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...ltures are often called "splash" cultures, as many decks run companions or minions from those cultures to supplement a different culture's weaknesses. ...almost entirely of splash minions, and has many of the most popular splash minions of [[Movie Block]]. ...

...ing [[Engine]]s, [[Site Control|controlling sites]], and stacking besieger minions on controlled sites. ...asis on [[site control]]. The deck generally plays few if any non-besieger minions. ...

...ng-bearer]] runs out of protectors, and has to deal with the same powerful minions all on their own. Victory may come through [[wound|wounding]] companions to ...

...minions who are already fierce, it saves having to waste twilight on such minions, which can be a boon. ...

...s are left over can be assigned by the Shadows player, who can stack extra minions wherever they like in the hopes of winning more [[skirmish]]es or [[overwhe The simplest swarm strategy is to play a bunch of minions, then stack all of the extras on the [[Ring-bearer]] in the hopes of overwh ...

...ording to His Stature is a powerful "last defense" against single-vitality minions or even the strongest, exhausted minion. ...s as possible, with the effective skirmish event cleaning up any remaining minions. Additionally, Power According to His Stature works with any ring-bearer, i ...

...e, generally does not play many Twilight Nazgûl, and has stronger swarming minions like {{Card|Morgul Whelp}}. * Pretty much everything. Very cheap, very weak minions like this are only useful in [[swarm]] decks, which generally cannot play t ...

...opponent. Convenient for finishing off weakened minions, or to damage the minions before future phase actions (such as the next turn's maneuver or archery ph ...High King or Aiglos more reliable, along with cards that outright discard minions during the regroup phase (such as Smeagol, Bearer of Great Secrets) or upon ...

...at modifies the order in which skirmishes must be resolved. All non-lurker minions must have their skirmishes resolved before skirmishes involving lurkers may ...t always, have some sort of special ability that can be used to pump other minions up; this keyword thus ensures that they cannot be easily sniped in the firs ...

...Numenor, Valiant Man of the West can potentially help him defeat multiple minions. ...1 wound, and Aragorn can tank multiple uruks, Moria Axe wielders, or even minions like the [[lotr01165|Cave Troll]] and Balrog with very little danger to the ...

...[[archer]] [[minion]]s to [[Grind|grind]] down the [[Fellowship]]. Popular minions include {{Card|Ranged Commander}}, {{Card|Uruk Crossbow Troop}}, {{Card|Uru ...deck first appears in [[Tower Block]] with the addition of the uruk archer minions in [[The Two Towers]], and is most common in [[Tower Block]], [[Towers Stan ...

...y, swarm decks are only called "bomb" decks if they somehow play many more minions in a single turn than is normally possible. ...

...ur assignment phase, you may assign companions to defend against attacking minions. ...ender +2 allows that companion to defend against two additional unassigned minions, and so on. A character with defender +2 (or greater) satisfies any require ...

...n before that minion's skirmish has resolved. It is also effective against minions that tend to exert (Like those in [sauron] wounding decks) since he can eit * Minions with abilities that require exertions ...

...rserkers in the {{C|Isengard}} army assaulting Helm's Deep. Each of these minions gets stronger based on the number of wounds they and their assigned [[Compa ...ss encoded as the [[Enduring]] keyword in later sets, and although various minions named "Berserk" or "Berserker" showed up again, they seldom followed this s ...

...ry of Legolas, Greenleaf and Aragorn's Bow, as these cards can kill archer minions before the archery total is calculated. * Potentially devastating archery effect when combined with archer minions ...

...{Card|Friend to Thorin}} and {{Card|Fror, Gimli's Kinsman}} to beat strong minions without much effort. * Low or middle strength minions ...

...]]s from the {{C|Isengard}} [[culture]]. The keyword only appeared on nine minions in two sets: [[Battle of Helm's Deep]] and [[Ents of Fangorn]]. ...

...ntil his fierce skirmish. Frenzied Dunlending becomes fierce, and valuable minions such as Stampeding Chief become very hard to kill. Be wary of possession di * Companions that can exhaust minions ...

...sts. With this in mind, Uruk Lieutenant is among the most popular Uruk-Hai minions in the Fellowship of the Ring base set. Uruk Lieutenant lacks the cultural enforcement of his mirror minions; Uruk Lieutenant can spot [Sauron] Uruk-Hai or [Uruk-hai] Uruk-Hai as well ...

...|wound characters]] in the [[Regroup Phase]] if they survive. {{C|Sauron}} minions and [[Uruk-hai]] from any faction are rare due to their higher site numbers ...nd plays no minions until the [[bomb]] on site 4, aiming to swarm with 7-8 minions and leaving the Free Peoples player unable to use Archery or Skirmish abili ...

...minions but with the advantage of a low site number. While other [Dunland] minions which cost 4 twilight typically have 10 strength (the exceptions are Saruma * Objectively worse than most other [Dunland] minions, including many which cost less twilight ...

...k because you still need to seize [[initiative]] somehow to activate these minions' gametext. The most popular ways to do so are {{Card|Mordor Fighter}} (alth ...or {{Card|Mordor Fighter}} might naturally lead you into using some of the minions from [[Sauron Threats]]. Like many {{C|Sauron}} strategies in [[King Block] ...

...h {{Card|Goblin Scimitar}}, which also draws cards while helping swarms of minions pose a threat to middling-strength [[companion]]s. Plus, most {{C|Moria}} d ...eful in [[Moria Archery]] and [[Moria Beatdown]], as those decks have more minions with 2+ vitality, but those decks rarely have enough room for this card. ...

...the reduced twilight helps protect from high strength minions or too many minions. Helps keep Pippin relevant, as he is usually the weakest Hobbit in the fir ...

* [[Defender]] bonuses, since his gametext counts wounds on all of the minions in his skirmish. * Any and all {{C|Rohan}} [[Mount]]s that exert minions in a skirmish, especially {{Card|Firefoot}} ...

...couting Band}}. Trackers are also key to [[Sauron Initiative]], which uses minions like {{Card|Orc Chaser}}, <!--Orc Pursuer-->{{Card|7C303}}, and {{Card|Orc ...nters]]. Many of the Tracker minions later appeared on new cards as Hunter minions, but the Hunter keyword is a [[loaded keyword]] that also appears on [[Free ...

...wship]], only slightly worse for wear. Even this is not without risk: many minions, like {{Card|Ulaire Attea, Keeper of Dol Guldur}}, can make use of excess T ...

...Numenor, Elendil's Valor can potentially help a companion defeat multiple minions. ...n, making the companion more likely to survive a skirmish against multiple minions. Of course, Aragorn, Ranger of the North and Aragorn, Heir of Elendil have ...

...able to contribute to the archery total with an Elven Bow, and finish off minions whose vitality allows them to survive the Archery Phase. ...ducing abilities which, combined with his passive text, can overwhelm some minions outright. Blades Drawn in particular is a natural fit for decks which rely ...

...ty to exhaust a minion is very powerful, as it can make otherwise powerful minions such as The Cave Troll of Moria, Scourge of the Black Pit very easy to kill * High vitality minions ...

...ly when it is needed. Most minions have stopped roaming by site 4, and the minions this card would be most effective against (Nazgul, The Balrog etc.) all sto ...Return of the king came Second Level, a card that made it possible to make minions roaming during the maneuver phase, so that you could subsequently discard t ...

...moves, with Gondor's Vengeance being particularly effective against large minions that are otherwise difficult to get off the table (Lurtz, Servant of Isenga * Large minions (The Witch King, Lord of the Nazgul; Hill Clan; Uruk Vanguard) ...

* Huge minions (Can be sacrificed to protect somebody else) * Cheap minions ...

...{{C|Sauron}} and {{C|Wraith}} cultures. The keyword only appeared on eight minions in three sets: [[Mines of Moria]], [[Realms of the Elf-lords]], and [[Ents ...

...r, Gimli's Kinsman Damage bonuses. Usually one of these is enough, as most minions only have 2 vitality (Gimli's innate Damage bonuses can take care of bigger * High Vitality minions, such as Nazgul and [Isengard] Warg-Riders. ...

...o overwhelm a companion unlucky enough to run into Enduring Evil. [Sauron] minions did not get damage bonuses until set 8 [Olog-Hai of Mordor] and received be * Hand Clog, particularly when losing skirmishes or having minions killed/discarded pre-skirmish ...

...tandard meta. Fearing the Worst dropped off after that format. Few tracker minions and no search cards were ever printed after [[Towers Block]], and none of t ...Watching Eye}}, which is itself a [[search]] card and requires [[tracker]] minions to be played. ...

All Shadow players count the number of all their minions with the keyword '''archer''' to determine the “minion archery total.” No m ...ust assign a number of wounds equal to the fellowship archery total to his minions, in any way he wishes. ...

...part of a strategy of [[Site Control|controlling site]]s and [[stack]]ing minions on those sites. ...

...he {{Nazgul}} in exchange for an effect. The keyword was not exclusive to minions, however: {{C|Gondor}} [[Wraith]]s in particular utilize it. ...lm ({{Card|Cirdan}}). As these effects worked equally well on non-enduring minions, the [[Power Creep]] of the ecosystem thus began to rachet up. ...

...to set up your [[Fellowship]] on the [[Free Peoples]] side and draw fewer minions to play for your [[Shadow Alignment|Shadow]] side. ...

...oblins (Especially Goblin Runner) stacked essentially means that many more minions on a subsequent turn. Goblin Swarms is usually complemented by other well-k ...ger goblins such as Goblin Patrol Troop and Goblin Flankers. These larger minions can usually win skirmishes on their own and then use Goblin Swarms to reapp ...

A fringe strategy against [Sauron] or [Isengard] Uruk-Hai minions in the Fellowship of the Ring block, Eregion's Trails has some use early in * Minions with high site numbers, like [Sauron] minions or Shelob ...

...weak minion in order to force less powerful companions to skirmish strong minions. If the bearer is weak, the shadow may assign a minion strong enough to ov ...nt actions in the same assignment phase. If there are leftover unassigned minions after the free people's player has finished assigning characters, then the ...

...weak minion in order to force less powerful companions to skirmish strong minions. If the bearer is weak, the shadow may assign a minion strong enough to ov ...nt actions in the same assignment phase. If there are leftover unassigned minions after the free people's player has finished assigning characters, then the ...

* Large minions benefit most from Emyn Muil * Low-vitality minions ...

...} decks in [[Expanded]] and [[Standard]] decks. He is ten strength against minions lacking [[Hunter]], and with {{Card|Anduril, Sword that was Broken}} and ot ...horongil is used merely as a strong skirmisher and a counter to [[hunter]] minions. He is only eclipsed in a {{C|Gondor}} [[token]] strategy by {{Card|Aragorn ...

...weak minion in order to force less powerful companions to skirmish strong minions. If the bearer is weak, the shadow may assign a minion strong enough to ov ...nt actions in the same assignment phase. If there are leftover unassigned minions after the free people's player has finished assigning characters, then the ...

...avengers or Goblin Runner from discard. Because of the potential number of minions generated from Fool of a Took!, typical swarm protection such as Bounder or Since any [Moria] minion will be taken into hand, the event is free, and non-minions are not discarded, you can use Fool of a Took! to aim for a lucky draw at a ...