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Here you can find information about the inner workings of Gemp's card engine, which is mostly useful for those creating cards. ; [[GEMP/Tech Doc/Effect Types|Effect Types]] ...

= Card Types = There are 9 different types of cards in the LotR-TCG. Each has its own limitation as to where and when ...

{{About|the [[Item Class]]|the card|Armor (1C92)}} ...and Artifacts. It represents items worn for protection, and usually these types of items offer increased durability through reduction of damage taken; for ...

...are due to their higher site numbers, although, in [[Fellowship Block]], {{Card|Hollin}} can help with the latter. ...lock]]), [[overwhelm]] protection, large Fellowships, or swarm hate like {{Card|Power According To His Stature}}. ...

A '''Character''' is one of the most prominent and important card types in the game. Character templates have the title at the top and a Strength Strictly speaking, no card is labeled as a "Character" card, but as one of the three sub-classes: ...

===League types=== ...gle cards. All players get the same single cards and booster packs, though card pool for each player can vary - because of different contents of booster pa ...

There are three major types of layouts used for cards in the Lord of the Rings TCG. These are the ''Ch ...the same place. Each layout, for instance, shows the Twilight Cost of the card in the upper-left hand corner (but note this looks like the upper-right if ...

...table strength and relatively high vitality, even if they aren't running {{Card|Cave Troll of Moria, Scourge of the Black Pit}} at all. ...y" or "'''on a stick'''". For example, {{Card|Ranger of Westernesse}} is {{Card|Pathfinder}} on a stick. This usage also comes from the ''Magic: the Gather ...

A '''pump''' is a card played to temporarily "pump up" (increase) a [[character]]'s [[strength]]. Most pumps are [[event]]s like {{Card|Flurry of Blows}}. Event pumps usually add between +2 and +4 strength, some ...

...overcomes all of this and allows it to be incorporated in many Rohan deck types. ...and Rohan usually has little problem winning skirmishes against these deck types, allowing the tokens to be easily stacked on Fortress Never Fallen). ...

[[File:LOTR-EN07S145.0_card.jpg|frame|right|{{Card|Easterling Regiment}} has two unloaded keywords ([[Man]] and [[Easterling]] ...nce, being a '''[[Knight]]''' does not mean anything special except when a card states it only affects one). ...

...e right you can see Evil-smelling Fens, a [Gollum] condition that has both types of effects. So long as it is in play, all sites gain the [[Unloaded Keywor A condition is a card representing a significant change in the world, which stays in play until d ...

...nce]] and Border Defenses granted a +4 strength boost only against certain types of minions, a majority of minions can be wounded which makes Valor's +3 eas ...hine (or wiki archival links) for official Decipher articles regarding the card'' ...

...ivities are the top-level definition of any type of card game text. Every card (that has non-keyword game text) will contain one or more of the following ...l abilities, usually indicated by bold text such as '''Skirmish:'''. See {{Card|Gimli, Son of Gloin}}. ...

[[File:LOTR-EN01S364.0_card.jpg|frame|right|{{Card|Gandalf, the Grey Wizard}}, guide and champion of the Free Peoples of Middl Free Peoples cards can be one of the following [[card_type|types]]: ...

...strength, vitality, culture, etc--all help define the base usefulness of a card, but most of the time it is the game text that makes or breaks it. ...t's as if your selected [Gondor] companion had defender + 1 printed on the card itself, temporarily. ...

''Not to be confused with {{Card|Hate}}, a generally-useful [[event]] found in many {{C|Sauron}} decks.'' ...dition hate" or "possession hate" as a means of countering particular card types useful in more general matchups. ...

...ere is only one Lord of the Rings, although he does share his title with {{Card|Sauron, Dark Lord of Mordor}}.]] ...tive, or if a unique card with the same name is in the [[dead pile]]. If a card doesn't have a title with a dot, it is '''non-unique''', and has none of th ...

...an style="font-size:1.3em">Card database and strategy hub for the Decipher card game printed 2001-2007 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Special:Stat <div style="margin:0.5em">[[Card Type]]s</div> ...

...ttlegrounds that you are likely to encounter them from many different deck-types. * ''List friendly cards that work well with this card'' ...

Each card within the deck is kept within its own DeckCard tag, with the exception of ...ithin that classification. Site cards however are not checked, and so any card can be erroneously placed as a site. ...

...likely due to a perception that there is usually a better way to fill the card slot that it would take up. There are currently 3 Free peoples Shields; The ...to prevent those pesky Black Riders from winning skirmishes. Against these types of shadow strategies preventing wounds and healing are key, and the Rohirri ...

...pher artists put time and effort into customizing the foil effect for each card, masking the image so that different parts of the image would have the foil ...inline-block;"> [[File:LOTR-EN01F233.0_card.jpg|thumb|none|x500px|Here, {{Card|Ulaire Nelya, Lieutenant of Morgul}} has its background foiled, contrasting ...

...of the cycle is {{Card|Where Shall We Go}}, {{Card|Stand to Arms}}, and {{Card|Guarded Fastness}}. ...only after a certain point. As a result, Fool's Hope is a rather unpopular card. ...

...here are some variations between languages regarding the glossiness of the card stock and paper weight, etc, but the differences are minor. ...motional cards were never printed in English, such as {{Card|0P103}} and {{Card|0P85}}. In particular, a series of Tournament Foils were issued to each of ...

...s trading card game comprehensive rules 4.1">The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game Comprehensive Rules 4.1</div>== ...ve never played a trading card game...">If you have never played a trading card game...</div>=== ...

...ays one copy, however, and instead [[download|retrieves]] that copy with {{Card|Captured By The Ring}} to get a free [[threat]]. ...le Destroyers and sometimes {{Card|Ulaire Cantea, Faster than Winds}} or {{Card|The Witch-King, Morgul King}}. Dark as Darkness can contribute to that game ...

...treasure, and Dwarves in The Lord of the Rings TCG are no different. Their card drawing, stacking, and recycling capabilities make digging for the cards yo Some sort of card manipulation seemed in order to allow better access to Free Peoples cards. ...

...guidelines of how the game was to be played. There were several different types of rule documents: ...er Deck and Booster Packs, so conceivably the new purchaser could have any card from that particular set. The Deluxe Rulebooks therefore covered more grou ...

...block. Why? Because Gondor was slated to be as good as they are with these types of mechanics. ...nce of placing the strength and vitality modifiers on the left side of the card gave the space we needed in game text to explain how these conditions trans ...

...climax before the Fellowship survives or fails. Sites aren't the only card types with a site number, however: [[minion]]s also have a site number, represent ...agorlad}}, the plains in the northwest of Mordor, or end your journey in {{Card|Bag End}}. ...

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game is supported by an organized play structure that provides a place for TCG = Trading Card Game ...

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...presenting length of information to follow (as in the D-string above or in card arrays) follow a dynamic 1- or 2-byte format (higher combinations are possi ...it's used not just for reading arrays but also in determining the ID of a card. This piece of information, when it finally clicked, was the key to unlock ...

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==THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ TRADING CARD GAME CURRENT RULINGS== '''Section Three – Individual Card Rulings''' ...

...ve to keep your adventure deck in any order. Just look through it to get a card when you need to. ...aid cost to transfer that follower to your character. Place it beneath the card, just like a possession or condition borne by that character. The follower ...