Editing Beta Cards

'''Beta Cards''' are cards that progressed to the point where visuals and/or a title had been picked out, but were ultimately rejected before release (or in some cases iterated on until they were unrecognizable). The term comes from "beta testing", which is a software development term indicating a program that is mostly-ready but is still pending release.

Such cards are found in myriad sources--print ads that were finalized before the cards were, obsolete promotional material, and in some cases digging into the data hidden on Decipher's website or within the [[Lord of the Rings Online TCG]] client.  In most cases the story behind the rejection is completely unknown, as the card image itself is all we have to go on.  We can speculate, but in the vast majority of cases we must simply be left to ponder what might have been.

The most impressive collection of beta cards comes from the [[Mines of Moria Card Proofs]], which were a section of the [[New Line Fax Proofs]] that were sent between New Line and Decipher.  This is an exceptionally unique insight into the development and approval process of the game.  The full faxes include more than just card images, and go over packaging and other related material.

Below are all known beta cards with their sources listed.  If you know of any cards and have any visual proof of any kind, please upload them to the wiki and add them here!

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! Card !! Approximate Target Set !! Source
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| [[Of Very Little Importance (Beta)]] || [[Mines of Moria]]-era || [[Mines of Moria Proofs]]
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| [[Fortune of Fate (Beta)]] || [[Mines of Moria]]-era || [[Mines of Moria Proofs]]
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| [[Always a Baggins in Bag End (Beta)]] || [[Mines of Moria]]-era || [[Mines of Moria Proofs]]
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| [[Maiden of the Golden Ale (Beta)]] || [[Mines of Moria]]-era || [[Mines of Moria Proofs]]
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| [[Ripples in the Pool (Beta)]] || [[Mines of Moria]]-era || [[Mines of Moria Proofs]]
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| [[Of Very Little Importance (Beta)]] || [[Mines of Moria]]-era || [[Mines of Moria Proofs]]
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| [[It's the Beard (Beta)]] || [[The Two Towers]]-era || Mined from the Wayback Machine
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| [[There are NO Dwarven Women! (Beta)]] || [[The Two Towers]]-era || Mined from the Wayback Machine
|}



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