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{{Card|Shire}} culture also has strong skirmish wounding, generally based on placing [[burden]]s to wound minions who are skirmishing Frodo or Frodo-[[signet]] characters. Some of these don't even require any hobbits, despite being {{C|Shire}} cards: {{Card|No Use That Way}} can wound any minion skirmishing a Frodo-[[signet]] companion (like Greenleaf or Always Helps, above!) and {{Card|Power According to His Stature}} can wound minions skirmishing any [[ring-bearer]], which is especially strong against [[swarm]] decks. Some do have a bit of [[cultural enforcement]], though: {{Card|Cliffs of Emyn Muil}} can wound any minion skirmishing any hobbit, and {{Card|Mind Your Own Affairs}} spots Frodo to wound a minion skirmishing a Frodo-signet companion. All of these events can be [[recur]]red with {{Card|Birthday Present}}, albeit at the cost of even more burdens. {{Card|Frodo, Wicked Masster!}} has a minion-wounding ability of his own, albeit at such a high cost that he is rarely played. | {{Card|Shire}} culture also has strong skirmish wounding, generally based on placing [[burden]]s to wound minions who are skirmishing Frodo or Frodo-[[signet]] characters. Some of these don't even require any hobbits, despite being {{C|Shire}} cards: {{Card|No Use That Way}} can wound any minion skirmishing a Frodo-[[signet]] companion (like Greenleaf or Always Helps, above!) and {{Card|Power According to His Stature}} can wound minions skirmishing any [[ring-bearer]], which is especially strong against [[swarm]] decks. Some do have a bit of [[cultural enforcement]], though: {{Card|Cliffs of Emyn Muil}} can wound any minion skirmishing any hobbit, and {{Card|Mind Your Own Affairs}} spots Frodo to wound a minion skirmishing a Frodo-signet companion. All of these events can be [[recur]]red with {{Card|Birthday Present}}, albeit at the cost of even more burdens. {{Card|Frodo, Wicked Masster!}} has a minion-wounding ability of his own, albeit at such a high cost that he is rarely played. | ||
The burden costs end up being a soft form of cultural enforcement, however. Firstly, [[Frodo]] generally has the highest practical [[resistance]] of any [[ring-bearer]] in a [[rainbow]] deck, especially if you're playing {{Card|Frodo, Resolute Hobbit}}. But hobbits also have a very strong [[initiative]] condition that removes a burden almost every turn, sometimes more than once a turn: {{Card|A Light In His Mind}}. {{Card|Sam, Resolute Halfling}} can activate it almost at will, while serving as a well of exertions for Shadowplay/Unheeded. | The burden costs end up being a soft form of cultural enforcement, however. Firstly, [[Frodo]] generally has the highest practical [[resistance]] of any [[ring-bearer]] in a [[rainbow]] deck, especially if you're playing {{Card|Frodo, Resolute Hobbit}}. But hobbits also have a very strong [[initiative]] condition that removes a burden almost every turn, sometimes more than once a turn: {{Card|A Light In His Mind}}. {{Card|Sam, Resolute Halfling}} can activate it almost at will, while serving as a well of exertions for Shadowplay/Unheeded. That usually isn't enough burden removal on its own, but it can be supplemented with {{Card|Frodo's Cloak}}, {{Card|Brace of Coneys}}, {{Card|Nine-fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom}}, and, if you're using Sméagol, {{Card|Not Listening}}. {{Card|No Help For It}} [[Combo|combined]] with {{Card|Frodo, Master of the Precious}} is another way to dump burdens while also healing Sméagol by replaying him. | ||
All of this burden removal may seem excessive, but you often want to place and remove as many burdens as possible because of another powerful {{C|Shire}} card: {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}. Every time you remove a burden, it heals a companion for ''each'' copy of Shire Countryside you have, which can turn into quite a lot of healing! Funnel that healing to a character with a powerful exert-to-wound ability, and you can mow down troublesome minions every turn. | All of this burden removal may seem excessive, but you often want to place and remove as many burdens as possible because of another powerful {{C|Shire}} card: {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}. Every time you remove a burden, it heals a companion for ''each'' copy of Shire Countryside you have, which can turn into quite a lot of healing! Funnel that healing to a character with a powerful exert-to-wound ability, and you can mow down troublesome minions every turn. |