Here Is Good Rock (4C50)

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Here Is Good Rock (4C50) is a Dwarven Condition from the The Two Towers 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

Collection Info Title Here Is Good Rock Unique Yes Collectible Yes Set 4 - The Two Towers Rarity C - Common Card Number 50 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Dwarven Side Free Peoples Card Type Condition Twilight Cost 1 Game Text Tale. Plays to your support area. Skirmish: Stack a Free Peoples card from hand here to make a Dwarf damage +1. Lore “‘Give me a year and a hundred of my kin and I would make this a place that armies would break upon like water.'”

Translations DE - German Card Name Das ist guter Felsen hier Game Text Erzählung. Kampf Lagere eine Karte der Freien Völker aus deiner Hand hier, um einem Zwerg Schaden +1 zu geben. Lore "Gib mir ein Jahr Zeit und hundert Mann von meiner Sippe, und ich würde daraus eine Festung machen, an der sich Heere wie Wellen brechen würden.“ ES - Spanish Card Name Aquí Hay Buena Roca Game Text Cuento. Escaramuza: Apila una carta de Gentes Libres de tu mano aquí para darle a un Enano daño +1. Lore “Dadme un año y un centenar de los de mi raza y haré de este lugar un baluarte donde los ejércitos se estrellarán como un oleaje.” FR - French Card Name Ceci est du Bon Roc Game Text Récit. Combat : Empilez ici une carte des Peuples Libres de votre main pour donner des dégâts +1 à un Nain. Lore « “Qu'on me donne un an et une centaine des miens, et je ferais de ceci un endroit sur lequel les armées se briseraient comme de l'eau.” » IT - Italian Card Name Ecco della Buona Roccia Game Text Racconto. Schermaglia: Impila qui una carta dei Popoli Liberi dalla mano per aggiungere a un Nano Danno +1. Lore “‘In cento e un anno della mia razza farei di questo posto una rocca contro la quale gli eserciti si infrangerebbero come flutti.'”

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN04S050.0 TLHH ID LOTR04050 GEMP ID 4_50 LOTRO Hex ID 62 93 D0 03 LOTRO Image ID 04_050

Strategy

Though it may seem to be a redundant condition, Here Is Good Rock is a cycling powerhouse with an added damage buff - not the other way around. When used with strong card-drawing events such as Delving, it helps sift through the draw deck and stack Free Peoples cards which aren't immediately useful to fuel Axe of Erebor or to later be reclaimed with Dwarven Foresight, allowing a player to find important cards earlier. It can be a critical asset when a key companion such as Gandalf dies, preventing character-specific cards from cluttering a player's hand and crippling both Free Peoples and Shadow sides. Here Is Good Rock goes naturally in decks hoping to include Toss Me, which can otherwise be difficult to stack on demand.

Although it is unique, duplicates can be stacked onto the copy in play and minimize the negative impact of having extra copies. The temptation to stack cards exclusively on Here Is Good Rock makes it a vulnerable target for condition discard, potentially leveling a card-stacking strategy if key cards aren't spread out among several conditions. Inversely, when using Return of the King's Gimli, Feared Axeman, a player should use Here Is Good Rock is to minimize the number of conditions used and rely on Gimli's crucial condition protection to keep stacked cards intact. After Reflections was released, Here Is Good Rock gained further use though Sindri, Dwarven Lord, able to easily store skirmish events until needed.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• [Dwarven] card-stacking strategies
• Cycling less useful cards out of a player's hand
• Minions such as Isengard Orcs, who rely on keeping vitality for the Regroup phase

Weak Versus...

• Condition discard, especially when used to stack important cards without discard prevention

Rulings

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