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French format includes sets 1-6, [[Reflections]], sets 11-14, and [[The Weta Collection]]. Like [[Movie Block]], [[War of the Ring Standard]], and [[Standard]], it consists of three blocks, though unlike any of them [[King Block]] is excluded. It is similar in spirit to [[King Standard]], created under the belief that the game is better without cards from King Block. It also allows some often-banned cards that aren't a problem in that format and removes others, with offenders falling in three broad categories: meta-defining (simply too strong), [[recur|self-recurring]] [[Site Manipulation|site manipulation]], and [[Negative Play Experience|Negative Play Experiences]]. French format is supported in [[GEMP]] and [[mLOTRO]]. More info is available in [https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php?topic=12007.msg98464 this Last Homely House forum thread]. == X-list == The [[X-list]] for French format is based on the Expanded X- and [[R-list|R-lists]], with differences noted with the reason: * {{Card|Elrond, Lord of Rivendell}} * {{Card|Galadriel, Lady of Light}} * {{Card|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} * {{Card|No Stranger to the Shadows}} * {{Card|Ulaire Nertea, Messenger of Dol Guldur}} * {{Card|Forces of Mordor}} * {{Card|Sam, Son of Hamfast}} * {{Card|Sting}} * {{Card|A Talent for Not Being Seen}} * {{Card|Till Durin Wakes Again}} - abusive healing with underground sites and {{Card|Unforgiving Depths}} * {{Card|Flaming Brand}} * {{Card|Bill Ferny, Swarthy Sneering Fellow}} * {{Card|Gimli, Dwarf of the Mountain-race}} * {{Card|Galadriel, Lady of the Golden Wood}} * {{Card|Aragorn, Heir to the White City}} * {{Card|Horn of Boromir}} * {{Card|Saruman, Keeper of Isengard}} * {{Card|Frying Pan}} * {{Card|The Palantir of Orthanc}} * {{Card|Legolas, Dauntless Hunter}} * {{Card|Get On and Get Away}} * {{Card|Follow Smeagol}} - too much site path control * {{Card|Sapling of the White Tree}} - easy healing and provides too much utility with the site liberation of {{Card|Elendil, The Tall}}, preventing any Shadow culture except {{C|Dunland}} from playing a strategy based on site controlling * {{Card|Final Account}} * {{Card|One Good Turn Deserves Another}} - too much site path control * {{Card|Strange-Looking Men}} * {{Card|Demoralized}} * {{Card|Orkish Smith}} * {{Card|Ulaire Nelya, Third of the Nine Riders}} - too much site path control * {{Card|The Witch-king, Captain of the Nine Riders}} - provides too power to {{C|Ringwraith}} decks * {{Card|Caras Galadhon}} - easy to replace the current site with Traveled Leader against a swarm * {{Card|Cavern Entrance}} - NPE which also kept Hobbit Free Peoples from being playable * {{Card|Celeborn, The Wise}} - enabled double moves too easily for the already-strong [[Telepathy]] deck * {{Card|Pallando, Far-travelling One}} - weak cultural enforcement and no way for Shadow players to discard * {{Card|Denethor, Last Ruling Steward}} - too strong with Aragorn's Bow and Greenleaf * {{Card|Courtyard Parapet}} * {{Card|Grimbeorn, Beorning Chieftain}} - too strong with no cultural enforcement In addition, the following cards are restricted or banned in Expanded but not in French format: * {{Card|Savagery to Match Their Numbers}} - makes both {{C|Isengard}} and {{C|Uruk-hai}} Uruk-Hai playable in the format * {{Card|Relics of Moria}} - necessary for {{C|Moria}} Swarm to compete with {{C|Orc}} Swarm decks * {{Card|Bill the Pony}} - many underground sites are played in this format which discard Bill * {{Card|The Shire Countryside}} - no insane combos without cards from King Block * {{Card|Fortress Never Fallen}} - no reason to ban this card ---- {{Format Table}}