Editing Man

The race of '''Man''' needs no introduction. ''Lord of the Rings'' is in large part the story of the ascendence of men over the older, more fantastic [[race]]s of Middle-Earth. As such, men are one of the most common races for [[character]]s in this game, and appear as both [[Free Peoples]] and [[Shadow Alignment|Shadow]] [[companion]], [[ally]], and [[minion]] cards. {{C|Gondor}}, {{C|Rohan}}, {{C|Dunland}}, {{C|Raider}}, and {{C|Men}} cultures are comprised (almost) entirely of men. {{C|Gandalf}} and {{C|Isengard}} cultures each include a handful of support characters who are men, and {{C|Wraith}} and {{C|Sauron}} cultures each include one single man [[minion]] who interferes with the [[Assignment Phase]]. Men in this game span nearly all possible card roles; their function is generally more dictated by culture than by race.

In [[Fellowship Block]], all man companions are part of {{C|Gondor}} culture. There are a handful of {{C|Gandalf}}-culture [[Ally|allies]], representing the men of Bree (including Peter Jackson as {{Card|Albert Dreary, Entertainer From Bree}}) and various dignitaries at Elrond's council, as well as {{Card|Bill Ferny, Swarthy Sneering Fellow}}, the only man [[minion]] in this block and only {{C|Wraith}} man in the entire game. This block introduces [[ranger]]s, which are almost exclusively men.

[[Towers Block]] introduces men to bulk of the cultures they'd appear in for the rest of the game. {{C|Rohan}} is the other major Free Peoples kingdom of men, and their companions are heroes and fighting men (some [[valiant]], some not), while their allies are mostly [[villager]]s. Opposing them are {{C|Dunland}} and {{C|Isengard}}. {{C|Dunland}} is a land of disgruntled barbarians and a Shadow culture made almost entirely of man minions. ({{Card|Saruman, Rabble-rouser}} is the sole exception.) {{C|Isengard}} culture is chiefly dominated by uruk-hai and orcs, but this block has a small [[subculture]] of corrupt men from Théoden's court, led by [[Grima]]. Towers Block also introduces {{C|Raider}} culture, a culture made entirely of evil man minions, with two subcultures: [[Southron]]s, giant archers who ride oliphants, and [[Easterling]]s, disciplined warriors who place and [[spot]] [[burden]]s.

[[King Block]] doesn't introduce any new cultures. It does introduce one new man-only {{C|Gondor}} subculture: [[knight]]s, the men who defend Minas Tirith's walls. It also adds their traditional enemy, the [[Corsair]] pirates of Umbar, to {{C|Raider}} culture. Corsair minions generate [[culture token]]s and pile them up on their ship [[possession]]s in the [[support area]] for various benefits. This block also has another Peter Jackson cameo: the infamous and oft-played {{Card|Castamir of Umbar}}.

After King Block, {{C|Gandalf}} culture remains a catch-all for Free Peoples men that don't neatly fit into one of the other cultures. The various men of Bree, the men of the Dale, other foreign dignitaries, and {{Card|Ghan-buri-Ghan, Chieftain of the Woses}} all appear as companions in {{C|Gandalf}} culture. Collectively, {{C|Gandalf}} men make up a small [[subculture]] mostly focused on supporting each other, as well as stronger {{C|Gandalf}} or {{C|Dwarven}} companions.

The [[Shadows]] set fundamentally reorganizes Shadow cultures. After this point, with two exceptions, all new man minions belong to {{C|Men}} culture, including the barbarian riot of Dunland, Sauron's armies of evil men from the east and south, the pirates of Umbar, the evil men of Bree who sell rumors to Sauron and Saruman, and Saruman's agents in Théoden's court. Each of these groups makes up a soft subculture of their own, but {{C|Men}} decks often include cards from multiple groups.

There are only two non-{{C|Men}} minions after Shadows: {{Card|The Mouth of Sauron, Lieutenant of Barad-dur}}, the only {{C|Sauron}} man in the entire game, and {{Card|Grima, Servant of Another Master}}. Both the Mouth of Sauron and Grima also appear as {{C|Men}} minions, however: {{Card|The Mouth of Sauron, Messenger of Mordor}} (in the same set as Lieutenant of Barad-dur), and three different versions of Grima.

[[Eowyn]]'s famous protest to the contrary notwithstanding, the race of Man includes women. [[Wizard]]s may appear to be men, and ''Lord of the Rings'' aficianados might notes that many man-like creatures are half-man or formerly men, but none of them are considered men in this game.

==Comprehensive Rules 4.0==
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''A possession that requires a {{C|Rohan}} Man bearer may be borne by a {{C|Rohan}} female character who has the race of "Man."''}}

==Cards with the Race of Man==

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