Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir (1R289)

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Frodo, Son of Drogo (1C290)

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Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir (1R289) is a Shire Companion from the Fellowship of the Ring set.

EN Nonfoil First Edition EN Foil First Edition DE Nonfoil First Edition DE Foil First Edition FR Nonfoil First Edition FR Foil First Edition IT Nonfoil First Edition IT Foil First Edition ES Nonfoil First Edition ES Foil First Edition PL Nonfoil First Edition PL Foil First Edition PT Nonfoil First Edition PT Foil First Edition ZH Nonfoil First Edition ZH Foil First Edition

Collection Info Title Frodo Subtitle Old Bilbo's Heir Unique Yes Collectible Yes Set 1 - The Fellowship of the Ring Rarity R - Rare Card Number 289 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Shire Side Free Peoples Card Type Companion Race Hobbit Twilight Cost 0 Strength 3 Vitality 4 Resistance 10 Signet Gandalf Game Text Ring-bearer (resistance 10). At the start of each of your turns, you may heal a Hobbit ally. Lore “‘But be that as it may, Mr. Frodo is as nice a young hobbit as you could wish to meet.'”

Translations DE - German Game Text Ringträger (Resistenz 10). Zu Beginn eines jeden deiner Spielzüge kannst du einen Hobbitverbündeten heilen. Lore "Aber sei dem, wie ihm wolle, Herr Frodo ist ein so netter junger Hobbit, wie man ihn sich nur wünschen kann.“ ES - Spanish Game Text Portador del Anillo (resistencia 10). Al principio de cada uno de tus turnos, puedes curar un aliado Hobbit. Lore “Pero de cualquier modo el Señor Frodo es un joven Hobbit tan agradable como el que más.” FR - French Card Name Frodon, Héritier du Vieux Bilbon Game Text Porteur de l’Anneau (résistance 10). Au début de chacun de vos tours, vous pouvez guérir un allié Hobbit. Lore “‘Mais quoi qu'il en soit, M. Frodon est un jeune Hobbit aussi gentil qu'on pourrait le souhaiter.'” IT - Italian Game Text Portatore dell’Anello (resistenza 10). All’inizio di ogni tuo turno, puoi curare un Hobbit alleato. Lore “‘Comunque, di Hobbit gentili come il signor Frodo è difficile incontrarne.'” PL - Polish PT - Portuguese ZH - Chinese

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN01S289.0 TLHH ID LOTR01289 GEMP ID 1_289 LOTRO Hex ID 41 36 F4 LOTRO Image ID 01_289

Strategy

This version of Frodo is useful in any [shire] ally intensive deck, or even decks with just a few select [shire] allies. His ability is especially useful for Bounder, allowing him to prevent multiple overwhelms, and it can also help either version of Bilbo. Using this Frodo can essentially provide free healing when used with The Gaffer, SF; Rosie Cotton, HL or Farmer Maggot, CoR, and saves you having to use Hobbit Party Guest to heal your allies (Although if you have many allies, some Hobbit Party Guests might still be useful). His ability is also more versatile than that of Hobbiton Party Guest, who cannot heal Bounder.

He can even be seen in Gandalf-supported decks with no allies, due to the simple addition of a Gandalf signet for TMAYOD (a necessity in Gandalf-Dwarves TMAYOD fellowships, with The Grey Wizard and Son of Gloin). The aforementioned signet enables a single active copy of Gandalf's Wisdom to replace most of his counterpart Reluctant Adventurer's choking advantages.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Strength based shadows (With Bounder)
• Wounding/Archery shadows (With The Gaffer, SF or Farmer Maggot, CoR)

Weak Versus...

• Anti-ally cards (Tower Assassin, Fear, Their Power is in Terror*, Ulaire Attea, The Easterling)
• Anduin Confluence (if not using Thror's Map)

Alternate Personas

Portrait	Name	Game Text
	Frodo, Son of Drogo (1C290)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Exert another companion who has the Frodo signet to heal Frodo.
	Frodo, Reluctant Adventurer (2C102)	Ring-bound. Ring-bearer (resistance 10). The cost of each artifact, possession, and tale played on Frodo is -1.
	Frodo, Courteous Halfling (4R301)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). While you can spot 3 unbound companions, Shadow cards may not discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck.
	Frodo, Tired Traveller (4C302)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Play a Ring-bound companion to remove a burden.
	Frodo, Master of the Precious (5U111)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Add a burden to play Sméagol from your discard pile.
	Frodo, Hope of Free Peoples (7C317)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Ring-bound. Each time the fellowship moves, you may add to remove a threat.
	Frodo, Wicked Masster! (7R318)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Ring-bound. Skirmish: At sites 6 to 8, add 4 burdens to wound a minion skirmishing Frodo.
	Frodo, Resolute Hobbit (10P121)	Ring-bearer (resistance 12).
	Frodo, Protected by Many (11S164)	Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. At the start of the regroup phase, you may exert Frodo to make him gain muster until the end of the regroup phase. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.)
	Frodo, Frenzied Fighter (13R149)	Ring-bound. While you can spot more minions than companions, Frodo cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Skirmish: If Frodo is not assigned to a skirmish, exert Frodo to have him replace a Ring-bound companion skirmishing a minion.
	Frodo, Weary From the Journey (15C144)	Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. While skirmishing a minion of strength 8 or less, Frodo is strength +2.
	Frodo, Little Master (19P28)	Fellowship. Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. While you cannot spot 4 threats, Shadow cards cannot discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck.
	Frodo, Mr. Underhill (0P67)	Ring-bound. Ring-bearer (resistance 10). The cost of each artifact, possession, and tale played on Frodo is -1.
	Frodo, Mr. Underhill (0W25)	Ring-bearer. ​

See Also

Decks

• The Smoky Tales of Hobbits and Men in Moria - http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,9433.0.html
• Hobbits - http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,8510.0.html
• Bilbo Choke - http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,8874.0.html