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<div style="flex-grow:5; flex-basis:60%; min-width:60%;margin:10px;">The '''Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game''' is an immersive card game by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decipher,_Inc. Decipher, Inc] which uses visuals from the Peter Jackson films and draws concepts from both the films and Tolkien's original masterpiece.  It was printed from 2001-2007, and has been kept alive by the community of fans ever since.
 
 
Guide Frodo down the path to Mount Doom, defending him from orcs, nazgul, trolls, and whatever else the forces of Shadow can muster up against him.  Then, when your turn is over, reverse roles and set your sites on corrupting your ''opponent'' as they try to keep the Ring out of Sauron's grasp.  Build your deck from more than a dozen cultures of Middle-earth, and find the one true strategy to rule them all!</div>
 
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{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN00S054.0_portrait.jpg|Promotional Index|0 - ''Promotional''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN01S079.0_portrait.jpg|Fellowship of the Ring Index|1 - ''Fellowship of the Ring''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN02S051.0_portrait.jpg|Mines of Moria Index|2 - ''Mines of Moria''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN03S013.0_portrait.jpg|Realms of the Elf-lords Index|3 - ''Realms of the Elf-lords''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN04S280.0_portrait.jpg|The Two Towers Index|4 - ''The Two Towers''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN05S060.0_portrait.jpg|Battle of Helm's Deep Index|5 - ''Battle of Helm's Deep''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN06S037.0_portrait.jpg|Ents of Fangorn Index|6 - ''Ents of Fangorn''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN07S081.0_portrait.jpg|Return of the King Index|7 - ''Return of the King''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN08S103.0_portrait.jpg|Siege of Gondor Index|8 - ''Siege of Gondor''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN09F052.0_portrait.jpg|Reflections Index|9 - ''Reflections''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN10S112.0_portrait.jpg|Mount Doom Index|10 - ''Mount Doom''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN11S226.0_portrait.jpg|Shadows Index|11 - ''Shadows''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN12S118.0_portrait.jpg|Black Rider Index|12 - ''Black Rider''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN13S005.0_portrait.jpg|Bloodlines Index|13 - ''Bloodlines''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN14S006.0_portrait.jpg|Expanded Middle-earth Index|14 - ''Expanded Middle-earth''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN15G060.0_portrait.jpg|The Hunters Index|15 - ''The Hunters''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN16F006.0_portrait.jpg|The Wraith Collection Index|16 - ''The Wraith Collection''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN17S115.0_portrait.jpg|Rise of Saruman Index|17 - ''Rise of Saruman''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN18S029.0_portrait.jpg|Treachery & Deceit Index|18 - ''Treachery & Deceit''}}
{{ImageTile|LOTR-EN19F001.0 portrait.jpg|Age's End Index|19 - ''Age's End''}}
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{{ImageTile|HDG pack freeps.jpg|The Hobbit Draft Game: Main Deck Index|30 - ''HDG: Main Deck''}}
{{ImageTile|HDG pack beatdown 2.jpg|The Hobbit Draft Game: Shadow Packs Index|31 - ''HDG: Shadow Packs''}}
{{ImageTile|HDG pack supp L.jpg|The Hobbit Draft Game: Supplementary Packs Index|32 - ''Supplementary Packs''}}
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Revision as of 09:21, 14 October 2021

Welcome to the

Lord of the Rings TCG Wiki

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game is an immersive card game by Decipher, Inc which uses visuals from the Peter Jackson films and draws concepts from both the films and Tolkien's original masterpiece. It was printed from 2001-2007, and has been kept alive by the community of fans ever since.


Guide Frodo down the path to Mount Doom, defending him from orcs, nazgul, trolls, and whatever else the forces of Shadow can muster up against him. Then, when your turn is over, reverse roles and set your sites on corrupting your opponent as they try to keep the Ring out of Sauron's grasp. Build your deck from more than a dozen cultures of Middle-earth, and find the one true strategy to rule them all!


Game Concepts


Official Decipher Sets
0 - Promotional


1 - Fellowship of the Ring


2 - Mines of Moria


3 - Realms of the Elf-lords


4 - The Two Towers


5 - Battle of Helm's Deep


6 - Ents of Fangorn


7 - Return of the King


8 - Siege of Gondor


9 - Reflections


10 - Mount Doom


11 - Shadows


12 - Black Rider


13 - Bloodlines


14 - Expanded Middle-earth


15 - The Hunters


16 - The Wraith Collection


17 - Rise of Saruman


18 - Treachery & Deceit


19 - Age's End



Prominent Fan Sets
30 - HDG: Main Deck


31 - HDG: Shadow Packs


32 - Supplementary Packs




Card Type
Layout Used: Character Layout Modifier Layout Site Layout
Alignment (Kind / Side) Free Peoples Companion Ally Follower Artifact Possession The One Ring Condition Event Site
Shadow Minion



Card Layout
Tokens Twilight Tokens Culture Tokens Wounds Burdens
Characters Twilight Cost Culture Strength Vitality Resistance Signet Home Site Site Number Game Text Lore Collector's Info
Other (Modifier Layout)
Sites Shadow Number Site Arrow



Game Concepts
Play Area
Piles Draw Deck Adventure Deck Discard Pile Dead Pile
Other Fellowship Support Area Twilight Pool Adventure Path
The Turn Sequence
Fellowship Phase Shadow Phase Maneuver Phase Archery Phase Assignment Phase Skirmish Phase
Gameplay
Game Setup Starting Fellowship • Bidding • Mulligan
Deck Building Considerations Uniqueness • X-List • R-List • Errata • Format
General Strategies Beatdown • Bomb • Corruption • Hand Extension • Run/Stop • Skirmish Cancellation • Swarm • Win Condition • Wound Prevention • Wounding
Deck Archetypes Auto-Corruption Bomb • Beasterlings • Berserkers • Bouncing Hobbits • Elvents • Forestguls • Hobbit Hospital • Fruit Loops • Gondor Knights • Gondor Rangers • Gondor Wraiths • Moria Archery • Moria Beatdown • Moria Navy • Moria Swarm • Moria Tentacles • Nazgul Beatdown • Ninja Gollum • Orc Corruption • Rainbow Wounding • Sauron Grind • Sauron Initiative • Sauron Roaming • Sauron Threats • Solo Smeagol • Southron Archery • Southron Initiative • Stupid Swarm • Super Friends • Telepathy • Threatguls • Token Tanks • Troll Swarm • Uruk Archery • Uruk Machines • Uruk Trackers • Warg Super Swarm
Rules Rule of 4 • Rule of 9
Mechanics Bear • Discard • Draw Deck • Exert • Exhausted • Fellowship • Initiative • In Play/Leave Play • Move Limit • Reconcile • Roaming • Site Control • Spot • Stack • Support Area • Threats
Gameplay Terms Boat • Body • Broken/NPE/OP • Buff/Nerf • Choke • Combo • Cultural Enforcement • Cycling • Dead Draw • Fetch • Filter • Flood • Grind • Hand Clog • Hate • Interaction • Item • Loop • Matchup • Meta • Mill • Newbie Trap • Pile • Power Creep • Pump • Rainbow • Recursion • Removal • Resource • Rogue • Rule of 6 • Side • Site Manipulation • Speed Bump • Splash • Subculture • Tank • Other Terms



Actions
General At Random Can/Cannot Cost Effect May Limit Pass Prevent Spot Up To
Triggers At the Start Each Time When While
Phase Actions Assign Cancel Special Ability Response
Character Actions Corrupt Exert Exhaust Heal Kill Overwhelm Participate Wound
Site Actions At a Site Control Liberate Replace
Card Actions Draw Discard Play Reveal Reconcile Shuffle Stack Transfer



Cultures
Free Peoples Dwarven Elven Gandalf Gollum Gondor Rohan Shire
Movie-era Shadow Dunland Gollum Isengard Moria Raider Ringwraith Sauron
Shadows-era Shadow Men Orc Uruk-hai Wraith



All Keywords
Loaded Keywords
Numeric Decipher Damage + X • Defender + X • Ambush X • Hunter X • Toil X
Non-numeric Decipher Aid • Archer • Enduring • Fierce • Lurker • Mounted • Muster • Roaming • Sanctuary • Ring-bearer • Unhasty
Hobbit Draft Game Cunning
Item Class Decipher [Classless] • Support Area • Armor • Brooch • Box • Bracers • Cloak • Gauntlets • Hand Weapon • Helm • Mount • Palantír • Phial • Pipe • Ranged Weapon • Ring • Shield • Staff
Unloaded Keywords
Race Decipher [Raceless] • Balrog • Creature • Dwarf • Elf • Ent • Half-troll • Hobbit • Maia • Man • Nazgûl • Orc • Spider • Tree • Troll • Uruk-hai • Wizard • Wraith
Player's Council Crow • Eagle
Hobbit Draft Game Bird • Dragon • Eagle • Giant • Goblin
Site
Decipher Battleground • Dwelling • Forest • Marsh • Mountain • Plains • River • Underground
General Decipher Besieger • Corsair • Easterling • Engine • Fellowship • Fortification • Knight • Machine • Pipeweed • Ranger • Ring-bound • Search • Southron • Spell • Stealth • Tale • Tentacle • Tracker • Twilight • [Unbound] • Valiant • Villager • Weather • Warg-rider
Player's Council Pony
Hobbit Draft Game Burglar • Cunning • Wise




Electronic Platforms
Official Unofficial Deckbuilders
Game Clients Lord of the Rings Online SdA LackeyCCG gccg mLOTRO GEMP Zorbec's
File Formats *.ldc *.dck *.dek [gccg] *.txt - *.zdl
Zorbec's Decklist Builder Support ❌ ✔ ✔ ✔ ❌ ❌ ✔



Sets
Official Decipher Sets Promotional Promotional
Fellowship Block The Fellowship of the Ring • Mines of Moria • Realms of the Elf-lords
Towers Block The Two Towers • Battle of Helm's Deep • Ents of Fangorn
King Block The Return of the King • Siege of Gondor • Mount Doom
War of the Ring Block Shadows • Black Rider • Bloodlines
Hunters Block The Hunters • Rise of Saruman • Treachery & Deceit
Non-Block Sets Reflections • Expanded Middle-earth • The Wraith Collection • Age's End
Unreleased Sets The Great Eye • Shelob's Lair
Unofficial Fan Sets Player's Council PC Kitchen Sink (V0) • Shadow of the Past (V1)
The Hobbit Draft Game Main Deck • Shadow Packs • Supplementary Packs
mLOTRO MLOTRO Promo Cards • MLOTRO Reflections II
The Journey Continues The Journey Begins



Formats
Sets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 16 19
Historical Decipher Formats Fellowship Block Towers Block King Block War of the Ring Block Hunters Block
Towers Standard
King Standard
Movie Block
War of the Ring Standard
Standard
Expanded
Open
Player's Council Formats (including PC Errata) 1 2 3 V1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
PC-Fellowship
PC-Movie
PC-Expanded
Unofficial Formats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 16 19
French French
Austrian (Movie)
Austrian (Shadows)
Other Variants
Sealed • Booster Draft • Cube Draft • Culture Shock • Highlander • Poor Man's • PC Errata



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