Customizable League Cards

On 11 December 2004, the Lord of the Rings Online TCG platform launched its league system for players to have the opportunity to participate in regular events. The leagues were not just mirrors of their physical counterparts, however, as they incorporated the meta-path Race to Mount Doom modifiers as well as Customizable League Cards.

Such league cards had a D rarity (for "Digital", not to be confused with Decipher's printed D for "DGMA Promo" rarity). They started out as mostly-blank cards, but as players earned League Character Points for participating in the league they signed up with, those points could be spent to upgrade the Customizable League Cards in their collection.

For instance, Arwen (shown to the right/above) could have 1 point spent to add the Ranger keyword, 3 points spent to add 1 strength or the Archer keyword, and 5 points spent to add 1 vitality.

These upgrades were only usable within the league that they were upgraded in, and expired as soon as the league ran out.

Some of the Customizable League Cards had physical counterparts which were issued on an unknown basis to individuals who participated in some league events; these cards are among the rarest in the Promotional set due to the very narrow distribution. These cards are 0P62 - 0P67, and are for the most part based on the mostly-blank variant, with perhaps a point or two spent to keep them from being completely unusable.

Rarity

There is some confusion regarding the D rarity applied to these cards within the LOTRO client. Initially this was established to mean (D)igital, but later cards physically printed by Decipher were for (D)GMA rewards, which could lead one to believe that these D-rarity cards were also printed. Add onto the fact that some of them were printed with a P rarity, and it's a right mess.

Later, it appears that World's Apart altered their internal naming scheme and referred to all digital-only cards with the rarity of W, presumably for (W)orld's Apart and to avoid the ambiguous D issue. This must have been done late in the platform's lifetime, however, as none of the website help articles were ever updated to reflect this information.

To be absolutely clear: none of the D-rarity cards were ever printed. Also none of the fully customized cards were ever printed. Some barely-customized cards were rebranded under the P-rarity and were printed as almost-but-not-quite useless base versions.

Cards

Below you will find a table containing each of the customizable cards, their point structures, and variations. Note that the values below reflect the final versions of the cards in the most recent version of the Lord of the Rings Online TCG client, which are different from the various blog articles posted in the run-up to the League update.

Basic Unupgraded Card	Unlockable Buffs	Fully Upgraded Card	Physical Promo Print	Printing Point Value
Dunlending Brawler (0W14)	1 pt: Assignment: Spot an ally to make that ally participate in skirmishes and assign this minion to skirmish that ally. Fierce 3 pts: The fellowship archery total is -1. (up to 3 times) Strength +1 (up to 3 times) 5 pts: Each time this minion wins a skirmish, you may spot another Dunland Man to take control of a site and make that Man strength +6 and make that man fierce until the regroup phase. Total points to max out: 25	Dunlending Brawler (0W14)	❌ No printed version
Gimli, Dwarven Delegate (0W15)	1 pt: Damage +1 (up to 3 times) Strength +1 Aragorn signet OR Frodo signet OR Gandalf signet OR Theoden signet 3 pt: Gimli may bear an additional hand weapon. Twilight cost -1 At an underground site, Gimli's twilight cost is -2. While skirmishing an Orc, Gimli is strength +2. Strength +1 5 pt: Response: If Gimli wins a skirmish, exert him to replace an unbound companion assigned to a skirmish. Strength +1 Total points to max out: 30	Gimli, Dwarven Delegate (0W15)	Gimli, Dwarven Delegate (0P62)	2 pts (Damage +1, Strength +1)