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...both require placement of a wound token. Cards that prevent wounds cannot prevent a wound token placed by exerting. ...

...the Brave has many pitfalls, however. Most importantly, if he is unable to prevent a burden the Free Peoples needs to rely on other cards for burden removal a If something happens to prevent one effect which in turn would have prevented a second effect, the second e ...

...be sure to have some site manipulation if you're dependant on this ring to prevent that site from being played. Strong burden removal is also desirable if you ...

...oing to lose the skirmish anyway, one wound is more than zero. But it does prevent Ninja Gollum decks from killing Gimli from full health. * {{Card|Whip of Many Thongs}}, as the helm can be discarded to prevent wounds before the whip discards it. ...

...Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}}), or to kill low-vitality minions to prevent a swarm of minions (like {{C|Moria}} or {{C|Dunland}}). With {{Card|The Sag ...reductors ({{Card|Uruk-hai Armory}}, {{Card|Pinned Down}}), as those can't prevent Aragorn's wounds ...

...help Nazgul survive the archery phase, prevent mid-skirmish wounding, and prevent Nazgul from being killed when they lose skirmishes, making double moves eas ...

...re Cantea, Lieutenant of Dol Guldur}}), or to kill low-vitality minions to prevent a swarm of minions (like {{C|Moria}} or {{C|Dunland}}). With {{Card|The Tal * Fellowship archery reductors (Uruk-Hai Armory, Pinned Down), as those can't prevent Greenleaf's wounds ...

...ecifies the culture and also allows you to use [Rohan] allies to exert and prevent wounds to companions, which makes it quite powerful in a deck using lots of * The first effect of this card is absolute, and will prevent both Grima, SOAM's assignment ability and Saruman's Staff from being effect ...

...a wound now, or will the strength bonus of Dwarven Bracers be necessary to prevent losing a skirmish before the next time you draw a copy or finish the game? ...ill prevent the first, meaning a wound was never taken for Gimli's Helm to prevent any subsequent wounds. ...

...which are common in the Expanded format.). This Balrog is not the first to prevent assignments to low strength characters, but this ability is also handy, as * Extreme Site Manipulation decks, which may prevent you from playing an underground site ...

If something happens to prevent one effect which in turn would have prevented a second effect, the second e ...onse: If a [Gondor] Man is about to take a wound, discard this artifact to prevent that.”) Because Sapling has prevented the effect (a wound) that would have ...

If something happens to prevent one effect which in turn would have prevented a second effect, the second e ...gul Destroyer is played. The Free Peoples player wounds the Ring-bearer to prevent the threats from being added. The Free Peoples player then plays Intimidate ...

...the Throne of the Golden Hall in set 17, which allows Theoden to exert to prevent another character's wound, essentially achieving the same effect. ...

...nd] Man is about to take a wound, remove (2) or discard this possession to prevent that wound. ...

...r does not wish to perform an action, he may simply pass. Passing does not prevent a player from performing an action later in the same phase.</block> ...

Can be used with Under the Watching Eye and Orc Bowmen to try and prevent recovery at Sanctuaries. Frodo is often a good target as he often takes the ...

...that if the Ring-bearer is wearing The One Ring, Arwen will not be able to prevent a wound before The Ring converts it to a burden. ...d}} is also a ranger and Nazgul tend to come up more often than needing to prevent wounds to the Ring-bearer. For decks with a singular weakness around the Ri ...

...e, relies primarily on [[spell]] [[events]] such as {{Card|Intimidate}} to prevent wounds at the last moment, whereas {{C|Gondor}} and {{C|Dwarf}} have posses ''Faramir, Wizard’s Pupil reads: “Skirmish: Exert Gandalf to prevent all wounds to Faramir.” This prevents wounds as they are assigned to Farami ...

...[SAURON] Orc to draw 3 cards. The Free Peoples player may add 2 burdens to prevent this. ...

...companion with low strength or no damage bonus, while Isengard Warrior can prevent directed and massive archery). ...

...to exert [[Ally|allies]] is fairly marginal, since he can't kill allies to prevent them from being healed. {{C|Shire}} ally decks like [[Hobbit Hospital]] run * Direct wounding, since it takes four wounds to prevent him from getting to the Regroup phase ...

...Shadows]] formats, [[Site Manipulation|site manipulation]] strategies that prevent you from placing your rivers or forests, or replace them with other sites. ...e {{Card|Uruk-hai Armory}} and {{Card|Wreathed in Shadow}}, and cards that prevent all wounds in the archery phase, like {{Card|4C142}}, {{Card|6U79}}, and {{ ...

...e from characters. Of that number, only a rare handful are worth trying to prevent at all and Haunting Her Steps becomes deadweight. ...

...tive site for the Shadow player because it can be played at a Sanctuary to prevent Sanctuary healing. This can be devastating for the Free Peoples player, par ...

...ar of the White Hand, Isengard Siege Bow, Lurtz's Bow), Uruk-hai Guard can prevent assignment to '''''multiple''''' companions. It also has a higher strength ...

...h response can be performed in a given situation, because its effect will “prevent” that situation or replace it with another effect “instead.” ...onse: If a [Gondor] Man is about to take a wound, discard this artifact to prevent that.”) Isildur loses a skirmish and is about to take a wound. Because the ...

...rd thus ensures that they cannot be easily sniped in the first skirmish to prevent using such abilities. ...

...r}}, {{Card|Crashing Cavalry}}, and <!--Cavern Entrance-->{{Card|11S232}}, prevent him from automatically killing characters, but he can still use his '''Assi ...ity]]. It doesn't deal [[wound]]s; it just kills the character. Cards that prevent or disallow wounds cannot protect against it. This includes cards like {{Ca ...

.... As such, combining it with Aragorn, HttWC or Sting might be desirable to prevent a build-up of twilight. It could be beneficial to tank fellowships that are ...

...Aragorn is about to take a wound in a skirmish, exert King of the Dead to prevent that wound. ...

...up quickly enough. Goblin Domain also presents a set-up for Frenzy and can prevent powerful companion special abilities from being accessed, particularly at t ...

...he is powerful and difficult to destroy, making him an excellent choice to prevent double-moves. His ability is useful for assisting smaller uruks, and althou ...

...hen producing an excess of twilight, skirmish-cancelling stealth cards can prevent an early-site. ...

...D] minion to exhaust Aragorn. The Free Peoples player may add 2 burdens to prevent this. ...> minion to exhaust Aragorn. The Free Peoples player may add 2 burdens to prevent this. ...

...t have any Starting Fellowship Twilight Reduction. However, his ability to prevent all enemy skirmish effects is incredibly useful, and, unlike many other com ...

...game-text. Uruk Guard's assignment action allows for the Shadow player to prevent Uruk Guard's assignment to one companion, forcing the Free Peoples player t ...

...ore he joins the skirmishes, or take out {{Card|Grimir, Dwarven Elder}} to prevent the reshuffling of events. ...

...lthough the Free Peoples player will only have to win that one skirmish to prevent this. Against a Fellowship with strong skirmishing potential it may be bett * {{Card|Ceorl, Weary Horseman}} and {{Card|Strong and Old}}, which can prevent site control ...

...can't prevent him from exerting companions, and those exertions might even prevent the Blade from being used at all. * Inherently strong [[Skirmish|skirmisher]]s. Exhausting a companion doesn't prevent them from being effective in the skirmish phase as long as they win, especi ...

...hat they can stack themselves on Goblin Swarms or so that they persist and prevent double moving. If there is a lot of twilight, he can also help to overwhe ...

...s always a great asset - it can mean one less minion for your opponent, or prevent them from playing their strongest minions. This Aragorn is an obvious choic ...

...rd Bilbo. The Free Peoples player may discard 2 Free Peoples conditions to prevent this. ...d Bilbo. The Free Peoples player may discard 2 Free Peoples conditions to prevent this. ...

...hoke|choking]] Free Peoples, which might cause [[Hand Clog|hand clog]] and prevent you from getting the cards you need most * Shadow conditions which prevent the Free Peoples player from ever having initiative, such as {{Card|Harsh T ...

...Butcher* or Guard Commander) or kill 2 Moria orcs with 1 vitality each to prevent a swarm. Be wary of any wound prevention the shadow player may have when us ...

...rer cannot be wounded at all, you did not do a wound to the ring-bearer to prevent the burden, so the burden still gets placed. Morgul Brute always places a b ...Faramir, Son of Denethor}} or <!--Cavern Entrance-->{{Card|11S232}} likely prevent Morgul Brute from ever winning a one-on-one skirmish. ...

* Often paired with All Blades Perish to prevent pre-skirmish wounding ...

* This card does not prevent an exertion, which is why cards that say "Exert to do (Action)" still trigg ...

..., such as {{C|Isengard}} weather conditions or {{Card|1R173}}, which might prevent wounds. ...

...in the [Isengard] culture, which give the Free Peoples player an option to prevent (Saruman, Servant of the Eye, Many Riddles), Frenzy has no prevention cost. ...

...formats of the Lord of the Rings trading card game. These exertions could prevent powerful actions like those of Tower Assassin or Orc Patrol, or possibly re ...

...{{Card|Saruman's Snows}} in conjunction with {{Card|Isengard Warrior}}, to prevent the Free Peoples player from using most types of activated abilities to def ...

Be sure to only use KoI’s wound prevention to prevent uruks from dying (Unless they need vitality to exert) as many Fellowships h ...

...e Balrog Durin's Bane, Fill With Fear, Spies of Saruman, Hillman Horde) or prevent archery special actions (Isengard Warrior) ...

...ire] allies. His ability is especially useful for Bounder, allowing him to prevent multiple overwhelms, and it can also help either version of Bilbo. Using th ...

...larly if you've double moved). This pump is also free, and can be handy to prevent Balrog overwhelms. Additionally, this pump is more useful the fewer dwarves ...

...nc". However, the keyword is totally meaningless. Item class keywords only prevent characters from [[bear]]ing multiple cards with the same item class, but on ...

...p. Unlike other [Moria] strategies, the Watcher in the Water has no way to prevent wounds and is extremely susceptible to pre-skirmish wounding. Additionally, ...

...copies of Troll's Keyward can be cycled out of hand via They Are Coming to prevent hand clog. In a somewhat interesting coincidence, Troll's Keyward receives ...

...o play it, so you can always get it out of your hand easily and cheaply to prevent it from [[Hand Clog|clogging]] things up. If you leave it in play, it's [[H * The very rarely-played {{Card|Foot of Mount Doom}} can prevent minions from going into your discard pile. ...

...r example: if a Dunlending Rampager is played, Courteous Halfling does not prevent the Free Peoples player from discarding. Since the game text of the Rampage ...

...inge-member of the "Hobbit Hospital" strategy. With her response action to prevent the addition of burdens, she is helpful against cards like It Wants To Be F ...

...tor and Orophin, Lorien Bowman may reside. That said, Pinned Down does not prevent direct wounding during the archery phase, although a [moria]-[isengard] Orc ...

...penalty, but should avoid cards like {{Card|Grishnakh, Orc Captain}} that prevent your orcs from roaming at earlier sites. ...

...ure you still win the skirmish. Items that either remove damage bonuses or prevent more than one wound being dealt are the bane of this card; use Beyond the H ...

...on (such as Wreathed in Shadow) and perhaps an All Blades Perish or two to prevent Greenleaf or Aragorn's Bow sniping. ...

...] wounding decks) since he can either wound prior to exertion (In order to prevent it) or wait until the exertion has occurred, and then kill the minion. Unli ...

* Speak No More to Me (since "returns to hand" you can't prevent it; if there are cards stacked under that condition, those are discarded) ...

...e move. Additionally, Uruk Shaman can be used to burn unwanted twilight to prevent the Free Peoples player from building up to {{Card|Deep In Thought}} (From ...

...Swarthy Sneering Fellow is a strength pump of sorts, or Saruman's Snows to prevent an opponent from beating him with pumps. ...

* Effects which hinder or prevent Sam's ability ({{Card|Helpless}}, {{Card|Throw Yourself in Next Time}} or { ...

...gn a minion strong enough to overwhelm the bearer. If the shadow wants to prevent the free people's player from using the regroup ability, they can either re ...

...tween a burden and two [[threat]]s with {{Card|Morgul Destroyer}}. It does prevent the ring-bearer from soaking wounds from [[archery]] or {{Card|The Witch-Ki ...

...gn a minion strong enough to overwhelm the bearer. If the shadow wants to prevent the free people's player from using the regroup ability, they can either re ...

...gn a minion strong enough to overwhelm the bearer. If the shadow wants to prevent the free people's player from using the regroup ability, they can either re ...

...gn a minion strong enough to overwhelm the bearer. If the shadow wants to prevent the free people's player from using the regroup ability, they can either re ...

...t killed in a skirmish. Early in the game, +4 is often more than enough to prevent an overwhelm from strength reduction such as from Cirdan. When combined wit ...

...gn a minion strong enough to overwhelm the bearer. If the shadow wants to prevent the free people's player from using the regroup ability, they can either re ...

...Card|Uruviel}}, there are no site 1s which specifically name themselves to prevent having their text copied. However, most of them are not useful for Hobbit F ...

...gn a minion strong enough to overwhelm the bearer. If the shadow wants to prevent the free people's player from using the regroup ability, they can either re ...

* [[Condition Removal|Condition removal]]. There are no practical ways to prevent it from placing [[culture token]]s except for making sure that there are no ...

...s, and '''Response''' abilities such as [[lotr01076|Intimidate]] can still prevent deaths. It is best to either pack four copies of this card and drop it eve ...

...e the Free Peoples must choose to discard an unbound companion in order to prevent assignment, Southron Commander is particularly effective against Ring-bound ...

...feat Frodo? Every card in the deck should support this goal; this helps to prevent decks from becoming too large and chaotic. ...

...ried Homestead}} are all strong ways to limit the damage. Even if you only prevent or heal one wound, that might save a companion's life. ...Card|Perspective}} can hold him off, and {{C|Gondor}} has several tools to prevent him from using his ability, like {{Card|Storied Homestead}}, {{Card|Steward ...

...t, strength +2 pump; while this isn't anything to scoff at, the card could prevent some hand clog if the Shadow player greedily waits for a fifth companion to ...

...vitality (being forced to wear The Ring in the Maneuver phase in order to prevent him from being killed later), or unable to convert wounds as efficiently (m ...odo is exhausted it cannot be used in conjunction with response actions to prevent wounds such as {{Card|Intimidate}}: ...

* Effects that prevent minions from being wounded, such as {{Card|Broad-Bladed Sword}} or {{Card|E ...

...and Orophin, Lorien Bowman may reside. That said, Uruk-Hai Armory does not prevent direct wounding during the archery phase, and is slightly inferior to Sarum ...

* Cards which may prevent a wound ...

...where you [[double move]] (or more!), you'll need to make sure you win or prevent or cancel ''all'' of your skirmishes in both moves, or else you'll get no h ...

...g does not affect Sméagol, and a copy of Sméagol in the dead pile does not prevent Gollum from being played. This is intentional: Gollum ever works at cross-p ...

...ition to its twilight adding potential, this card can also be discarded to prevent wounds, in a pinch. It's inadvisable to do this except when absolutely nece ...

...mise Keeping is more dangerous unless you need to discard They Stole It to prevent them from killing a companion this turn. Everything else is chaff unless yo ...|Under Foot}} is always dangerous and should be removed if you can to help prevent a [[swarm]] [[bomb]], although most decks can [[Recursion|replay]] it with ...

...site numbers, minions are usually roaming and those extra two twilight can prevent you from mounting a reasonable offence in the beginning of the game. This i ...

...Lost to the Goblins}} in the [[Shadow Phase]], making it very difficult to prevent * Consuming burdens with Gollum can prevent {{Card|The Shire Countryside}} from triggering. ...

...cost, so using it several times will apply that many -1 modifiers and can prevent a surprise regroup event such as {{Card|Last Throw}} from raising the move ...

...panions. This includes Nazgul cards like Black Breath and Blade Tip, which prevent healing and wound the bearer, respectively. If these cards are played on yo ...

...dding effects such as Trample to ensure the Shadow player cannot afford to prevent it. Similarly, the Free Peoples player can elect to pass if he or she suspe ...

...ut a drawback either. Your opponent can remove 3 twilight from the pool to prevent you from drawing the cards. But who says that's a bad thing? Too much twili ...

...e Balrog Durin's Bane, Fill With Fear, Spies of Saruman, Hillman Horde) or prevent archery special actions (Isengard Warrior, Final Strike) ...

* Minions that prevent roaming or decrease the site number of minions (Grishnakh, Orc Captain; Orc ...

..., who skips the maneuver phase, or add many threats in the shadow phase to prevent event retrieval (With cards such as Black Land Chieftain; Ulaire Lemenya, E ...

* {{Card|The Palantir of Orthanc}} - to prevent [[initiative]] abuses ...

...Flaming Brands are unable to be used in Standard, its going to be hard to prevent those pesky Black Riders from winning skirmishes. Against these types of sh ...

...ng, regardless of their remaining vitality. This can come in very handy to prevent Shadow cards like {{Card|Isengard Artisan}} or {{Card|Web}} from using thei ...sildur}} to boost his resistance and {{Card|Sapling of the White Tree}} to prevent wounds ...

...s: only Shelob has so much vitality, and {{Card|Her Ladyship}} will surely prevent the Ent from skirmishing anyway. ...

* Effects that punish or prevent discarding (Old Noakes, Purveyor of Wisdoms; Frodo, Courteous Halfling; Fro ...

* Cards which prevent minions from roaming (Bill Ferny, SSF; Hollin) ...

==Cards That Prevent Healing== ...

...ool to devastating ends. For example, Mauhur can remove 2 from the pool to prevent a wound to an Isengard tracker and Shadow players with Raiders in their dec ...

...ir, Bearer of Council}} and {{Card|Gimli, Bearer of Grudges}}. Ge also can prevent assignments to a companion [[bearing]] {{Card|Sense of Obligation}}, or pla ...

* Fellowships with damage bonuses, which may prevent the Shadow Player from keeping a defeated minion alive ...

...ive skirmish, you can use Warmed Up a Bit during another skirmish phase to prevent a skirmish entirely and avoid activating text of cards which trigger after ...

...warf twice in a pinch and then be discarded with {{Card|Axe of Erebor}} to prevent those wounds from returning (adding some strength in a skirmish to boot). Y ...

...|Shelob, Her Ladyship}} to help counter the handful of companions that can prevent this deck from going off, although some replace one with a single copy of { ...d|The Dead City}} or {{Card|Elessar's Edict}}, are very rare, but can also prevent a threat stack from being triggered. {{Card|Shelob, Her Ladyship}} can some ...

...t granting it, as well as cards that do not mention Ambush by name but can prevent the Ambush trigger. ...

...o assign an Easterling to Frodo. Your opponent will either add a burden to prevent it, or allow it to take place – then you can use Gathering to add that burd ...

* {{Card|The Palantir of Orthanc}} - to prevent [[initiative]] abuses ...

...nduring-like ability to gain strength from wounds. While it may be used to prevent these Uruk-Hai from exerting to use their skirmish abilities, the strengthe ...

...ing played directly (it is a response event, not a skirmish event) it will prevent Smeagol from having any hope of winning a skirmish in the first place. {{Ca ...

* High strength minions (Can prevent overwhelm when supporting another companion) ...

...uch action can be performed in a given situation, because its effect will “prevent” that situation or replace it with another effect “instead.” ...onse: If a (Gondor) Man is about to take a wound, discard this artifact to prevent that.] Isildur loses a skirmish and is about to take a wound. Because the r ...

...ut there's no good way to leverage his ability to liberate sites except to prevent your Shadow opponent from reaping the benefits of capturing them. ...

...]] and [[Maneuver phase]]s offers the Free Peoples player little chance to prevent that damage, since such a deck probably doesn't care if its minions die in ...

* Cards that prevent all wounds, such as {{Card|Easterling Polearm}} and {{Card|Mauhur}} ...

* Decks with enough ally and possession [[hate]] to prevent him from having archers to spot ...

...he second is to discard cards every time the fellowship moves, in order to prevent the burdens from ever being added. Note that in order to discard the cards, ...

...accomplish is not to prevent a companion from being wounded or killed, but prevent a particular minion from being able to win a skirmish and avoid response ac ...take wounds. [[Overwhelm Protection]] is a Free Peoples effect, helping to prevent characters from being overwhelmed and killed outright. Refer to those artic ...

...vert to a burden, or that it takes one more wound on Enquea to kill him to prevent him from stacking those burdens. And since he heals himself, he probably su ...

* Free Peoples with good exerting capabilities which would otherwise prevent you from claiming a site with {{Card|Wulf}} ...

...Shadow player does the discarding, leaving {{Card|Siege Engine}} unable to prevent it. It is best to clear out these strategies towards the end of the game an ...

* Cards which prevent wounds such as Hides and His Terrible Servants ...

...to get around it (Of course, you don't really get around the cost, but you prevent your opponents from having access to it during their Shadow phase, which is ...

* Free Peoples with good exerting capabilities which would otherwise prevent you from claiming a site with {{Card|Wulf}} ...

...Tip will give the wounds at the beginning of every turn, Black Breath will prevent the healing and the Fierce Riders will slow your opponent. ...

...hat were played that turn in the Regroup phase, which may not be enough to prevent the damage of cards like {{Card|They Stole It}}, {{Card|Promise Keeping}} o ...

* Free Peoples with good exerting capabilities which would otherwise prevent you from claiming a site with {{Card|Wulf}} ...

...for {{Card|Soldier's Cache}}, which serves as a way to generate tokens and prevent excess healing from a [[sanctuary]] (or {{Card|Mithlond}} or {{Card|Neekerb ...

...reads "Response: If a companion is about to take a wound, spot Gandalf to prevent that wound." This means that anytime a companion is about to receive a wou ...

...ounds being added, this makes this type of death particularly difficult to prevent). As you can see, it's therefore dangerous to rely too much on items for v ...

...f Spirit}} will not allow Gandalf to exert an "extra" time -- it will only prevent one of the exertions from adding a token. Further, the event can't wound a ...

...sive than any of the others is scary, as it may either kill it outright or prevent it from ever being viable. ...

...ryone Knows}}. A Promise still helps, of course, but it isn't necessary to prevent overwhelms. It is more often seen with fewer than 4 copies compared to earl ...

...worth thwarting for some Fellowships, and reducing Gollum's strength will prevent him from winning a skirmish with the boost from {{Card|Slippery as Fishes}} ...

...ith swarms. {{Card|11S232}}, which happens to be an underground site, will prevent most remaining actions and almost completely lock the Free Peoples out of a ...

...both require placement of a wound token. Cards that prevent wounds cannot prevent a wound token placed by exerting. ...r does not wish to perform an action, he may simply pass. Passing does not prevent a player from performing an action later in the same phase. ...

...adow players to interfere. Instead, it can be played on the Ring-bearer to prevent the Free Peoples from exhausting him. This is the only way to stop {{Card|G ...

...r does not wish to perform an action, he may simply pass. Passing does not prevent a player from performing an action later in the same phase. If something happens to prevent one effect which in turn would have prevented a second effect, the second e ...

...ents for all phases (maneuver, skirmish, and regroup) that boost strength, prevent wounds, remove twilight, add defender +1, and even wound minions directly. ...

...ying (though it is sometimes wiser to restrict yourself to 3 in a deck, to prevent having to hold too many cards if you draw them early). ...

...both require placement of a wound token. Cards that prevent wounds cannot prevent a wound token placed by exerting. ...r does not wish to perform an action, he may simply pass. Passing does not prevent a player from performing an action later in the same phase. ...

...out one Dunlending Pillager with an Iron Axe. Your excess shadow pool can prevent the archery wounds while you win your skirmish. Then discard those pesky El ...

Jarnsmid saw a rewording (likely to prevent Shadow possessions from also being discounted), and {{Card|Wielder of the F ...

* Cards that prevent activated minion abilities, like {{Card|Faramir, Son of Denethor}}, {{Card| ...

...both require placement of a wound token. Cards that prevent wounds cannot prevent a wound token placed by exerting. ...r does not wish to perform an action, he may simply pass. Passing does not prevent a player from performing an action later in the same phase. ...

...e game are discarded to some effect: {{Card|Gimli's Helm}} is discarded to prevent all wounds and {{Card|Rohirrim Helm}} discards to let the Shadow player exe ...

...Underdeeps of Moria}} can draw more cards. {{Card|Plundered Armories}} can prevent your weapons from going to waste, as well as draw some extra cards for your ...

...|Grishnakh, Orc Captain}} with the roaming penalty, but it helps reduce or prevent the penalty on subsequent minions. A handful of '''Ranger''' cards increase ...