Nazgul

The race of Nazgûl is restricted to only the Wraith culture, but they make up for that with a variety of strategies and subcultures.

The most prominent Nazgûl strategy in Fellowship Block is beatdown, usually accompanied with Blade Tip (1U209) and Black Breath (1U207) . The largely ineffective corruption angle had not been developed enough to see play.

In Towers Standard, the Nazgûl corruption strategy got a boost with cards outside the culture such as Gollum, Stinker (5R25) and Evil-smelling Fens (5U22) . Largely, however, the Twilight Nazgûl strategy relying on wounding the Ring-Bearer was more effective.

Once King Block was released, however, two new Nazgûl strategies emerged; Enduring Nazgûl and Threat Nazgûl. Enduring Nazgûl focused on either corruption with Dark Swooping Shadows (10R58) or beatdown with the strength bonus from Enduring. Threat Nazgul relied on threat adding cards like Úlairë Cantëa, Faster Than Winds (7R211) and There Came a Cry (7C208) , then used those threats to wreak havoc on the fellowship. This strategy often incorporated Morgul Destroyer (7U190) and/or Fat One Wants It (7R57) , Captured by the Ring (7C53) , and Gollum.

After the release of War of the Ring block, the Forestgûl strategy became a strong choice. Using the new sites and the Forest keyword in conjunction with Lost in the Woods (11U212) and Dark Approach (12R162) , this strategy aimed to play 4 or 5 Fierce Nazgûl at once, hopefully crippling the fellowship for a kill. It also occasionally included Threat Nazgûl concepts for extra killing power.

In the final sets of the game, no new Nazgûl strategies worth mention were released, though Nazgûl strategies as a whole were improved with cards like Úlairë Lemenya, Eternally Threatening (15R185) , They Feel The Precious (15U183) , and Úlairë Nertëa, Dark Horseman (19P38) . Threat Nazgûl in particular were given boosts, along with corruption getting Ring of Savagery (17R142) .

Overall, Nazgûl are some of the most versatile and strong minions available to Shadow players, though you will need to look out for cards like Terrible and Evil (7R50) , Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath (9R+16) , and Flaming Brand (2R32) .