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The default meaning of the word “discard” is “discard from play.” Discarding from other locations (such as from your hand or from the top o ...to use its game text or as a result of some other effect, place that card in your discard pile (not your dead pile). ...

|text=Killed Free Peoples characters are placed in your dead pile. The dead pile is separate from and next to your discard pil ...ith the same title. You may play another copy of a non-unique card that is in your dead pile. ...

A companion is a Free Peoples character in your fellowship. ...anion cards in a row, near the other members of your fellowship already in play. ...

...ard|Steadfast Champion}}, discard it to heal Treebeard, exert him twice to play it again, going back to step one with a minion and shadow condition discard ...forums|TLHH]] thread has a detailed explanation of the most popular loops in [[Open]]: https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php?topic=237.0 ...

...ay and in your dead pile at any time. (Each copy of a companion in play or in your dead pile counts as a separate companion, whether it is unique or non- ...lowship total of 9 companions. Thus, if 4 copies of the same companion are in the dead pile, the fellowship is restricted to at most 5 companions rather ...

...g a phase that does not match its phase action. Discard an event after you play it, and before the next action is taken. (See spot.) Even after being disca ...play, even though their effects might seem to apply to cards played later in the same turn. These events take a “snapshot” of the current game state, an ...

..., you don’t lose the game. Continue with the cards you have in hand and in play. ...nalty if you don’t find (or choose not to play) a card you are looking for in your draw deck. ...

...anions is 4 or less. The twilight cost of your Ring-bearer is not included in this total. Don’t place any tokens into the twilight pool for the cards in your starting fellowship. ...

...ard Tender}}. If a card with other cards stacked on it [[Leave Play|leaves play]] for any reason, all of the cards stacked on that card are discarded. Like ...ot them. They do not count for uniqueness. A stacked unique card may be in play elsewhere. Multiple copies of the same unique card may be stacked together. ...

...r [[wound]]s, or special [[Culture Tokens]]. When cards [[Leave Play|leave play]] by any means, all tokens on them are removed. ...ds, which are played specifically to counter other decks you expect to see in the [[meta]] ...

|SubtypeClass=Target Play Area ...a [Gollum] condition that has both types of effects. So long as it is in play, all sites gain the [[Unloaded Keyword]] marsh (the passive effect) and als ...

...ng, which means it can [[clog]] up your hand. This card is only worthwhile in [[King Block]]. ...

Each other player in the game, starting with the player immediately to your right, has one Shado During each player’s Shadow phase, that player may perform Shadow actions in any order, including playing most Shadow cards. ...

...ponent to play, both in a broad strategic sense and how you expect them to play, turn to turn. ...ld in [[Movie Block]] and playing a Movie Block informal match on [[GEMP]] in 2021. ...

...Free Peoples player, you may perform fellowship actions during this phase, in any order. * Play a Free Peoples companion, ally, possession, artifact, or condition from you ...

...twilight tokens that must be added to or removed from the twilight pool to play that card. When you play a Free Peoples card, you must add a number of twilight tokens (from the res ...

...[[wound]]. All you need to do to spot something is note that it exists in play. Spotting works like a [[Cost|cost]], but spotting a man doesn't inherently ...stacking up [[burden]]s) or simply make sure that the proper cards are in play so the effect makes sense (eg "spot a companion" because "that companion ca ...

...your [[Fellowship]] on the [[Free Peoples]] side and draw fewer minions to play for your [[Shadow Alignment|Shadow]] side. ...t]] available to your opponent. With little Twilight, they can't afford to play as many Shadow cards. This doesn't just weaken their Shadow phase, but also ...

...lly [[swarm]] strategies that want to play as many [[minion]]s as possible in a single turn. Most Shadow cards are disposable and discarded at the end of ...|site you control]] then replay himself in a later turn. Sometimes you can play minions directly from your [[discard pile]], with cards like {{Card|Uruk Ca ...

...lp). Troop of Uruk-Hai or Ulaire Cantea, Lieutenant of Dol Guldur see more play to negate weapon bonuses or to discard weapons altogether. * Somewhat useful in in sealed play ...

...design a whole deck around this card, as there are 8 Free Peoples races to play one companion each from (Hobbit, Wizard, Man, Elf, Dwarf, Ent, Wraith, Tree ...ine Walkers has synergy with Gandalf, the Grey Wizard and Gandalf's Wisdom in a choke deck. ...

...ria Lake in Fellowship block), Watcher in the Water makes each tentacle in play strength +2 and damage +1. ...Cave Troll of Moria, Scourge of the Black Pit, or even the Balrog, Watcher in the Water cannot bear possessions (namely, Goblin Spear) due to its gametex ...

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...ay something like Goblin Scavengers from the discard pile, who can in turn play a Goblin Scimitar for extra card draw (and trigger Goblin Armory). They are The Orc you play with They Are Coming (“Shadow: Discard 3 cards from hand to play a [moria] Orc from your discard pile.”) cannot be one of the cards you disc ...

...s, especially [[companion]]s, then moving to a site with 15 or more tokens in the pool. ...[[culture]] cards like {{Card|Gandalf, The White Wizard}} and {{Card|Deep in Thought}}, benefit from a full Twilight pool. Some decks, such as [[Ent]]s, ...

...er combined with {{Card|Hobbit Farmer}} and {{Card|Green Hill Country}} to play all of those allies for free. ...of site 3s in [[The Fellowship of the Ring]] set which allow the player to play a character of a given race to draw a card. The others are {{Card|Rivendell ...

...ert Bolger, Wily Rascal (2C101)]]|[[Hobbit Sword-play (2U103)|Hobbit Sword-play (2U103)]]}} ...gorn signet also makes this Frodo easier to heal, using either {{Card|King in Exile}} or {{Card|Hard Choice}}. ...

...early sites or a slightly larger Nazgul than you would normally be able to play at a given site. ...nefits are vast. An extra two twilight left in the pool means that you can play two Threshold of Shadow (to give your Nazgul a total of +4 strength), two N ...

...2005 the game was ready for beta testing in a circle of close friends, and in January 2006 it was opened to the Polish LotR community. Currently, all car ...ame is completely free to play. Both casual games and competitive playing (in the form of tournaments and leagues) are supported. Known only to the Polis ...

..., as both need initiative to be completely effective, and having recursion in {{Card|Ships of Great}} is a helpful bonus. ...t area]], you can discard a galley to allow for a well-timed {{Card|Fierce in Despair}}. ...

...ion archery total -1 for each copy in play. Elven Cloak requires an Elf to play, but with the number of [Elven] allies and companions available, this spott ...introduce other possessions or conditions that decrease the archery total in addition to offering other affects. Shield of Boromir, Rohirrim Shield, and ...

...ompanion threshold and the twilight tokens in play, the Shadow player can, in theory, end the maneuver phase facing five exhausted companions (by using G ...turally enforced so [Sauron] or [Uruk-Hai] Uruk-Hai can also be spotted to play the condition. ...

Play is moved forward in a fixed sequence of ''phases'', each alternating between giving all players ...

...the game or simply continue to play the previous format ([[Movie Block]], in this case) instead. ...|Strange-looking Men}}. Only one copy of each of these cards can be played in a deck. As with all other entries to the [[Open]] [[R-list]], these were on ...

...ers Standard (where Get On and Get Away is available), Thror's Map has use in Dauntless Hunter free peoples that do not make use of Pathfinder. ...Pathfinder, Thror's Map is the best form of free peoples site manipulation in Fellowship block ...

...ecessitates the use of multiple copies of Saruman's Ambition, particularly in Fellowship Block where excess twilight is more scarce. While discarding a c ...is far more likely to be seen in sealed play than in casual or competitive play. ...

...phase, players may perform regroup actions (special abilities on cards in play with “'''Regroup:'''” and events with that keyword) using the action proced * If he then has less than eight cards in his hand, he must draw cards until he has eight. ...

...ement to play, Goblin Domain does not benefit by having multiple copies in play despite being non-unique. Due to the sitepath rules described in the CRD, Goblin Domain only affects sites on The Fellowship of the Ring sit ...

...rea; it is either one or the other, although the bearer may be an [[ally]] in the Support Area. If a character is at a particular site, all cards borne b ...or {{Card|Gandalf's Cart}}, are not borne. Those stacked cards are not in play. ...

...Nenya, introduced in the Realms of the Elf Lords expansion, and she could play up to 5. ...playing Horn fodder. Elven discard decks prefer her ability to play Elves in concert with Far-Seeing Eyes. Dodging the [4] cost of Elrond is a boon for ...

...them are each in part responsible for the madness of Saruman and Denethor. In this game, Palantír is an [[item class]], and therefore a [[loaded keyword] ...them from being played again as long as Recovered Seeing Stone remains in play. All three versions of this card interfere with your opponent's hand, eithe ...

...t does not exceed six companions, this card should not become a major clog in your hand. ...in play at any point of the turn, the move limit is -1. Multiple copies in play decrease the move limit to a minimum of 1, preventing cards such as Radagas ...

'''Sudden Strike''' is one of the strongest [[searching]] tools in the game. Adding to the {{C|Gollum}} culture's already popular and splashab ...agol]]) then [[fetch]] {{Card|Web}} to play Gollum consistently, or it can play [[Shelob]] and grab {{Card|Web}}. Alternatively, you can [[fetch]] a [[spla ...

...ell-Spoken Gentlehobbit''' is the strongest form of [[condition]] [[hate]] in the {{C|Shire}} culture. He is able to provide a counter to nasty {{C|Ringw ...m [[ally]] [[hate]] like {{Card|Tower Assassin}} and {{Card|Their Power is in Terror}}. However, Bilbo does not mesh well with {{Card|Pippin, Steadfast F ...

...t every site 4 is underground in Fellowship Block, so if you are hoping to play this minion it might help to have some site manipulation (Best choice is Da ...ur opponent makes a lot (You only need 14 with a Goblin Runner), you could play them both. The Cave Troll benefits from the strength bonus of Dark Places ( ...

...otr01324|The Prancing Pony]] or A Wizard is Never Late, as it is an action in its own right, which makes it even less useful. Can help out choke decks, b ...ay Aragorn or Gandalf at twilight cost -2 if they are in your hand and you play them naturally. It also cannot be used when playing starting fellowship mem ...

...for any deck that prominently plays a powerful main [[Dwarf]] companion. Play him as soon as you get him, and use two to completely nullify the scariness * Cards that benefit from companions in the dead pile, such as {{Card|Orc Butchery}}, {{Card|Sauron's Defenses}}, { ...

...but don't depend on him, you needn't bid too high, as many opponents will play this site for you. ...

...ants to the Dark Lord Sauron. They live forever serving one Master, riding in darkness, seeking the One Ring. ...rn -2 or to remove a burden. More and more, we see these little companions in fellowships, especially to reduce the number of races. ...

..., but it works well against any deck. Can be combined with Morgul Gates to play the Witch King at cost 1. * This site is almost guaranteed in any Nazgul deck. ...