engine from your discard pile. | |
Gorgoroth Assassin (8R95) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Assignment: Spot a engine or site you control to assign this minion to an unbound companion. | |
Gorgoroth Berserker (8R96) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger. Enduring.
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. | |
Gorgoroth Breaker (8U97) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Archery: Exert this minion or stack it on a site you control to make the fellowship archery total –2. | |
Gorgoroth Looter (8U98) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
When you play this minion, you may remove a burden to play a besieger stacked on a site. | |
Gorgoroth Patrol (8U99) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Regroup: If this minion is stacked on a site you control, discard this minion to make the move limit for this turn –1. | |
Gorgoroth Servitor (8U100) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Archery: Return this minion to your hand to make the fellowship archery total –2 and prevent the Free Peoples player from using archery special abilities. | |
Gorgoroth Stormer (8C101) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Shadow: If you have initiative, exert this minion to add a burden and make the Free Peoples player draw a card. | |
Great Hill Troll (8C102) | Sauron | Minion • Troll | Besieger. Fierce.
The twilight cost of this minion is –1 for each engine you spot. When you play this minion at sites 5 to 9, you may discard a Free Peoples condition. | |
Olog-hai of Mordor (8R105) | Sauron | Minion • Troll | Besieger. Fierce.
The twilight cost of this minion is –2 for each minion stacked on a site. Each time this minion wins a skirmish, you may play a besieger stacked on a site you control. That besieger is fierce and damage +1 until the regroup phase. | |
Siege Troop (8C106) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Regroup: Exert this minion twice to take control of a site. | |
Troll of Gorgoroth, Abomination of Sauron (8R108) | Sauron | Minion • Troll | Besieger. Fierce.
The twilight cost of this minion is –2 for each engine you spot. Regroup: Exert Troll of Gorgoroth to stack a besieger on a site you control. | |
Gorgoroth Keeper (10C86) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger. While you control a site, this minion's twilight cost is –2.
Regroup: Stack this minion on a site you control. | |
Gorgoroth Swarm (10C87) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
When you play this minion, you may spot another besieger and 6 companions to play a besieger from your discard pile and control a site. | |
Gothmog, Lieutenant of Morgul (10R88) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
When you play Gothmog, the Free Peoples player must wound a companion for each site you control. While you control a site, Gothmog is fierce. | |
Mordor Pillager (10U92) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger. Fierce.
Shadow: Exert this minion and spot another minion to control a site. If you cannot spot 3 Free Peoples cultures, the Free Peoples player may exert a companion to prevent this. | |
Morgul Patrol (0D24) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger. Tracker. The site number of each [SAURON] Orc is -3. Response: If Morgul Patrol wins a skirmish, exert it to make it fierce until the regroup phase. Skirmish: Exert Morgul Patrol to wound a character it is skirmishing. Regroup: Exert Morgul Patrol to make the Free Peoples player exert X companions, where X is the number of burdens you can spot. | |
Gorgoroth Swarm (0W28) | Sauron | Minion • Orc | Besieger.
When you play this minion, you may spot another besieger and 6 companions to play a besieger from your discard pile and control a site. |
List of Cards that Interact with the Besieger Keyword
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Fearing the Worst (2R100) | Shire | Condition | Stealth. To play, exert 2 Hobbits.
The twilight cost of each search card and each tracker is +2. | |
Brought Back Alive (4U143) | Isengard | Event | Search.
Assignment: Exert an tracker to assign it to an unbound companion. That companion may exert to prevent this (unless that companion is a Hobbit). | |
Get Back (4U152) | Isengard | Event | Assignment: Prevent an tracker from being assigned to a skirmish by any player. | |
Kill Them Now (4C156) | Isengard | Event | Skirmish: Make an tracker strength +2 (or +4 if skirmishing a character bearing a search card). | |
Many Riddles (4U159) | Isengard | Condition | Search. To play, exert an tracker.
Plays on a companion (except the Ring-bearer). Assignment: Exert an tracker and remove to assign that tracker to bearer. Bearer may exert to prevent this. | |
Mauhúr, Patrol Leader (4R160) | Isengard | Minion • Uruk-hai | Tracker. Fierce. | |
Rest While You Can (4R171) | Isengard | Condition | Search. To play, spot an tracker.
Plays on a companion. Limit 1 per companion.If bearer is killed, reveal the top 10 cards of opponent’s draw deck and discard 1 Shadow card and 1 Free Peoples card. Your opponent reshuffles that deck. | |
Uglúk, Servant of Saruman (4R176) | Isengard | Minion • Uruk-hai | Tracker. Fierce.
The roaming penalty for each tracker you play is -2. | |
Vengeance (4U208) | Isengard | Event | Skirmish: Make an tracker strength +2 for each card borne by the character it is skirmishing. | |
Weary (4C212) | Isengard | Condition | Search. Plays on a companion or ally.
Limit 1 per character. Each time the Free Peoples player assigns bearer to skirmish an tracker, bearer must exert. | |
What Did You Discover? (4R213) | Isengard | Condition | Search.
Each time the fellowship moves during the regroup phase, you may discard 2 cards from hand to take an tracker from your discard pile into hand. | |
Seeking It Always (1U275) | Sauron | Condition | Search. Plays to your support area.
Response: If a stealth event is played, exert a tracker to cancel that event. | |
Under the Watching Eye (1C281) | Sauron | Condition | Search. To play, exert a tracker. Plays to your support area.
Each time the fellowship moves, the Free Peoples player must exert a companion. | |
Spies of Mordor (2U92) | Sauron | Condition | Search. To play, spot a Orc.
Each time the fellowship moves during the regroup phase, you may draw a card (or 2 cards if you spot a tracker). |
Unloaded Keywords | ||
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Race | Decipher | [Raceless] • Balrog • Creature • Dwarf • Elf • Ent • Half-troll • Hobbit • Maia • Man • Nazgûl • Orc • Spider • Tree • Troll • Uruk-hai • Wizard • Wraith |
Player's Council | Crow • Eagle | |
Hobbit Draft Game | Bird • Dragon • Eagle • Giant • Goblin | |
Site | ||
Decipher | Battleground • Dwelling • Forest • Marsh • Mountain • Plains • River • Underground | |
General | Decipher | Besieger • Corsair • Easterling • Engine • Fellowship • Fortification • Knight • Machine • Pipeweed • Ranger • Ring-bound • Search • Southron • Spell • Stealth • Tale • Tentacle • Tracker • Twilight • [Unbound] • Valiant • Villager • Weather • Warg-rider |
Player's Council | Pony | |
Hobbit Draft Game | Burglar • Cunning • Wise |