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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. ...

...[[Morgul Orcs]], which focuses on a different culture, generally does not play many Twilight Nazgûl, and has stronger swarming minions like {{Card|Morgul ...nions like this are only useful in [[swarm]] decks, which generally cannot play this card. ...

...rden. Skirmish: If bearer is not assigned to a skirmish, discard this from play an artifact or possession from your draw deck on bearer. | Lore=“‘...there in his hand lay a beautiful golden ring.'” ...

...H is particularly useful if you intend to bid high. With 1 or 2 Farmers in play all hobbits will be free, making this a useful addition to [shire] choke de ...

A borderline unplayable rare, Mordor Enraged has little-to-no use in any competitive deck. ...as Orc Insurgent, Orc Taskmaster, or the Restricted Forces of Mordor exist in the [Sauron] culture. ...

...er (1R166)|Cave Troll's Hammer (1R166)]]|[[Drums in the Deep (1C168)|Drums in the Deep (1C168)]]}} ...fire. Finally, it costs one twilight, making it quite situational overall in its use. ...

...ot" ruling on how it works (see below), it only affects sites which are in play at the time it is played. ...behind on the site path. which is not a position a choke deck wants to be in. Choke does not want to double; the point is to avoid adding [[Twilight]], ...

...ou can afford to make a lot of twilight on that turn or whether you should play a 6th companion (And risk effects like those of Ulaire Enquea, LoM or Greed ...

...ist the construction of the support area or grab an important condition to play on a companion, like O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! or The Last Alliance of Elves ...considering the [2] cost. The addition of Bilbo, Bearer of Things Burgled in the Reflections expansion exasperates this. ...

...lay from the [[Discard]] pile, or a card that stacks other cards on itself in lieu of sending them to the discard pile. ...a [[Condition|condition]], and {{Card|Sindri, Dwarven Lord}} will let you play and replay any {{CultureIcon|Dwarven}} [[Skirmish Phase|skirmish]] [[Event ...

* Beatdown decks such as Nazgul which tend to lack the twilight to play as many cards as the shadow player has ...in play from the current Free Peoples player and all Shadow conditions in play from all current Shadow players. Neither the Free Peoples' Shadow cards nor ...

...he discard pile for each companion over 4, Ulaire Nertea could potentially play up to 5 minions from discard. Ulaire Nertea's game text is not specific to ...n of the Two Towers set. The Nazgul was somewhat replaced by Orc Insurgent in Ents of Fangorn set--a minion without cultural enforcement. ...

...hich is using the {{Card|Erkenbrand's Horn}}/{{Card|New Chapter}} combo to play all their followers at site 1. ...ns into archers, making Frenzy of Arrows the only completely unusable card in the LotR-TCG. ...

...more Armories in play. Goblin Scavengers are also great value because they play a weapon from discard, making more twilight. ...condition discard in their decks. If you don't have a counter to this card in your deck, expect to be hit very hard and try to aim for a shadow win, as m ...

...at http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr, but is now ran by the PC at https://play.lotrtcgpc.net ...ame is completely free to play. Both casual games and competitive playing (in form of leagues) are supported. GEMP is currently the biggest online LotR T ...

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...ful cards such as TAC. It never hit its true stride till Corsairs came out in the Mount Doom expansion. By pairing up Corsair Marauder with Goblin Scimit ...rcumventing the Scavengers' limitation of “on your Moria Orc” only. Useful in those formats that X-list Relics of Moria (Movie Block, Expanded and Pre-Sh ...

...a draw deck; however, Gandalf does not have to be in play at any point to play Gandalf's Cart. The ability to "hold" possessions and artifacts in the support area does not come without risk. Discarding a Gandalf's Cart lo ...

There are 9 different types of cards in the LotR-TCG. Each has its own limitation as to where and when it may be p Most cards in The Lord of the Rings TCG are one of two basic kinds: Free Peoples or Shado ...

...ar|2C104|[[Mines of Moria Index]]|[[Hobbit Sword-play (2U103)|Hobbit Sword-play (2U103)]]|[[Mithril-coat (2R105)|Mithril-coat (2R105)]]}} ''In this section, describe:'' ...

...so Asfaloth's additional strength bonus is not often very useful. However, In the Two Towers, sites 1 through 5, as well as site 8, all have the potentia Asfaloth can also work well in Rohan decks, as many Rohan cards also have synergy with plains and mounts. ...

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...r came the Orcs who tried to cut down those Ents and suffered their wrath! In the end, the Ents overtook the Orcs and regained control of their land. The ...greatness of the Ents in a Nazgul article? It’s because you will see them in very large numbers and when they are played, they will create a lot of twil ...

...pion}} or {{Card|Siege Commander}}. Like most of the other [[Morgul Orcs]] in [[Return of the King]] that specifically focus on supporting Nazgûl or {{Cu ...part {{Card|Shagrat, Captain of Cirith Ungol}}. Most Morgul Orc decks that play any version of Gorbag at all will prefer {{Card|Gorbag, Covetous Captain}}. ...

...is currently in play and active, 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- ...e four copies of any card with the same title, regardless of the subtitle. In the case of Sauron, your deck could have two copies of each of Sauron, the ...

...ur support area. There is no limit to the number of allies you may have in play. Block symbol is a factor in determining an ally’s home site. ...

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...rd|Orc Patrol}}, and {{Card|Grishnakh, Orc Captain}}. Additionally you can play the [[initiative]] [[trackers]] from [[Return of the King]], on the off cha ...ood}}, or the condition-tossing {{Card|Galadriel, Lady Redeemed}}, you can play {{Card|Terrible as the Dawn}} to either kill [[Galadriel]] or cripple their ...

...a league may compete by playing any number of games against other players in the league over a period of time, typically segmented as Series. ...

...[[culture]] for dealing with bothersome possessions, the only other cards in this culture that can deal with conditions are either comparably restrictiv ...gul}}, then five for Beauty is Fading itself. This is especially difficult in [[Fellowship Block]], where [[choke]] decks are common and [[site]]s have g ...

...al approaches to doing so, some of which are also referred to as "cycling" in the specific case. ...the other side, too, because it means you can more quickly find key cards in your deck before they are needed. Cards that draw more cards, such as {{Car ...

...effects that respond to the same kind of trigger. They count something in play, and when there is more of that thing, more effects happen. ...nt requires you to discard 2 cards from your hand and you only have 1 card in hand, just discard the 1 card and ignore the rest. If the effect of a card ...

...ve to spot him (Their Arrows Enrage, Uruk Ravager etc.) are much easier to play. It also means that other copies of him cannot be played while he is out, s ...etc.) as the Free Peoples player will not only be able to discard him from play but also received an additional benefit depending on what card they used. ...

...on your opponent, even if they can counter the Balrog himself. He can also play [moria] orcs from discard; this is not usually that useful, as there’s rare * In a fair fight, the Balrog is strong against pretty much everything. However, ...

'''Lore''' is flavor text placed underneath the game text in italicized font if there's room. Usually the lore is a quote from the Lord ...005.jpg?300 |The Balrog came, climbed up the walls / And kicked poor Durin in the balls.}}]] ...

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...t have any Regroup Events - even if they did, they might simply opt not to play them, as they can see the Orc Ambusher's ability anyway. ...

...play, and comes in handiest against devastating regroup events like Fierce in Despair or New Fear. Additionally, An Able Guide can help cover most of the * Expensive [Raider] regroup actions, such as Fierce In Despair, Great Beasts, or New Fear ...

...y, all of the '''[[companion]]s''' that the [[Free Peoples]] player has in play. This always includes the [[Ring-bearer]], and may include up to eight othe ...Keyword]]''', an [[unloaded keyword]] that only appears on [[companion]]s in the last [[set]], [[Age's End]]. ...

Among the least-used [Shire] allies in the game across any format, Master Proudfoot, Distant Relative of Bilbo is ...Master Proudfoot does not exert for his ability, he can also be exerted to play cards like Thror's Map or A Talent for Not Being Seen. ...

...phase, players may perform archery actions (special abilities on cards in play with "Archery:" and events with that keyword) using the action procedure. W ...to the minion archery total to his companions (and participating allies), in any way he wishes. ...

...also has a low shadow number, which detracts a little from its ability to play Nazgul more cheaply, but gives you the advantage of moving to a low twiligh * Players who drew mostly shadow cards in their first hand (Then immediately moved to this site) ...

...et, Hobbit Sword is one included in almost every deck in Sealed tournament play. ...hat specifically interact with a Hobbit bearing a possession. Hobbit Sword-Play is one of the few [Shire] pre-skirmish wounding cards (Shadowplay and Unhee ...

...effect as Bree Streets if you can play two Nazgul, and is worse if you can play three Nazgul. Despite site 2 being the first site the player travels too, t * Players who drew mostly shadow cards in their first hand (Then immediately moved to this site) ...

...Balrog, Demon of Might, who skips the maneuver phase, or add many threats in the shadow phase to prevent event retrieval (With cards such as Black Land ...galad, HKotN of tokens to use, however Gift of the Evenstar, Blessed Light in particular is nigh impossible to get rid of, because it is an artifact (Gro ...

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...gned by the Shadows player, who can stack extra minions wherever they like in the hopes of winning more [[skirmish]]es or [[overwhelm]]ing key companions ...ay a bunch of minions, then stack all of the extras on the [[Ring-bearer]] in the hopes of overwhelming them. However, if the Ring-bearer is well-defend ...

You must meet any requirements to play a card (or perform an action) before paying its costs. (See spot.) ...minion Madril is skirmishing.” You check that you have at least four cards in hand before you discard cards to pay for that ability’s cost. When you pay ...

...u are not taking 8 archery, you can empty the pool or leave just enough to play your own events. Remember that if you bring something to -1, or even -8, it ...f, The White Wizard, environment, this card is a must in your deck. If you play skirmish events that require twilight, you might want to replace this condi ...

...he Two Towers]], and cards before that point simply included the full text in the card's game text. Conditions can also contain a Support Area subtype as a shorthand for the play target text, but strictly speaking this is not an [[Item Class]]. ...

...oesn't have to come from your hand. However, if you use it on the turn you play it, there's almost nothing the Free Peoples player can do to stop you from ...Card|Ulaire Nertea, Dark Horseman}}. While the minion you want needs to be in the discard pile, self-[[mill]] cards like {{Card|Ever My Heart Rises}} or ...

...ny of Archers}}, or {{Card|Secret Sentinels}} and discard all of the cards in a single stack at once? His [[exertion]] cost, low [[strength]] for his cos ...in ''The Two Towers'' film. He's played by New Zealand actor Ben Fransham in an uncredited role. His name is apparently a [[Decipher]] creation, and isn ...

...and attack an opponent's [[conditions]], or {{Card|Pathfinder}} being used in [[Fellowship Block]] to avoid {{Card|Anduin Confluence}} at site 7. Site ma ...

...t 15, meaning that at the time of its release there was no way to actually play with a pure Hunters Block site path. Set 17 brought 4 more sites which made ...e cards necessary to actually start a deck. No starter decks were produced in time for the release of set 18, the only expansion set without one at all. ...

...nt has in play as well as their entire deck then moving down the site path in one turn. ...with an effect that isn't very useful on its own but might be more useful in a combo. {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}, for example, is a combo piece that ...

...other cards. Also, Barliman can grab this card after usage to immediately play it again, which is handy if you have a way of healing him. ...

...|1U215|[[Fellowship of the Ring Index]]|[[In the Ringwraith's Wake (1R214)|In the Ringwraith's Wake (1R214)]]|[[Morgul Blade (1R216)|Morgul Blade (1R216) * Expensive Fellowships, allowing the Shadow player to play several Nazgul, then draw more cards. ...

...irst Level transfers during the maneuver phase, it can be used effectively in conjunction with {{Card|Alcarin}} or {{Card|Turgon}}. First Level is also g ...fications found in King Block that represent Minas Tirith. There are seven in total: ...

...site, the Shadow player is able to use all twilight to play minions later in the game without worrying as much about running out of protection from Hide ...des' lower initial cost and added card drawing mean that it is rarely seen in constructed Dunland decks. ...

..., this makes it a great boon to beatdown decks which might only be able to play one or two minions otherwise. ...ty to get through your deck. However, when there's only enough twilight to play this minion or another one, the potential of an opponent doubling should be ...

...ansion, Rohan has gained a special ability not seen before: the ability to play possessions outside of the fellowship phase for a benefit (as if playing a ...ething that can be tailored to a specific situation. The obvious use is to play weapons on him, giving him not only the +2 for his text, but also the weapo ...

...a [[dwarf]]-specific pump event anyway because there are only three dwarfs in the whole [[format]]: {{Card|Gloin, Son of Groin}}, {{Card|Thorin III, Ston Similar to {{Card|Sharp Defense}}, if there's one [[Hunter]] minion in play, you have to grant the dwarf +1 [[strength]] and [[Damage]] +1. You can't c ...

...ith [[Tracker]] minions, especially with the {{C|Isengard}} [[condition]]s in [[The Two Towers]]. ...

...py's ability, it rarely sees play, although it could potentially be useful in a hybrid deck. Cards that work well with it include Resistance Becomes Unbe ...

As two versions of Arwen and all versions of Aragorn are rangers in the Fellowship of the Ring block, Arwen's Fate is generally less productive ...e Fellowship of the Ring set, Arwen's Fate is even less likely to see play in a sealed format, as it requires having two rare companions (Arwen, Daughter ...

...ed counterparts, oversized cards are not typically permitted in tournament play. ...

...term. Something that is overpowered is just too strong. It's a common term in games of all sorts. Along with being a [[Negative Play Experience]], being OP is one of the main ways a card can be [[Broken|broke ...

...Dagger Strike may be played to no effect to cycle it out of hand (perhaps in an effort to draw the weapons needed). Dagger Strike is also a versatile event in mono-Hobbit decks as it is not a stealth event, which can be cancelled or p ...

...phase, players may perform maneuver actions (special abilities on cards in play with “'''Maneuver:'''” and events with that keyword) using the action proce ...ly pass. Passing does not prevent a player from performing an action later in the same phase.</block> ...

...{{Nazgul}} from the {{C|Ringwraith}} culture, but it has made appearances in every [[Shadow]] culture, empowering large [[Troll]]s, [[Orc]]s, or the occ Players may again perform assignment actions (special abilities on cards in play with "Assignment:" and events with that keyword) using the action procedure ...

...On the other hand, the twilight reduction will almost always allow you to play Durin's Bane, even against a choke deck, and Flame of Udun is usually possi In the Pre-Shadows Multipath Format, you can hit an opponent hard with this si ...

...phase) Pursuit Just Behind may give the free peoples player the advantage in a move to a sanctuary or to site 9. ...a dangerous exertion before the Shadow player gets another opportunity to play minions ...

...of My People is still relevant after Fellowship Block, and often sees play in Movie Block to counter Besieger decks and the still popular [Moria] culture * Decks with the ability to play from discard pile ...

...' is an informal game term. Fetching a card means taking it from an out-of-play area (often the draw deck) and putting it somewhere more useful, typically ..."important" ones such as components of a [[combo]] or a [[silver bullet]]. In this way it is distinct from [[recursion]], which is favored when an effect ...

...ng Quarters}}, it's probably a good idea to run one of those instead, even in a deck chiefly focused on {{C|Gondor}} [[companion]]s. ...into {{Card|Rohirrim Camp}}, few swarm decks are going to try very hard to play a swarm of minions at site 2 or 3. ...

...weaker, but much cheaper, and can still be played if [[Gandalf]] isn't in play. ...who remove all their wounds when they return to your hand), {{Card|A Light In His Mind}} combined with {{Card|The Shire Countryside}} and some source of ...

...e''' is one of the most popular and [[splashable]] condition removal tools in post-[[Shadows]] formats. It provides a small strength boost and condition ...lf]] twilight tricks like {{Card|Fury of the White Rider}} and {{Card|Deep in Thought}}. However, Pallando is virtually ineffective against [[Ninja Gollu ...

...ause the limiting factor for [Moria] swarms is usually the number of cards in hand and not the amount of twilight, having cheap goblins (Especially Gobli ...playing things over and over again. Many popular minions have coming-into-play benefits: Goblin Runner, Goblin Flankers, Moria Scout, Goblin Scavengers or ...

...decks are only called "bomb" decks if they somehow play many more minions in a single turn than is normally possible. ...once. For example, playing multiple copies of {{Card|Lost to the Goblins}} in one turn, after you've [[filter]]ed out almost all of the Free Peoples card ...

...later sites. The Ents of Fangorn card Winged and Ominous offers an assist in the generation of pool. It is a condition that plays to your support area f ...exertions, thereby increasing the likelihood that they will be exhaustible in the Regroup phase. ...

...Heart in the Skirmish phase to make Gimli strength +1 (whether or not he's in a skirmish, remember!). ...no means out of the game. The event Defending the Keep allows a player to play a Dwarven condition from the discard pile, so Dwarven Heart can be played a ...

...[[Ring-bearer]] in this game, is a hobbit. With one exception, all hobbits in this game are {{C|Shire}} culture Free Peoples [[character]]s. ...ty allows the [[Shadow Alignment|Shadow]] player to play this minion, then play cards like {{Card|Fool of a Took!}} that spot "a Hobbit" against any oppone ...

The Easterling Captain in particular makes an excellent combination with Look at Him, his skirmish ab ...ard just gets nastier and nastier, often adding 6-8 twilight with a single play. That lets you easily use Evil-Smelling Fens to get back big minions, espec ...

...a of how the game began in contrast to the major changes that Towers block in particular brought. ...where the latest and most expansive version of the game is the only way to play. Decklists can be found at [http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/board,1 ...

...sh another culture, such as the [Isengard] Beyond the Height of Men). Bear in mind however that the Troll may still overwhelm characters like Gimli, even Cave Troll's Hammer is also less difficult than most unique weapons to play because it can be played using Relics of Moria, makes twilight with Goblin ...

...e when used with the plethora of {{C|Elven}} allies available, especially in {{Card|Far-Seeing Eyes}} Decks. {{Card|Silinde}} can then copy this site's ...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|Frodo's B ...

...most common in [[Tower Block]], [[Towers Standard]], and [[King Standard]] play. By [[Movie Block]], it's rarely seen. ...

...atility is also one of few counters to Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul in Fellowship Block, making it easier to protect large Fellowships. ...ave any number of rivers and forests on the path, so the card may see play in Expanded decks. ...

...g''' is an [[Item Class]], and thus a [[Loaded Keyword]]. All of the rings in this game are [[Artifact]]s of a previous age. Characters may only bear one ...a special card type and is not considered a ring. Cards that affect rings in general do not affect the One Ring, and the [[Ring-bearer]] may also bear a ...

...{{Card|Nasty}}. As a result, Clever Hobbits is mainly used as a trump card in Solo Sméagol, to get through particularly tough turns. ...ditions if there isn't a fair amount of [[twilight cost|twilight]] already in the pool. (A single copy of Deceit simply gets discarded first with no help ...

...Horn over and over to put them all into play. This is especially powerful in conjunction with {{Card|Gamling, Defender of the Hornburg}} to [[download]] ...

...in [[Besieger]] decks, Grond is a staple of almost all {{C|Sauron}} decks in [[Movie Block]] and later. ...make (the very annoying) {{Card|Gorgoroth Assassin}} more attractive even in a deck not chiefly focused on Besiegers. ...

...he is killed, regardless of whether he wears the Ring. See also [[leaving play]]. ...

...d [[Elvents]] that play many {{C|Elven}} skirmish events, they still don't play Arrow and Blade. ...However, this card is so expensive and weak that it is rarely played, even in those decks. ...

...ealed in Wrath}} and {{Card|Back to the Light}} that do more for less. All in all, just pick a different event. ...nd {{Card|Back to the Light}} can make the top card whatever you want, but in this case you’ll want {{Card|Forearmed}} ...

...n unreliable. In many games, players expect about a 50/50 chance of a card in the draw deck to be a Free Peoples or Shadow card and less of a chance for ...r According to His Stature maintain effectiveness. Keeping Fool of a Took! in hand for that perfect swarm will slow your ability to cycle somewhat, thoug ...

...), each site had a particular number and had to be played in that position in the adventure path. Starting with Shadows, sites did not have numbers print * In a two-player game, only one player ever makes it to site 9; if they survive ...

| GameText=Fellowship: Spot 2 [ROHAN] Men (or 1 valiant [ROHAN] Man) to play a [ROHAN] character or [ROHAN] possession from your draw deck. ...the bright eyes in the grass! Evermind they are called... for they blossom in all seasons of the year, and grow where dead men rest.'” ...

...of the Ring]], the only playable Ring-bearer was Frodo, and if Sam was in play when he died, [[the One Ring]] would pass to Sam and you would continue on ...ard|Smeagol, Bearer of Great Secrets}}, you do not need to add a burden to play him. ...

...arly any other Nazgul strategy to severely limit the Free People's options in skirmishes and with abilities that require exertions. It is particularly e ...select Blade Tip, leaving Black Breath to slowly suffocate that companion. In addition, Black Breath has no limit per companion, so you can place two or ...

...(on the bottom if you've rotated the site properly). This arrow is unused in 2-player 1v1 matches. In multiplayer with 3 or more players, this arrow is used to determine which S ...

...y into common gamer usage. You might encounter casual usage of those terms in conversations about the Lord of the Rings TCG, some of which you can find d ...dagast, The Brown}}, or relatively weak characters, like most [[Hobbit]]s. In the case of {{Card|Sam, Son of Hamfast}}, he's all three, and it's rare tha ...

...h the [[hand extension]] and [[recursion]] of [[Corsair]] {{C|Raider}}s to play huge [[swarm]]s of minions all at once. ...ill your hand with {{Card|Under Foot}}. Under ideal circumstances, you can play Under Foot multiple times, since almost all of your minions are cheap or fr ...

...Pale Blade when you [[Reconcile|reconcile]], and pick it up again once you play the Witch-King. ...like {{Card|Hall of the Kings}}, {{Card|City Gates}}, or {{Card|Dagorlad}} in [[King Block]]-based [[format]]s like [[Movie Block]], you'll generally nee ...

There are just too many better {{C|Ringwraith}} minions in the same niche. {{Card|Morgul Hound}} is less reliable but half the cost fo ...orne]] by minions, and the worthwhile [[support area]] possessions are not in {{C|Ringwraith}} culture. ...

...lture. Unfortunately, it's just not consistent enough to justify inclusion in almost any deck, however. ...h a twilight cost greater than zero. Cards that can soak up twilight later in the turn, like {{Card|Ulaire Attea, Keeper of Dol Guldur}} or {{Card|Easter ...

...s very difficult to counter, however, as more and more cards were released in later sets, several strategies became possible to deal with this minion, mo ...

|text=Some card effects allow you to draw cards in the fellowship phase. You cannot draw (or take into hand) more than 4 cards ...e discard pile ({{Card|Birthday Present}}), or taking cards into hand from play ({{Card|The Shards of Narsil}}). ...

..., Lady of Light shown at the right can use her ability as soon as she's in play. ...pher placed the home site information in the center of the card instead of in the unused section right beneath the vitality; perhaps they didn't want the ...

...indicates that you may perform that action whenever the trigger described in its game text happens. ...n is “about to” happen. Typically, only one such response can be performed in a given situation, because its effect will “prevent” that situation or repl ...

...y using events after the fellowship phase such as Roll of Thunder and Deep in Thought, the Free Peoples player can maintain a smaller fellowship and stil ...'''after''' paying their costs (effect), and as such the twilight added to play them will be available to increase Gandalf's strength. ...

...ny powerful skirmish-won effects utilized by the Dunlendings, Hill Clan is in a family of minions (the others being {{Card|Wild Man of Dunland}}, {{Card| ...an, this deficiency may leave the Shadow player without enough twilight to play a strong minion that can take advantage of the damage bonus. Even without u ...

...nding deck you make because of the many ways it can destroy allies and aid in various Dunlending strategies. ...ior is a good counter for anyone who winds up facing Rohan Fellowships day in and day out. Kill off the annoying villagers who heal and pump strength and ...

...ock]] [[Uruk Beatdown]] decks in [[Movie Block]]. While it's rarely played in Movie Block, that's the only significant [[format]] where it's useful at al ...rounds at all, which quietly [[Nerf|nerf]]ed these key cards in that deck. In formats using the King Block site path, like [[Movie Block]] and [[King Sta ...

...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 ...

Most artifacts tell you who their bearer can be. Other artifacts play to your support area. |filter= C.CardType IN ('Artifact') AND {{PromoFilter}} AND {{HobbitFilter}} ...

...gnment attempts. Or assure the vitality of Isengard Smith at regroup phase in order to discard Free Peoples weapons (by assigning the Smith to a companio ...light in Two Towers than Fellowship, so it may be possible to play Saruman in conjunction with Lurtz, another strong Uruk or a mounted Warg-rider. ...

...Edge of Madness}}, but there's little reason to play those two companions in the first place. Even if you found a use for their special abilities despit ...

...nce, letting them earn online avatars and movement tokens by participating in online events. ...ble League Cards were also offered exclusively to players who participated in online leagues, which today are among the rarest and most difficult cards t ...

...omplete, each defending character will fight in a separate skirmish phase. In an order decided by the Free Peoples player, skirmishes are resolved one at ...phase, players may perform skirmish actions (special abilities on cards in play with “'''Skirmish:'''” and events with that keyword) using the action proce ...

...of those cards, you ideally want to discard Stay This Madness the turn you play it, because otherwise it's stacking up extra threats for no benefit. And, l ...double? Still useless. Even if it's a do-or-die turn and any contribution in regroup is a help, {{C|Gandalf}} culture already has {{Card|Out of the High ...

...lly a very weak, situational card, but also a staple of {{C|Gondor}} decks in [[Movie Block]]. It's chiefly played as part of a whole package of {{C|Gond ...k]] (or later [[format]]s) as it is. Removing [[Twilight (Cost)|twilight]] in preparation for a [[double move]] is generally more useful, but a [[threat] ...

...pes that the Elves will at least survive by cutting the potential wounding in half. ...to stay competitive. For these reasons, Lorien Is Most Welcome rarely sees play. ...

...on to the similar {{Card|Slaked Thirsts}}, which serves much the same role in both {{C|Dwarven}} decks and [[Rainbow Wounding|multicultural wounding deck ...to wipe the Shadow player's minions and support area out in one fell swoop in the [[regroup phase]]. ...

...It is the last incarnation of Decipher's "standard" format for competitive play. On [[mLOTRO]], this format is called "Hunters Standard". ...was released in 2005, Decipher began [[Rotation|rotating out]] older sets in Standard similar to other TCGs like ''Magic: the Gathering''. This was not ...

...caves, the armies of Sauron, or in poorly-moderated Internet discussions. In this game, they are a [[Shadow Alignment|Shadow]] [[race]], appearing first ...mpage unchecked. It wasn't always played, but it would occasionally appear in [[Moria Beatdown]], a strategy on higher-strength minions supplemented with ...

Useful for any deck with site 6 allies, Lothlorien Woods is generally used in decks which amass allies (Such as Horn of Boromir decks). Since most site 6 * Ally Hate (Tower Assassin, Their Power is in Terror) ...

...what and reduce friction in a tournament setting. It was first introduced in October 2001, just prior to [[Worlds 2002]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web This ruling has since been widely adopted for casual play within the community. ...

...released in The Two Towers which specifically require Grima to be in play in order to be used. While certain to surprise a Free Peoples player, there ar ...ing to include more copies of Haunting Her Steps to ensure it is available in the small window it may be used, but not wanting to clog his or her hand wi ...

...icularly in Fellowship Block format--do not contain more than 5 companions in total, meaning the Shadow player would need eight burdens and the four comp * Hand clog early in the game ...

.... Morgul Hunter also has high vitality and thus can be good at exerting to play various [Sauron] support cards. He is expensive however, and is particularl ...

...ecks, to help mill an opponent's hand, or for swarm decks, since these can play more minions than average. This site is also a Plains, so it provides bonus * There are only two other Plains sites in Fellowship block: [[lotr01331|Ettenmoors]] and Hollin. ...

...re than four minions that add tokens to machines. If you're not interested in is game text, there are better alternatives like {{Card|Uruk Warrior}}, {{C ...s remember to play it using {{Card|Siege Engine}} if you have that card in play, rather than playing it on its own. It's easy to forget. ...

...hrough [[overwhelming]] them instead: the important thing is that they die in skirmishes. Frequently. ...

...can remember them AND their cost and calculate why twilight has been left in the pool. ...never assigns a battle to a vulnerable companion when there are 6 twilight in the pool. ...

...y-played card, due to its highly situational game text. It's mainly played in decks that want another site 3 {{C|Elven}} [[ally]] to spot or exert. ...and in [[Fellowship Block]], since the Balrog can't be played after site 5 in that block. ...

...Coldly Still. Also note that The Mouth of Sauron, Messenger of Mordor can play both this and Countless Companies from your draw deck. ...

...it would be Gandalf who would lead the final fight against Sauron and aid in the destruction of the One Ring. ...d he gets along with all the races of Middle Earth. He's the uniting force in the alliance of the Free Peoples. ...

...e becomes a strength 9, Fierce fighter - one of the most efficient minions in the game. ...n and Easterling Infantry are commons; making them easy to get and easy to play. Easterling Trooper is uncommon but the other 5 cards are all rare. Easterl ...

...d Differences (2C69)]]|[[Throw Yourself in Next Time (2U71)|Throw Yourself in Next Time (2U71)]]}} ...Bridge of Khazad-dum at a discount) which in turn robs itself of any place in a deck. ...

...ete in booster drafts and give away prizes to players, I present this card in all of its glory. ...hadow intensive, shadow swarms are very popular and these, in turn, result in rather large fellowships. Thus, it will not be unusual to see your 5 twilig ...

Each burden on your Ring-bearer reduces the resistance of every companion in your fellowship by 1. ...s reduced to zero, there is no immediate penalty, though your opponent may play Shadow cards to take advantage of this. ...

...l skirmish-won effects utilized by the Dunlendings, Dunlending Arsonist is in a family of minions (the others being {{Card|Wild Man of Dunland}}, {{Card| ...es down to choosing which skirmish to lose. By leaving some extra twilight in the pool ({{Twilight|2}} is the magic number for {{Card|Wulf}}, {{Card|Frec ...

...at limited by uniqueness in a deck that might focus on a swarm. That said, in a well-played [Sauron] swarm (using the Battle of Helms Deep expansion trac ...eing neither limited by uniqueness or the strength of the minion "army" in play, and featuring one more vitality. ...

...y on you to provide him with Twilight, so by keeping the pool empty as you play events you're helping ensure he cannot retaliate. However, it may be bette All in all, this event falls into the category of "situational" events that often ...

...block era and the post-Shadows era, since the new and old cultures do not play well together. This had the effect of alienating the playerbase, who viewe ...

...isn't a [[Free Peoples]] character, and he can stack {{C|Men}} [[minion]]s in strange places. These latter qualities are rarely useful, though. ...rossed Hillman}}, and {{Card|Wandering Hillman}}. Since all of these occur in the maneuver phase, the Shadow player can control sites then immediately re ...

...ip moves there (such as Eregion Hills). Since it only requires a Nazgul to play, it might have some use with later sites such as Tol Brandir, but if the op ...that the player gets the site that they want. It could also have more use in games with three or more players. ...

...to spot. More often, it means that something is intolerably unpleasant to play against, either because it is [[Overpowered|overpowered]] or because it is ...k about how a [[nerf]] broke a deck, but when talking about "broken decks" in general, the implied meaning is overpowered or NPE decks. ...

...ide and Seek, [[lotr01170|Fool of a Took!]] and [[lotr02071|Throw Yourself in Next Time]] are examples of [moria] cards with an anti-Hobbit theme. Also n ...ompanions. With all that in mind, Goblin Spear may be a really good weapon in some Moria decks if you pack the needed tools to support it. ...

Expensive condition with a powerful response that plays better in future formats. Few Uruk-Hai have exerting regroup actions, so healing afte ...skirmish and have the available twilight to heal, it is uncommonly played in competitive formats. ...

...the meta changes to many hunter minion decks, ATAR might start to see more play again. Even bearing the above in mind, The Great Ring's ability to add burdens for strength at will makes it ...

...but his lack of starting fellowship reduction in cost makes him harder to play than Third Marshal of Riddermark, although he can still be played from draw ...

...ricted list, as multiple copies could potentially allow a Shadow player to play multiple Orc Scouting Band at the end of his or her shadow phase. Don't count out seeing Tol Brandir in a [Moria] swarm deck, either. Sneaking a few copies of Orc Ambusher into th ...

This card is on the Expanded X-List, meaning it can not be used in any deck in that format. ...eather. To play, exert a [Isengard] minion. Plays on a site. No player may play skirmish events or use skirmish special abilities during skirmishes at this ...

...this card is doubled if used at a river site, now wounding each Nazgul in play twice. That’s great for those Fellowship Block Tournaments. ...nous as well as Spied From Above key off of the Nazgul being able to exert in the Regroup phase. We all know that an exhausted minion (or companion/ally ...

...appearing on {{C|Sauron}} [[culture]] cards in [[King Block]]. All engines play to the [[support area]], and, except for one [[possession]], all of them ar ...

...Manipulation|site manipulation]], and [[Negative Play Experience|Negative Play Experiences]]. French format is supported in [[GEMP]] and [[mLOTRO]]. More info is available in [https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php?topic=12007.msg98464 this Last Ho ...

* Pass of Caradhras cannot play Weather events out of phase - http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic * This site is the only Mountain in Fellowship Block, and was printed long before any cards that synergise with ...

...aide in the final battle against Sauron. This strength and nobility shows in the power of the Rohan culture to win skirmishes and to punish your opponen ...hem. With the addition of three companions in Battle of Helms Deep who can play possessions outside of the Fellowship phase, Rohan now also has a way to ge ...

...ions, the {{Twilight|2}}-cost Far-seeing Eyes is nonetheless game-changing in its ability to make the Shadow player discard cards from his or her hand be * Decks that play from the discard pile ...

...block era and the post-Shadows era, since the new and old cultures do not play well together. This had the effect of alienating the playerbase, who viewe ...the strongest shadow cultures of the later sets, and specialises primarily in recursion; it was possible to recover any Orc culture card from the discard ...

...s that are intended to be easy enough for brand-new players to pick up and play. Each set typically had two starter decks, each one focusing on different Starter decks were also used in [[Sealed]] formats as a foundation for deckbuilding to be supplemented by o ...

...flaw is primarily the fact that it is an event, which makes it much worse in general than cards like Great Shield and Elven Cloak, while these themselve * Incredibly focused gametext for a single play event; several permanents feature this same text, such as Elven Cloak, Grea ...

...nfluences, etc etc. Not all cards have actions, and a card is not limited in the number of actions that it can contain (though it's usually capped at ar * Discarding cards from play ...

...[Twilight (Cost)|twilight cost]] again and having the card [[Hand Clog|sit in your hand]] until then. That's a pretty strong effect on its own! However, ...can turn them into [[burden]]s during his skirmish. And those burdens can in turn turn into wounds on companions with {{Card|Gates of the Dead City}}. R ...

...a Dunlending strength +2 to keep those minions alive and stop you opponent in his tracks. ...ite control and possession removal are keyed off their winning skirmishes. In two of these strategies, single fights can make or break a game. It's that ...

...he Standard format as it existed immediately before the release of Shadows in November 2004. It allows all sets 1-10 (all of the sets available at that t ...to bring: a single "block" sitepath that encompassed more than three sets in contrast to the movie-driven block formats of 1-10 which changed with every ...

When Nertea was released in [[Ages' End]], he became the bane of [[monoracial]] decks such as [[Gondor ...g-bearer]]. However, due to his easy monoculture hate, he is widely played in many decks as either a [[splash]] minion or as an augmentation to a strateg ...

...dangerous events such as It Wants to Be Found, Morgul Skulker is a fixture in several [Wraith] strategies. ...ghtly cost-prohibitive in the early game when the Shadow player may rather play a Nazgul minion. That said, a key discarded condition like Helpless or Draw ...

...it has synergy with Far Seeing Eyes, and is often played (and then killed) in such decks. After Fellowship Block, players get access to a host of Helms D * Cards that benefit from companions in the dead pile, such as Orc Butchery, Sauron's Defenses, Despair; Uruk Fanat ...

...R] Wraith and add 2 threats. Response: If Aragorn is about to take a wound in a skirmish, exert King of the Dead to prevent that wound. In this section, describe: ...

...and and will try to make the most out of the twilight available, the built-in prevention tends to merely keep the Free Peoples player from making too muc ...o removing (3) for an effect the Free Peoples doesn't need and make moving in the Regroup phase a little safer or keep the Shadow player from using event ...

...s of Mordor generates twilight just by the nature of playing minions. With play-from-discard abilities such as Tol Brandir or hand extending cards like The With the card drawing capabilities of [Sauron] Orcs, particularly in the Battle of Helms Deep expansion (Grishnakh, Orc Captain, Orc Chaser, etc ...

...a threat to middling-strength [[companion]]s. Plus, most {{C|Moria}} decks play their Scimitars over and over again, using tools like {{Card|Goblin Scaveng It's slightly more useful in [[Moria Archery]] and [[Moria Beatdown]], as those decks have more minions ...

...ded Sword will solve that problem, and having a few other healthy Uruks in play (Such as Uruk-hai Raiding Party* or Troop of Uruk-hai) can also help mitiga ...

...k. He can benefit from [elven] pumps such as Defiance, so he could be used in an all elves deck. ...nions have better stats (Even Farin and Fror can use [Dwarven] equipment). In The Two Towers, a more powerful version of Haldir is released, along with g ...

...d other than Thror's Map or Pressing On that can manipulate the site path. In Towers Block, this card is particularly useful at site 6, allowing the Free ...panded format, since site manipulation cards have more value post-shadows. In spite of this, Get On and Get Away can still be pulled from deck via Saved ...

...arming companions when they arrive. Because it allows the Free Peoples to play cards from the discard pile, it has good synergy with other Dwarven effects ...n Axe}} and {{Card|Hand Axe}} play for free (as well as {{Card|Heavy Axe}} in the right deck}}), Beneath the Mountains can be used to quickly arm a fello ...

...iminate the roaming costs of other Orcs while allowing you to exert him to play Under the Watching Eye, but afterwards he can go on to win his skirmish. ...ree Peoples decks based around conditions - Trust Me as You Once Did, Help in Doubt and Need, Gondor Archery and Gondor/Elf Skirmish, etc - makes their a ...

...y, Killing Field aims to help weak companions armed with an Elven Bow stay in the game longer. ...e enough to stay competitive. For these reasons, Killing Field rarely sees play. ...

| GameText=Besieger. When you play Gothmog, the Free Peoples player must wound a companion for each site you c | Lore=“‘Move into the City. Kill all in your path.'” ...

...n the deck since you need to reveal shadow cards from the top of your deck in order to make the deck work. ...

...ilight. Celeborn, Lord of Lorien can also assist Elrond, Lord of Rivendell in extending the Free Peoples hand with an additional draw. ...el, Maid of Lorien provide a strength 15 ally--enough to beat most minions in Fellowship Block. ...

...powerful skirmish-won effects utilized by the Dunlendings, Hillman Mob is in a family of minions (the others being {{Card|Wild Man of Dunland}}, {{Card| ...urning through more than one skirmish pump. By leaving some extra twilight in the pool ({{Twilight|2}} is the magic number for {{Card|Wulf}}, {{Card|Frec ...

...and a decent amount of twilight, the Free Peoples player may be forced to play events to keep companions from being overwhelmed, adding again to the twili ...s of Great Draught also works well with Easterling Captain, as it helps to play him multiple times and set him up with equipment. ...

...your 20 latest games, with format and tournament (if any) they were played in, deck you used, game result, opponent, day and time the game finished and g * Contribute - explains how you can help (if you want to) in [[Gemp-LotR]] development, ...

| GameText=To play, spot an [ORC] minion. Each time the fellowship moves from an underground s In this section, describe: ...

...ctant Adventurer or Frodo, Mr. Underhill for free, making it a good choice in decks which are using that copy of Frodo. ...reliable for removing burdens as needed, if he should die the extra copies in the draw deck become dead cards whereas Brace of Coneys can always be playe ...

...'s Pipe caters mainly to its own deck build, providing synergy with tales. In such a deck, it would likely combine best with Gimli's Pipe, since a tale d ...very weak recursion potential. It also works well with resupplying "Enters play" bonuses such as Songs of the Blessed Realm and Mines of Khazad Dum. ...

...e [[Promotional]] set. It was released as part of [[The Weta Collection]] in summer 2004, and so is considered one of the [[Weta Book Cards]]. ...ability does not specify between Free Peoples and Shadow Men, meaning that in some matchups this is much easier to accomplish than others. Additionally, ...

...h}} for his high strength, respectable vitality, and low [[Twilight]] cost in a starting [[Fellowship]]; his game text is a secondary consideration. Like ...

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...tal -1 for each copy in play. By comparison, Shield of Boromir, introduced in the Mines of Moria expansion, also costs [1] and has added text. ..., while Great Shield can be played on a [rohan] Man, there is little point in doing so. ...

All of them have the same text, never pay roaming costs and hit hard early in the game. ...articularly weak in region 3. Thus it can be useful to include other cards in a deck with them that are stronger at the later sites (Voice of the Desert, ...

...as Warmed Up a Bit and Make Haste were released, which would allow you to play Pippin multiple times (And get this benefit each time). ...Pippin is played, it can be used to remove a burden when Pippin is played in your starting fellowship. ...

...t in strategies that use allies as fighters. With your Lothlorien Woods in play, Uruviel, Maid of Lorien makes all elven allies with a home site of 6 stren * Best used with Lothlorien Woods in Horn of Boromir decks ...

...s an ent for spotting and exerting purposes, which is chiefly important to play cards like {{Card|Host of Fangorn}} or {{Card|Ent Horde}}. Most decks meet ...

...orce the opponent to play another copy later for beneficial twilight later in the game. ...

...avage is unlikely to win any skirmishes, but its 3 vitality can be used to play cards such as Worry, Beyond the Height of Men, Saruman's Power or any [isen ...

...effective against several Shadow strategies, depending on which rings you play from deck. In terms of its regular ability, the fact that it requires an exertion to equi ...

...ven more desirable, and, even though condition discard becomes more common in later sets, Gimli, Feared Axeman provides a way to protect this card (And o ...

...block era and the post-Shadows era, since the new and old cultures do not play well together. This had the effect of alienating the playerbase, who viewe ...

...overpowered or broken by some players. Nonetheless, he was never X-Listed in any format, and therefore many players include him with their Elf decks. ...{{Card|Gil-Galad, High King of the Noldor}} build as the number of events in the discard would be less. ...

...nd can sometimes frustratingly (for your opponent) kill off key characters in spite of a nearby cure. ...e second way is to activate the ability of {{Card|Ulaire Otsea, Ringwraith in Twilight}} and win skirmishes to force the Ring-bearer to begin taking burd ...

...re stack of [[threat]]s, as long as they're triggered by a character dying in the skirmish phase. ...rd|They Stole It}}. No matter how many different effects would wound Gimli in that skirmish, including abilities, cards, and the actual skirmish resoluti ...

...beatdown as a result, but its relatively high cost can then be a problem. In spite of this, Frenzy can be useful for taking out a select companion who i * Somewhat useful in [moria] archery Shadow archetypes ...

| GameText=To play, spot a [GANDALF] companion. Bearer must be a companion (except the Ring-be In this section, describe: ...

...l skirmish-won effects utilized by the Dunlendings, Wild Man of Dunland is in a family of minions (the others being {{Card|Dunlending Arsonist}}, {{Card| ...ng which skirmish to lose. Because there will often be some extra twilight in the pool ({{Twilight|2}} is the magic number for {{Card|Wulf}}, {{Card|Frec ...

...irmish: If Merry is not assigned to a skirmish, return him to your hand to play up to 2 [ROHAN] possessions from your discard pile. | Lore=“‘And I would not have it said of me in song only that I was always left behind!'” ...

...strong skirmishing potential it may be better to use the {{Twilight|4}} to play {{Card|Saruman, Rabble-rouser}} instead and ensure Hillman Tribe will win ( ...r choices for doing so due to their balance of twilight cost and strength. In a similar manner, {{Card|Dunlending Looter}} and {{Card|Hillman Rabble}} ca ...

...decks (Using The Witch King, Lord of the Nazgul; Ulaire Enquea, Ringwraith in Twilight and Resistance Becomes Unbearable). ...

...Unfamiliar Territory is a useful and well-rounded pump, as archers do see play quite regularly, and some of them are quite weak, leaving opportunities to ...

...gth. As a result, in most formats Denethor, Wizened Steward is only useful in a deck that wants to spot Denethor for some reason, but isn't starting with ...gth and benefits from both {{Card|Noble Leaders}} and {{Card|Aragorn, King in Exile}}. That's situationally useful, as this compares favorably to both 2 ...

...nfrastructure that [[GEMP]] and other tools are hosted on, and runs events in the form of GEMP leagues. ...ketura]] during the height of the covid-19 pandemic (and the ensuing surge in popularity that all old hobbies enjoyed during that time). ...

...es well with Lothlorien Woods, Uruviel, Maid of Lorien and Horn of Boromir in elf ally decks, allowing you to get an extremely strong Elf allies into ski ...ard Smith, the only minion who could potentially remove the card from play in Fellowship Block, The Mirror of Galadriel had already been depowered beyond ...

...d the other unbound Hobbits released beginning in Shadows) to be discarded in a skirmish, often instead of being killed. ...sion like Merry, Friend to Sam. Because you don't have to discard a Hobbit in an active skirmish, you can use Warmed Up a Bit during another skirmish pha ...

...racter that minion is skirmishing doesn't have to be a [[Hobbit]], either; in fact, three damage is enough to kill most non-Hobbits even if they're unwou ...n removal. When alternate, non-{{C|Shire}} [[Ring-bearer]]s are introduced in [[Movie Block]] and later, Hide and Seek is even less useful. ...

...[[minion]]s released, with an outstanding [[undirected wounding]] ability. In addition to the damage he does on his own, exerting companions fuels a {{Ca ...nd]] sites to activate his ability. You can also run [[Site Manipulation]] in your [[Free Peoples]] deck to fill the site path with Underground or [[Batt ...

...arly in the game when these characters are not able to be spotted, or late in the game if an important character dies. Gandalf can be retrieved with card ...and requiring three spotable characters--can be a dead card early or late in the game ...

...nlikely to be discarded; once you have played it, it will likely remain in play for the entire game. ...und by any cultural restrictions. This means he can make almost any minion in the game fierce. He can also target himself, which is useful if you're usin ...

| GameText=To play, spot an [ORC] Orc. This minion is twilight cost -1 for each burden. Each t In this section, describe: ...

...or the {{C|Gollum}} culture, Out of All Knowledge has few to no reasons to play it over {{Card|Nasty}} or {{Card|Clever Hobbits}}. One reason it could be u ''In this section'': ...

...to discard zero {{C|Gollum}} [[condition]]s, even if [[Smeagol]] isn't in play. That doesn't do anything except generate two [[Twilight]] for your opponen ...

...ing in Exile and Hard Choice). With the addition of alternate Ring-Bearers in Reflections, Galadriel, Bearer of Wisdom became a common bearer of the cond * Commonly used in Legolas, Dauntless Hunter archery builds, with Aragorn, Wingfoot and Gondor ...

...removal cards with their ability to peel burdens with fewer card slots (or in an more focused strategy). ...

| GameText=Corsair. When you play this minion, if you can spot another corsair, you may discard a possession In this section, describe: ...

...minion is also weak to Archery, unless {{Card|Barrow-Wight Stalker}} is in play. Because its ability only triggers when the Free Peoples player assigns it, ...s targeting {{C|Wraith}} minions - {{Card|Gates of the Dead City}}, {{Card|In Twilight}}, {{Card|Stooping to the Kill}}, {{Card|Sense of Obligation}}, et ...

...s Bow is also helpful to deal with the minions your opponent did manage to play. If you want to build a choke deck, some similar cards are Sting; Gimli, Do ...

{{NavBar|2R100|[[Mines of Moria Index]]|[[Deft in Their Movements (2C99)|Deft in Their Movements (2C99)]]|[[Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal (2C101)|Filibert Bo ...the Worst''' is one of the strongest counters to [[tracker]]s in the game. In a [[choke]] deck, it can single-handedly shut down tracker-based decks like ...

...weak, this Orc is often given a Goblin Scimitar to boost his effectiveness in a [moria] swarm deck. ...swarm archetypes including [Isengard] or [Sauron] swarm, or even included in a swarm that is simply a compilation of small, cheap minions (potentially w ...

...example of a character who is more effective in games with fewer players; in a game with more players, it's more likely that one of them may have site c ...lternate strategy would be to bid high, start with Haldir and another elf, play Legolas from draw deck using Eastemnet Gullies and then start playing compa ...

...{Card|Cirdan, the Shipwright}} who benefits from having {{C|Elven}} events in the discard pile. ...k, to the point that she can't really fight, but is still taking up a slot in your Fellowship (and adding twilight when you move), which leaves you with ...

..., make him Defender + 1 when needed and then put two large minions on him. In this way, he can actually be more useful than Dwarf Guard or Lorien Elf, si ...

...he Ring}}, another powerful milling card, can add the burdens necessary to play Desperate Measures. {{Card|The Irresistible Shadow}} is one of very few "wi With the addition of {{Card|Frodo, Courteous Halfling}} in the Two Towers base set, the {{C|Sauron}} mill strategy took a nearly unrec ...

...f Khazad-Dum*, and potentially +2 at site 4 (Dark Places can be used to to play your own site 4). The ability to lower archery is quite helpful for goblins * Maneuver wounding in later sets (Quick as May Be, Defend it and Hope) ...

Part of the [[cycle]] of [[silver bullet]] events in [[Realms of the Elf-Lords]], '''Can You Protect Me From Yourself?''' is a s ...is a free event you can play or cycle out even with Aragorn off the table. In addition, the burdens could go towards {{Card|Orthanc Berserker}} exhaustin ...

...ives the Free Peoples player an opportunity to trade strength for vitality in a pinch. ...a win or a loss (for example, 10 strength defeats many of the [[Uruk-hai]] in [[Fellowship Block]]), another companion can take a wound without risk of d ...

All of them have the same text, never pay roaming costs and hit hard early in the game. ...articularly weak in region 3. Thus it can be useful to include other cards in a deck with them that are stronger at the later sites (Voice of the Desert, ...

...play him and when your ringbearer is feeling the weight of minions closing in around him, exert Ranger of the North three times to make him defender +3. ''In this section'': ...

...in Fellowship Block, and, due to his immense power, is [[X-list|x-listed]] in all other formats, save open. KoI’s ability to make any and all uruks fierc ...ay, allowing you to drop several uruks with Saruman at a site. Cheap uruks in general go well with this Saruman, as the stronger ones are too expensive a ...

| GameText=Corsair. Enduring. Fierce. Shadow: Exert Castamir of Umbar and play a corsair to add 2 [Raider] tokens to a card that already has a [Raider] to In this section, describe: ...

...the opposing Free Peoples player will already be at such a site. However, in games of 3 or more players, the ability can be more useful, as there will b Ulaire Nelya's ability can be used effectively at sites such as Mithril Mine (In weapon-heavy Nazgul decks) or Ford of Bruinen. Since its ability affects si ...

...U363)|Tol Brandir (1U363)]]|[[Aragorn, King in Exile (1P365)|Aragorn, King in Exile (1P365)]]}} ...dom out and The Nine Walkers, you should be able to play almost everything in the Fellowship Phase for free. This will allow you to setup a powerful Fell ...

...ilight, and the best {{C|Elven}} skirmisher companion in Fellowship Block. In that format, she chiefly competes with {{Card|Gimli, Son of Gloin}} as a 2- ...], and one of the few [[hand weapon]]s available to {{C|Elven}} characters in that block. Gwemegil is almost always good for at least +3 strength on its ...

...th First Circle is enough to "force" a companion to stop at the sanctuary. In decks that focus on Ring-Bearer wounding or archery, Minas Tirith is a guar ...ing or Osgiliath Channel (with additional move limit modifiers) can result in brutal Shadow strikes. ...

...y reduce the twilight pool enough to play the event multiple times (Or use in conjunction with other twilight threshold cards such as {{Card|Gimli, Dwarf ...

...t of every game to determine play order (when following the rules included in [[Starter Decks]], you instead flip a coin). Players secretly choose a num In the Starter Rules, players decide randomly who goes first. Normally, howeve ...

...ty and a hefty [[Hunter]] bonus, he is a staple in many {{C|Gondor}} decks in [[Expanded]] and [[Standard]] decks. He is ten strength against minions lac ...strong skirmisher and a counter to [[hunter]] minions. He is only eclipsed in a {{C|Gondor}} [[token]] strategy by {{Card|Aragorn, Isildur's Heir}}'s raw ...

...ey can spend, and every pump could instead have been another [[minion]] to play. ...

...oes not fit well into hobbit decks however, and is not tremendously useful in elf decks either, because his mirroring of Rivendell Valley's ability will ...

...ase, players may perform assignment actions (special abilities on cards in play with “'''Assignment:'''” and events with that keyword) using the action pro ...lly to participate in skirmishes), that ally may be assigned to a skirmish in the same way that companions are assigned to skirmishes. ...

...ite Hand Sieger with a twilight cost of 0, Barliman is a key support piece in most Gandalf-based decks. With his ability to grab a Grown Suddenly Tall or ...lly found even more cause for play with the introduction of Ent companions in the Battle of Helms Deep set. With his ability to retrieve A Wizard Is Neve ...

...Ring}} and the fact that {{Card|Sam, Son of Hamfast}} is on the [[X-list]] in [[Standard]] and [[Expanded]]. ...ersatile overall, which makes him a safer inclusion in {{C|Wraith}} decks. In other decks, his spotting requirement probably makes him not worth the effo ...

| GameText=Engine. Shadow: Play a [SAURON] minion to add a [SAURON] token here. Regroup: Remove X [SAURON] In this section, describe: ...

...deck using Aragorn, although it is less powerful than other unique weapons in Fellowship block. * Aragorn's predominant hand weapon in Fellowship of the Ring format ...

...token-based card, which demonstrates how you might build up and use tokens in different ways over time. {{C|Raider}} cards (especially [[Corsair]]s) hav ...that can be used a limit number of times before permanently burning out. In general, the card involved will be a support area condition that has a trig ...

...e in [sauron] 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 ...o hinder or remove his devastating influence). The others are Hobbit Sword-play and Betrayal of Isengard*. Alternatively, A Ranger's Versatility could be u ...

...AME}}]] is a {{C|Isengard}} [[Condition]] from the [[The Two Towers]] set. In many ways it is the Isengard version of {{Card|Spies of Mordor}}. ...threat that this card can pose may be enough to keep a player from moving in the regroup phase at all, making it one of few cards that can have an impac ...

...ard|A Host Avails Little}} or {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}} in addition to Hate. In Expanded format, it's possible to set up a vicious combo with {{Card|Mumak ...

...e in a dedicated "Hobbit Hospital" style deck and has little use otherwise in Fellowship Block. See below for a sample Fellowship decklist. ...t printing... until Reflections, which introduced the first new Bilbo card in over two years: {{Card|Bilbo, Bearer of Things Burgled}}. ...

...to play cards like Deep In Thought or Fury of the White Rider if they are in your hand or if you get them with this card (And benefits a host of Two Tow * Condition dependant decks (If used with Deep in Thought) ...

...]], it passively grants vitality and can be discarded for a strength boost in a pinch. However, Endurance of Dwarves isn't a tale, isn't unique, and gran ...n's Power}} so it may be better to avoid putting yourself in danger at all in some games. Other cultures such as {{C|Ringwraith}} and {{C|Sauron}} have m ...

...to refer to the dual roles that players act as: Free Peoples and Shadow. In official media these are usually referred to variably as "kinds of cards" o Free Peoples cards have their twilight cost in the upper-left-hand corner, highlighted by a grey sphere. That twilight co ...

...ew times he can be played, strategies that focus on him as the main threat in your deck, or decks that find a way to reduce his cost. There are three chief versions of the Witch-King that see common play. ...

...e West effectively gives Aragorn the power of Elendil's Valor with a built-in Armor until the regroup phase. With access to skirmish events like Swordarm In addition to Valiant Man of the West and Elendil's Valor, Banner of the Whit ...

| GameText=Maneuver: Exert The Mouth of Sauron to play a [MEN] condition or [MEN] possession from your draw deck. In this section, describe: ...

...r from gaining ground. Note that the 3 Elves the Free Peoples must spot to play Blades Drawn do not have to be companions - it may be played with a fellows ...such as [Isengard] Orcs (especially Warg-Riders) and Uruk-Hai, may now be in the awkward position of having too much vitality to kill during the archery ...

...t requirement. (Although Must Do Without Hope does not use the ‘spot’ verb in its text, you can successfully argue that you must ‘spot’ the Balrog to exe · Gleaming in the Snow – Sauron Event. Regroup: Exert a Sauron Orc and spot a Gondor comp ...

...equire people to ignore the ink printed on their physical cards. However, in modern times the landscape of the game has changed. The digital platform [ ...pplies the same errata to all PC formats. These are all formats with "PC" in the name, including [[PC-Fellowship]], [[PC-Movie]], and [[PC-Expanded]]. ...

...an help dig for key cards, one should remember that [3] is often enough to play an extra minion and gauge whether the potential advantage is worth the risk ''In this section'': ...

...il did take on new purpose with the introduction of alternate Ring-Bearers in the Reflections expansion. With Boromir, Bearer of Council and Isildur, Bea ...redundant when played on him. That said, Coat of Mail is a popular card to play on Aragorn, ROTN; Aragorn, WTG or Aragorn, Heir of Elendil as they have inn ...

...race. All characters usually have a built-in [[Unloaded Keyword]] listed in their type bar that represents their [[Race]], but a handful of cards prove ''When {{Card|The Nine Walkers}} is in play, Sméagol does not have his cost reduced.'' ...

..., then throw him in front of the [[Balrog]]" approach is incredibly common in almost any eligible format, as few cards are available to cultures that so ...everal {{C|Shire}} healing cards and can be healed by {{Card|Aragorn, King in Exile}} or {{Card|Hard Choice}}, by the nature of his [[Signet]]. ...

...ted point of damage at a critical moment can be devastating, upsetting its play, potentially even killing a key companion. ...oint of damage can be made even more effective by holding Whirling Strikes in your hand, and playing two or even three at a time, assuming you have the t ...

...card is if you draw it too early, as there will be little (if any) minions in your discard pile. * Largely ineffective card in the early game; however, [Moria] has several great cycling options ...

...er than a Hobbit or Smeagol without prerequisites or prevention text built in for the Shadow player. ...There are very few ways for a Shadow player to get rid of it once it is in play, too -- only {{Card|Grond, Hammer of the Underworld}} and {{Card|Ravage the ...

| GameText=To play, spot an Elf. Skirmish: If Elrond is skirmishing a minion, exert him to pla In this section, describe: ...

What role does Gollum have in decks right now? Primarily, he is concerned with burdens. Gollum, Stinker i ...an be enough to win at the first couple of sites. Don't be fooled by the 0 in the cost, this event is expensive for a pump. It makes you discard another ...

...rmish events unnecessary because of how poorly those decks tend to perform in skirmishes. ...ick off support companions with an overwhelm. Giving a [Dunland] minion +4 in a skirmish all but guarantees most will win their skirmish, triggering [Dun ...

...ccasionally in almost every deck with a significant {{C|Elven}} contingent in Movie, including [[archery]] decks, [[Elfman]], [[Telepathy]] and [[Elvents ...n [[Elfman]] or other {{C|Elven}} staples like {{Card|Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath}} or {{Card|Gil-Galad, Elven High king}}. ...

...ks against [[Standard]] decks, without allowing all of the combos possible in [[Expanded]]. ...

Isengard orcs generally wound in the Regroup phase and they sometimes stack on [[condition]]s or [[possessio ...lacked the lasting popularity of the previous type of {{C|Isengard}} orcs. In general, when people refer to "Isengard Orcs" or "Isenorcs", they are refer ...

...laire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}} was only legal in [[Towers Standard]] play and the door was opened for large fellowships such as Ents to appear on the ...

.... Fellowship or Regroup: If the fellowship is at any site 2 or any site 5, play the fellowship's next site (replacing opponent's site if necessary). In this section, describe: ...

...uk-hai and Orthanc Berserker (As well as Uruk Rear Guard and Uruk Vanguard in later sets). Alternatively, you can combine this with weapons or strength p ...n circumvent the strength loss, although most players prefer Ghastly Wound in this format. ...

Moria Scout is played in most {{C|Moria}} decks, as he essentially plays for a net zero twilight whe ...r is limited to 4 copies of Moria Scout in your deck, it is fairly easy to play the minion from discard using {{Card|Host of Thousands}}, {{Card|They Are C ...

...ilight needed to play both a strong Nazgul and a decent [isengard] minion. In the Two Towers, this card becomes slightly easier to use, as there is gener ...

The Shire culture has popped up in one form or another since the game began, but Hobbits have been relegated t ...e potent healing tricks. Simple Living discards to heal each hobbit if you play a Shire event. Since Shire runs a ton of events, this is a no-brainer. Ther ...

| GameText=Fierce. When you play Ulaire Cantea, add a threat for each companion over 4. Maneuver: Remove 2 t In this section, describe: ...

...that add extra twilight, such as I'd Make You Squeak, or Tower of Orthanc in a multi-cultural shadow. ...ure did not receive another skirmish pump event until the Eye of Barad-Dur in the Battle of Helms Deep expansion, and heavily rely on skirmish special ab ...

...ing precision to achieve their master's goals. While they may not be large in number, the Nine still strike terror into the hearts of all who cross their ...or another round of skirmishes. Powerful conditions can also play a factor in a Ringwraith strategy. Cards such as Blade Tip have the ability to cause da ...

...ciently, and reliably place a [[wound]] on the [[ring-bearer]]. He appears in a broad variety of decks, either as a cheap efficient [[direct wounding]] [ ...ou think you're going to exhaust the ring-bearer, it's generally better to play Dark as Darkness and use his exert ability before Brutes or Destroyers unle ...

...hat he likes lots of twilight during the manuver and skirmish phases. Deep In Thought; Under the Living Earth; Gandalf, the White Wizard... they all need You could just play tons of stuff during the Fellowship phase and hope to have enought left ove ...

To play a game, you need a deck. This is where you do this. The picture below shows ...mited pool of cards for a Sealed Deck League (available if you participate in one or more such league). ...

...tool, albeit one that is largely overtaken by [[Power Creep|stronger cards in later sets]]. ...also be discarded as fuel for {{Card|Axe of Erebor}}. You can even do this in the middle of a skirmish, somewhat unexpectedly buffing Gimli's strength. { ...

...what it does, and with orcs making up three of the five major shadow sides in Fellowship Block, it can prove to be worth its weight, particularly if your * Hate (Damages the orcs that need to exert to play it) ...

The Dunland culture in The Lord of the Rings TCG reflects this with three key attributes: winning ...t wins a skirmish enjoys the ability to become fierce AND strength +4. Or, play Living Off Rock to make every minion that wins a skirmish fierce and streng ...

...reparations/Rest By Blind Night. Both allow Southron Archer to be put back in the deck. Gimli, DOE allows it to stay a surprise while Preparations allows * Any form of healing deck because all the wounds are applied in the archery phase ...

| GameText=To play, spot an Elf. At the start of each skirmish involving Elrond, you may revea In this section, describe: ...

...to win the skirmish! - Down From The Hills really comes into its own late in the game, for that critical double move into site 9. Requiring an opponent to play one more minion in order to get to the Ring-bearer is often enough to ensure that, though ever ...

.... This issue is resolved with the release of the Throne of the Golden Hall in set 17, which allows Theoden to exert to prevent another character's wound, ...

...ification, remove a threat, then use Base of Mindolluin to add a threat to play a fortification from the draw deck, then use Captain to get rid of it, ad n ''In this section'': ...

...wilight to prevent the Free Peoples player from building up to {{Card|Deep In Thought}} (From {{Card|Shoulder to Shoulder}} or {{Card|Roll of Thunder}}) ...Card|Saruman's Ambition}} can reduce their twilight cost and make repeated play more available). ...

When you play a card that has the toil keyword, you may reduce its twilight cost by the n * {{Card|Shadow in the East}} ...

...esn't have to spot a dwarf in order to play, and he doesn't take up a slot in the Fellowship, which means less twilight generated and less trouble from c ...Tower Assassin, Berserk Rager, Ulaire Attea The Easterling, Their Power Is In Terror, The Witch King Deathless Lord...) ...

...ons within cultures, usually based on [[race]] or an [[Unloaded Keyword]]. In particular, {{C|Isengard}} and {{C|Raider}} cultures are each split up into ...er]] cards, but there's little reason to ever play both Uruks and Isenorcs in the same deck. ...

...on with The One Ring, Isildur's Bane. Three of the five major shadow races in Fellowship Block contain Orcs, and while the meta of Fellowship block leans ...d, Hobbit Appetite, Stout and Sturdy, Pipeweeds, or possibly Aragorn, King in Exile. ...

...of the [[Morgul Orcs]] semi-[[swarm]] deck. The Brute also seems some play in [[Twilight Nazgul]] decks. ...exert]]ions), but Gollum is [[unique]], and they are both generally played in the same decks. As a non-unique wounding minion, Morgul Brute is generally ...

...exertion cost supposes more risks of being killed from wounds in skirmish, in regards of other defender bonus events like {{Card|Elendil's Valor}} and {{ ...} covers the risk that {{C|Gondor}} [[Men]] have to carry when exerting to play this event. ...

...Regroup phase, and it may even encourage the Free Peoples player to do so, in order to avoid burdens. Be wary of condition discard when using this strate ...

A staple card in the Uruk-Hai mill strategy, Uruk Rager discards two cards from the Free Peo ...ple in many beginner decks. With the addition of Frodo, Courteous Halfling in the Two Towers base set, the mill strategy took a nearly unrecoverable hit. ...

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...f leagues. There are various kinds of leagues available, the "Leagues" tab in the Game Hall lists leagues currently being played or starting soon. ...r a fixed amount of days During each of such serie, a player is allowed to play a limited number of games. Within a serie, each game must be played against ...

...me text "stacks" (i.e., two copies of Pinned Down with a [Moria] archer in play make the Free Peoples archery total -2). Pinned Down is also cheaper than G ...n is not essential for pure archery decks, as all of their damage is dealt in their own archery total anyway. However, [moria] archery often uses Archer ...

| GameText=Fierce. When you play The Witch-king, you may remove a threat to take a [WRAITH] card into hand f In this section, describe: ...

.... This makes the card a bit of a gamble, particularly as it takes up space in the Free Peoples player's hand if an event is suspected but never comes. Ho ...f Barad-Dur) can help hide this event from the Shadow Player, so that they play their more expensive events unsuspectingly. ...

...additional 1 to the Fellowship archery total for each turn the card is in play. Some Elf companions released on the Two Towers block (like Erethon or Nait ...

...etable product for a licensed property is that ultimately the control lies in the hands of the property owners, and all ideas must be ran by them for app ...of having a printed portrait, and presumably each card would have resulted in a slightly different image as a result. By necessity this would have been ...

| GameText=Damage +1. Fierce. Lurker. When you play Saruman, name a culture. Each companion of the named culture is strength -1 In this section, describe: ...

...many decks it simply wouldn't be useful enough to warrant the card space. In decks constructed to take best advantage of it however, Worry can be a game ...r opponent (enough twilight also helps in this - Tower of Orthanc can come in handy here). ...

...like Southron Troop, is not culturally enforced, thus it is often splashed in Towers Block decks as a substitute for Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul. ...effective against Ring-bound Rangers who often have no unbound companions in their fellowship. By including [Raider] events or items, the Shadow player ...

...e|LOTR-EN01S231.0_card.jpg|'Shotgun' Enquea, the most commonly-used Nazgul in the game.|300px|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul (1U231)}} ...largely ineffective corruption angle had not been developed enough to see play. ...

|GameText=Search. To play, exert a [MORIA] Orc. Plays to your support area. While the fellowship is a |TaggedGameText=<keyword>Search.</keyword> To play, exert a <symbol>moria</symbol> Orc. <br>While the fellowship is at site 5 ...

'''Watchers of Cirith Ungol''' is one of the weakest choices for [[site]] 8 in [[King Block]], paradoxically making it one of the best choices for many de ...ern Ithilien}} or {{Card|Morgulduin}}. There's just no place for this site in Morgul Orc decks. ...

...]s that have had their fates tied to the One Ring more tightly than usual, in particular [[Frodo]], [[Sam]], and [[Smeagol]]. Only companions can be Ring This keyword was first introduced in [[The Two Towers]] expansion, and was used to attempt to split the card bas ...

...get to put on [[the One Ring]] for free. It doesn't actually help you win in any case unless you somehow [[wound]] the ring-bearer, which is usually muc ...is undermined by the fact that Narchost is just so impractical to trigger in the first place. ...

...untered by any forms of condition removal. It also requires an exertion to play. 1) Your opponent might not have Aragorn in their deck. ...

...f Nimrodel (3C28)|Voice of Nimrodel (3C28)]]|[[Deep in Thought (3C30)|Deep in Thought (3C30)]]}} ...deration turn out to be so broadly useful that it could make an appearance in just about every deck centered on Gandalf. ...

...more than 9 [[Free Peoples]] [[Companion|companions]] are allowed to be in play at a time, the practical limit is somewhere below 6. This is due to the exi ...hips and bring it down to a level that's more manageable with only 8 cards in hand. ...

...ter can't kill them. He's moderately useful in decks that can apply wounds in Regroup, like [[Isengard Orcs]], but {{C|Gollum}}-focused decks like [[Ninj ...long as they don't just use their exertion ability the turn they come into play. ...

...ly to have at least one card that will exert a hobbit: {{Card|Sting}}. Add in the popularity of {{Card|Merry, Friend to Sam}} and {{Card|Sam, Son of Hamf ...ing on him once his text has been used already and is rarely worth holding in hand for him. Sam, Son of Hamfast's exertions aren't something this card ca ...

...d {{Card|Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith}}. Cirion just doesn't do anything in particular, and doesn't have any useful keywords like [[Knight]]. There's r ...vorin}}, and the rarely played {{Card|Hasty Repairs}}. Unlike his comrades-in-arms Derufin and Dervorin, Cirion just doesn't do anything to make him wort ...

...ge the twilight pool. The Free Peoples player may also be more hesitant to play events if they plan on double-moving, knowing every twilight token will be ...ase|Fellowship]] or Regroup phase condition discarding you can keep a copy in hand for safekeeping if you think you'll need it to win, but you'll be left ...

...d versatile [shire] condition, Little Golden Flower sees at least one copy in most Hobbit decks, as at least one of its trio of effects is likely to bene ...ith hand weapons and vitality also help it to combo well with Hobbit Sword-Play. ...

...s, and generally dabbles in at least a little bit of every Shadow mechanic in the game, at least until it's mostly retired after the [[Mount Doom]] set. ...an or slowly grinding down the [[Fellowship]]. But sometimes they can also play 4-5 [[troll]]s and [[Beatdown|smash faces]], too. ...

...aves the Shadow player deck space, as the game text is effectively a built-in Mordor's Strength. In the Movie Block format, Gothmog's Warg can increase the vitality of these e ...

|filter= C.SetNum IN (1,2,3) AND C.CardType = 'Site' AND CR.SiteNum = 1 ...one-time effects - for example, there is no real benefit to being able to play Aragorn more than once with {{Card|The Prancing Pony}}. Discounting {{Card| ...

...t any format, Relentless Charge is almost a prerequisite to playing Nazgul in Fellowship Block (where the "Super Friends" Fellowship of Aragorn with Arag * This card does not present much issue with hand clog as it costs (0) to play; however, exertions can be hard to come by against other pre-skirmish wound ...

...companion; however, the card is not unique, so you can have up to four in play across your companions. Adding another facet to the condition, the spottabl * Solid boost against Nazgul in Fellowship Block ...

...by Aragorn, King in Exile, making him a strong companion option in sealed play, particularly against Uruk-Hai and other minions with damage bonuses. Merry ...hor can make Merry, From O'er the Brandywine an even more valuable fighter in most formats. Even so, Merry often requires strength pumps to beat many min ...

...aves the Shadow player deck space, as the game text is effectively a built-in Mordor's Strength. In the Movie Block format, Gothmog's Warg can increase the vitality of these e ...

...er a follower her is bearing to your support area to discard a minion from play. In this section, describe: ...

...sing out on War Club's powerful ability. Even the extra strength is rarely in its favor most of the time since minions bearing War Club are as strong or ...(for example, {{Card|Hillman Tribe}}) ''and'' the twilight isn't enough to play a different card while saving some for {{Card|Hides}} ''and'' the Free Peop ...

...st place. As a result, it's only played occasionally, and even then mostly in [[Movie Block]] ...Vanguard is immediately [[overwhelm]]ing a low-strength support character in a skirmish. Some common possible targets are {{Card|Merry, Friend to Sam}}, ...

...ry Phase|Archery]] and [[Skirmish Phase]]s as if they were a [[companion]] in the [[Fellowship]]. There are two sets of rules for [[site]]s in this game. ...

...aves the Shadow player deck space, as the game text is effectively a built-in Mordor's Strength. In the Movie Block format, Gothmog's Warg can increase the vitality of these e ...

...he game text "stacks" (i.e., two copies of Uruk-Hai Armory with an Uruk in play make the Free Peoples archery total -2). ...slightly inferior to Saruman, Keeper of Isengard (Although it can be used in addition to him). ...

...[[Companion]] from the [[The Two Towers]] set. He is one of only two cards in the game capable of stopping a site from being controlled -- the other is { ...ierce minions to immediately kill weaker companions after a site is gained in the first skirmish. ...

...ord of Minas Tirith has very strong cultural enforcement. He's only useful in a deck with many other cards of the same culture.'']] ...[spot]]ting, [[exert]]ing, or targeting cards of a particular culture, but in some cases this is done more indirectly. ...

...ategy, Rosie Cotton, Hobbiton Lass can heal Sam at the cost of an exertion in the Fellowship phase. While Hobbits have access to several healing options ...ionally, Rosie Cotton provides an extra strength boost of 1 to Sam when in play. ...

...ng later in the turn requires a different strategy though. Since you can’t play Possessions, Companions, or Allies outside of the Fellowship phase (unless ...ke Rangers (Gondor doesn't have any card drawing ability) and Shire's Deft in Their Movements. ...

...aves the Shadow player deck space, as the game text is effectively a built-in Mordor's Strength. In the Movie Block format, Gothmog's Warg can increase the vitality of these e ...

...While you can spot a [ROHAN] Man, Eomer's twilight cost is -1. Fellowship: Play a [ROHAN] companion to take a [ROHAN] possession or [ROHAN] skirmish event In this section, describe: ...

...ngth of 11 and Damage + 1 against a roaming minion with a Sword of Gondor. In Towers, Ancient Roads and Gondorian Ranger can be used to make the minions ...ain of Gondor has access to all events and conditions that benefit rangers in addition to the Towers Block cards that benefit Ring-bound rangers. Being R ...

...]] or face a copy of {{Card|Hate}}. Also, since Shoulder to Shoulder works in the [[maneuver phase]], you can use it to reshuffle a wound before your opp ...of Light}} and {{Card|Elrond, Lord of Rivendell}} can heal them en masse. (In fact, it contributed to both of those cards getting added to the [[X-list]] ...

...suggest you begin with a [[Rulebooks|Starter Rulebook]], which is included in [[Starter Decks]] and available for download. * All errata, clarifications, and individual card rulings that were included in previous editions but accidentally omitted by Decipher have been reintroduc ...

In the LotR-TCG, actions are made up of "activities", which manifest as either ...s|Phase]] strings representing which phase(s) the ability can be activated in. ...

| GameText=When you play Aragorn, you may heal another companion. At the start of each fellowship ph In this section, describe: ...

...manipulation]] extensively, and aims to win with strength via {{Card|Lost in the Woods}}, though it is not a clear-cut [[beatdown]] strategy. ...[[Smeagol]] or [[Gandalf]]'s bag of site tricks, then use [[Nazgûl]] that play around with sites, for example, {{Card|Ulaire Nelya, Third of the Nine Ride ...

In the days before the First Age, before the Elves first awakened, Morgoth, fa ...ches of the Misty Mountains. Centuries later Dwarves in Moria delved deep in their lust for Mithril, and inadvertedly awoke him. Filled with wrath and ...

...that jumps out at you is their ability to win skirmishes and kill minions. In fact, many other Dwarven strategies key off winning skirmishes. The Dwarven ...k in, and hopefully killing the big minion before he has time to come back in the Fierce round. ...

...wing down both sides of the opponent's deck. Choke is most effective early in the game, when sites generate relatively little Twilight, and most effectiv ...is commensurately weaker, and all of those unplayed Shadow cards are stuck in your opponent's hand. ...

...the [[Ents of Fangorn]] set. A departure from the The Balrog's iconic text in [[Fellowship Block]], this and all subsequent versions can be played at any .... If they had hoped to move again, the prospect of dealing with The Balrog in addition to what may be full turn's worth of the usual dangers will make th ...

...rth, and are used to chart the progress of the game. Nine sites are placed in your adventure deck. (See building your deck.) ...om the Shadows expansion set onward, differentiating them from sites found in previous sets (which use a different compass symbol, and may also use a blo ...

...Hai and low-vitality Dunland, two of the most commonly played shadow sides in Towers. It may also be used with The Last Alliance of Elves and Men or Ston ...not all) sites. This availability - along with the prevalence of Uruk-Hai in Towers formats - causes the consistency of Ranger's Sword to be ironically ...

...logy. Gandalf and Elrond tell of the unspeakable horrors that could result in wielding the total power of the One Ring, but Gollum gives us a firsthand l ...more and more of a threat as the ring lays heavy on the Ring-bearers mind. In fact, each time Gollum wins a skirmish, he adds another burden. ...

...es. His ability to pile either burdens or wounds make him a good inclusion in a [[Nazgul corruption]] deck, a [[Morcs]] deck, or even a [[beatdown]] deck ...either way. He is fairly outshone by {{Card|Ulaire Toldea, Black Shadow}} in post-[[Shadows]] formats, as recursion of {{Card|Keening Wail}}, {{Card|Dar ...

...Feet. While Isengard had No Business of Ours, and Moria had Throw Yourself in Next Time, Sauron players were left helplessly removing twilight and discar ...strength decrease of one (as either Frodo or Sam are always in play), but in a ringbound ranger deck, or a Frodo/Sam/Smeagol deck, the results can be de ...

...'s easy to just have two elves in your [[starting Fellowship]], especially in [[Movie Block]] where {{Card|Galadriel, Bearer of Wisdom}} is available. ...this card can't protect you from Shadow conditions that do all their work in the [[Shadow Phase]] or [[Maneuver Phase]] on the turn where they're played ...

...lowships. His healing is also very versatile, as it can heal any companion in the game, without any culture restrictions. In addition to his skirmish penalty, Sword-Bearer also boasts a pitifully low ...

...Minas Morgul to storm Osgiliath. In this game, they were first introduced in [[King Block]], and as such they often [[interact]] with the new rules from ...[[Culture#Post-Shadows_Shadow_cultures|Shadow cultures were rearranged]]. In later sets, the cards representing the orcs of Minas Morgul are no longer a ...

...ided of course that you have your extra companions, mounts, and weapons in play. To ensure that you can ride through your opponent's minions, just give a s ...wanted to double move, but didn't have the pump cards or condition killer in hand to let me do so. What a relief to have an option as powerful as Helm! ...

...eoples]] players should be wary whenever they go above five [[companion]]s in their [[Fellowship]]. [[Corruption]] decks benefit from him too, as he can ...ke [[Gandalf]] or [[Aragorn]], can be picked off if they are wounded. Even in a non-{{C|Wraith}} deck, Enquëa is a good [[tech]] card against almost any ...

...rmits most cards from sets 4-13 (omitting only a few banned power cards). In the Lord of the Rings TCG, formats are typically a historical snapshot of t ...to set rotation, and it was a controversial inclusion, much as it has been in other games. At this time the '''[[Expanded]]''' format was created as a v ...

In general, Free Peoples cards are limited by the presence of threats, have co ...hreats are stocked up and a character is ''discarded'' rather than killed, in which case there are more threats than there are companions, but there are ...

...ree non-Gandalf, non-Elven Free Peoples cultures, such as the popular Help in Doubt and Need strategy, an alternate method of condition removal is needed ...rtress Never Fallen overcomes all of this and allows it to be incorporated in many Rohan deck types. ...

...rst [[World Championship]] for the Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game ran in 13 years (16 years since a [[Decipher]]-ran event), and was the first major ...event was purely digital, being exclusively ran on [[GEMP]] (although some in-person events awarded invitations to their winners). The World Championshi ...

...Orcs, which have characteristically low vitality and are often picked off in the archery phase. Fill With Fear attempts to address these shortcomings an ...archery phase to cover exertions on The Balrog. Finally, wound prevention in a pinch is already provided for Moria Orcs by {{Card|Goblin Armory}}, and t ...

...ingdom. Although the card is quite simple in its abilities, this does not, in any way, detract from its utility. ...to prevent a wound to an Isengard tracker and Shadow players with Raiders in their decks can turn added pool into an additional wound for one of your co ...

...h''' is a powerful, versatile card that appears in many {{C|Gondor}} decks in [[Movie Block]] and [[Expanded (Format)|Expanded]] due to his ability to [[ ...ur starting Fellowship, don't worry about racking up a wound or two on him in the early skirmishes, since you'll almost always be able to heal him at the ...

...set up an engine to play many more minions than you'd otherwise be able to play at once. ...her in the Water, Many-Tentacled Creature}} and its various [[tentacle]]s. In those later sets, the teeming goblins of Moria are [[Lurker]]s, and they an ...

...und on a minion, but will allow the Free Peoples to put a strong companion in danger early on without fear of losing any of the unique benefits that Eome ...the bid. Because Elite Rider is not valiant and can't meet the criteria to play {{Card|Simbelmyne}} on his own, some players instead prefer to start Eowyn ...

...selves, and we've seen more and more of these possessions for the Rohirrim in each set. ...-inspiring as well, but if you take a moment to examine it closer and more in depth, I think you'll agree it is worth a second look. ...

...recycling capabilities make digging for the cards you need easier, though in the frenzy of all this mining sometimes the treasure you're looking for can ...rs when it comes to doing battle. The most notable strength of the Dwarves in skirmishes is the ease with which they deal out damage. Their mainstay comp ...

...igate the effect of each exertion. Three of the five major shadow cultures in Fellowship Block contain Orcs, and while the meta of Fellowship block leans ...t; Elrond, Herald to Gil-Galad; Brego; Pipeweeds or possibly Aragorn, King in Exile, Hard Choice or Weland. ...

...ndition then applies a penalty to the minion [[bear]]ing the card, usually in the form of reduced [[strength]] or [[vitality]] or increased [[site number ..., Warrior of Lamedon}} and {{Card|Gondor Bow}}. All of this comes together in [[Gondor Knights]], one of the most popular decks of [[Movie Block]]. ...

...he Pony can be played on [[Frodo]], and is thus useful in every Fellowship in the main [[format]]s where he is legal. ...idge of Khazad-Dum}}, and often discarded at [[site]] 4, so you'll need to play him twice. {{Card|Sam, Faithful Companion}} can help with that, [[downloadi ...

...ct. As a [[direct wounding]] card, it can't kill minions and comes so late in the turn that it's unlikely to help kill any minion that wasn't going to lo ...d|Dunlending Elder}} in [[Dunland Site Control]] or {{Card|Tower Walkway}} in [[Besieger]]s. While there are a lot of cultures that can control sites{{-- ...

...rawny, diminutive creature, Slinker is one of the most capable skirmishers in the game. This has been controversial for some, who have argued that a char ...s (1 from the cloak itself and 4 from all copies of The Shire Countryside) in the middle of a skirmish, the cost of making Smeagol strength +12. {{Card|P ...

...ation of other cards that serve her main purpose or simple [[power creep]] in later sets. ...mbar}}. Plus, because those other, more-dangerous juggernaut minions exist in the [[meta]], good Free Peoples decks have a gameplan to deal with single d ...

Unlike other [Dwarven] card-stacking conditions released in The Two Towers, Courtesy of My Hall is only ever capable of stacking one ca ...ng it back into the deck through Rest by Blind Night and Restless Axe) and play another copy from hand or use Defending the Keep to replay a copy from disc ...

In the Lord of the Rings TCG, [[Rulebooks]] were collections of, well, ''rules ...hey were superseded by a subsequent edition. As a result, there are holes in the digital record, and not all rulebooks which were physically produced ex ...

...ith this card. Seeking Its Master is possibly a better hand extension card in Fellowship block, though Battle of Helms Deep expansion additions such as G ...filtered of all Free Peoples cards (via Erkenbrand's Horn) can, in theory, play an entire Shadow deck at one site. ...

In a two- or three-player game, your move limit is two. In a game with four or more players, your move limit is equal to the number of If the move limit is modified for a turn, then that modification is in effect for the whole turn, even if the conditions for the modification chan ...

On the one hand, Hobbit Appetite can seem to be a bit excessive in a culture that has so much access to healing, especially since Hobbit Appet ...ct and not the cost, a Free Peoples player may elect to add no twilight to play the event with no effect. Likewise, one could choose to add an arbitrarily ...

...t cost of 3, can sometimes mean the player draws it while Boromir isn't in play. ...this weapon has the Aragorn signet, he can then be healed by Aragorn, King in Exile or Hard Choice. Other healing options include Citadel of Minas Tirith ...

A key cog in the [Sauron] grind strategy, Orc Bowmen is a support area constant that add ...e site number of [Sauron] minions. Fires Raged Unchecked is another option in a deck that generates threats. ...

...stment. {{Card|Simbelmyne}} can play her at the first sign of need and she in turn helps to [[Cycling|cycle]] through the deck for any other important ca ...ree Peoples cards with Leowyn tends to be more fruitful than playing them. In addition to keeping a Fellowship healthy, this prevents opponents from usin ...

...ded to experiment with removing the 3 random Rare cards that normally came in a [[Starter Deck]], and replacing them with fixed Alternate Image "rares" w ...uld even assign {{Smeagol}} to skirmish Gollum, and watch his internal war play out on the table. ...

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game is supported by an organized play structure that provides a place for players of all levels to test out their These guidelines are for any player who wishes to play in one of these organize events, such as a weekend tournament at yo ...

...l, the French community (one of the few groups to still meet regularly and play the game face-to-face) used King Standard for their [https://lotrtcgwiki.co ...d formats supported by the community, but unlike others the snapshot comes in the middle of a block rather than at the end. Due to the naming convention ...

...il, {{C|Orc}} culture has its own wargs like {{Card|Relentless Warg}} that play on any relatively low-strength orc, and {{Card|Gothmog's Warg}} is an odd w ...ely [[strength]] boosters, but are discarded at [[Underground]] [[site]]s. In that block, most site 4s and the only site 5 ({{Card|The Bridge of Khazad-D ...

...Silverlode, as an increased move limit is irrelevant to sites 7, 8, and 9. In Movie Block, the only benefit of the card is at Anduin Banks, a Return of t Gift of Boats serves a great purpose in Fellowship block discard strategies. Combined with Valley of the Silverlode ...

...are the only two Elven rangers in Movie Block; of the 5 non-Gondor rangers in the game, 4 of them are versions of Arwen while the last is {{Card|Glorfind ...ess able to soak up wounds than Frodo. {{Card|Boromir, Bearer of Council}} in particular benefits from wound prevention since being forced to assign him ...

...se the Brave must be in the fellowship from the start or played soon after in order to be most effective and has to spot Frodo (either as Ring-bearer or If something happens to prevent one effect which in turn would have prevented a second effect, the second effect is performed. ...

Card merchant is used for trading virtual cards, which can be used to play in Collector's Leagues or simply for the fun of collecting. ...th deck building tools removed. Filtering and sorting options work exactly in the same way. Over each card number of copies you own and trade buttons are ...

...nning skirmishes and doing so is often the precursor to controlling a site in the first place, Anger is typically less useful and rarely finds its way in ...sed before the last regular skirmish ends to allow a minion to participate in fierce skirmishes. ...

...rd from all the way back in the original Fellowship set should be a staple in any Elven standard deck, if not open decks as well. After reading the card ...Orc. Wargs? Useless without a rider. If your opponent has been sandbagging in order to drop the Orc "bomb" on you, then you will pretty much have a free ...

...aider}} [[Southron]] subculture, although it appears on a handful of cards in other Shadow cultures. ...ive a minion [[Fierce]], that means it can activate Ambush twice per site. In practice, it did not work out that way. ...

...ugh some [[Promotional]] and [[Tengwar]] cards were also printed in foil. In general as a result, foil versions of cards are rarer and more expensive th ...result in some interesting booster packs: for instance, this could result in a booster with two rares (one of them foil, replacing one of the common car ...

...the heart of one of the strongest [[corruption]] [[Value Engine|engine]]s in [[Movie Block]] and [[Expanded Format|Expanded]]. As long as you can stack ...d|Pelennor Prairie}}, {{Card|Osgiliath Crossing}}, or {{Card|Dol Guldur}}. In post-[[Shadows]] formats, {{C|Wraith}} culture also has some strong [[Toil] ...

...and's nastiest permanent, Hides, isn't a condition, it's a possession. Add in the new possession-based strategies of the Isengard Warg-riders, and the Ra Gandalf, of course, has the answer to this one as well, in Roll of Thunder. ...

...ingle turn. {{Card|Merry, Swordthain}} is the premier possession recursion in any later format. ...through exertions, so in a roundabout way those banners do aid skirmishing in recovering the cost to win them. But Rohan's Banner has no interaction with ...

...t recent Current Rulings Document (Aug 2007) released by Decipher. These, in conjunction with the [[Comprehensive Rules 4.0]], constitute the last offic It is organized in the following sections: ...

...he sword is a fairly common sight in [[King Standard]], but is rarely seen in the more popular [[Movie Block]]. ...ea, Lieutenant of Morgul}} and {{Card|Grima, Wormtongue}}, enabling you to play fast and loose with the [[rule of six]] or stack more than two [[possession ...

** Top 16 compete in a single-elimination tournament In addition, the top 8 each received a One Ring replica. On top of that, the ...

Here are the '''Starter Deck''' lists for each of the starter boxes released in [[Fellowship Block]], which is to say the first three sets: [[The Fellowshi ...at they included 3 random rares (to approximately match what would show up in a physical starter deck box). Those can be referenced here: ...

Decks in Day 3 used the [[Towers Standard]] deck format. Day 2 had each heat use a ** Top 16 compete in a single-elimination tournament ...

...uch as {{Card|Orthanc Champion}}), to wound minions with powerful exert-to-play abilities (Such as {{Card|Ulaire Cantea, Lieutenant of Dol Guldur}}), or to ...d|Rumil, Elven Protector}}, or {{Card|Orophin, Lorien Bowman}}) as well as in mass archery decks, but he can also be used effectively with Maneuver wound ...

[[File:Customizable League Arwen.jpg|right|frame|Image used by World's Apart in the lead-up to the release of Customizable League Cards.]] ...nched its league system for players to have the opportunity to participate in regular events, just about a year after publicly launching. The leagues we ...

...other strategies like [[Elvents]] or [[Gil-Galad Looping]]. It originated in [[Movie Block]], but remains strong throughout the rest of the [[formats]]. ...ting fellowship in [[Movie Block]] consists of {{Card|Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath}} and {{Card|Legolas, Archer of Mirkwood}} so you can forego {{Card|F ...

...Tree}}, {{Card|Scroll of Isildur}}, and {{Card|Seeing Stone of Orthanc}}. In [[Expanded (Format)|Expanded]], {{Card|Kings' Legacy}} means he can even he ...g Fellowship and thus can't protect from very early skirmishes unless he's in your opening hand. If you're really relying on him to tank for you, the bes ...

...batch. Sets normally have various themes or mechanics that cards emphasize in an effort to give the set an identity and focus. ...ds from other sets, usually with alternate images or foiling or handed out in special circumstances. ...

...nds west of the Sea of Rhun, and whose two Gondorian white towers, erected in the year 3320 of the Second Age, were known across all of Middle Earth. And ...ragorn and Boromir) and even then we saw two of the most robust characters in the game. Aragorn, Ranger of the North sports a Defender +1 ability and Bor ...

...uch as {{Card|Orthanc Champion}}), to wound minions with powerful exert-to-play abilities (Such as {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}}), or to kil ...d|Rumil, Elven Protector}}, or {{Card|Orophin, Lorien Bowman}}) as well as in mass archery decks, but he can also be used effectively with Maneuver wound ...

...eed bump" into an art form with their built-in disappearing acts. But then in third block, Wearer of Black and Silver shows up and starts hunting down or ...inion twice during the skirmish phase--and particularly, a minion involved in another companion's skirmish--is really good. It's {{Card|Legolas, Greenlea ...

Here are the '''Starter Deck''' lists for each of the starter boxes released in [[Towers Block]], which is to say sets 4-6: [[The Two Towers]], [[Battle of ...at they included 3 random rares (to approximately match what would show up in a physical starter deck box). Those can be referenced here: ...

With the addition of Frodo, Courteous Halfling in The Two Towers base set, the mill strategy took a nearly unrecoverable hit. * Extremely large decks, or decks that play from discard such as [Moria] Swarm or Constantly Threatening [Dunland] ...

...of Moria Index]]|[[Watcher in the Water, Keeper of Westgate (2R73)|Watcher in the Water, Keeper of Westgate (2R73)]]|[[Bill Ferny, Swarthy Sneering Fello ...universal benefit of {{Card|Hobbit Stealth}} both up to and beyond site 5 in keeping the Ring-bearer alive makes it more likely that at least one skirmi ...

...ame when there are only a handful of conditions out (and many more waiting in the deck). These caveats leave the effect ''less'' flexible than Sleep, Car ...they spend the first 6 sites setting up a kill towards the end. Holding it in hand will only slow down your Free Peoples and Shadow sides, so use {{Card| ...

...te Rider is caught between two opposing forces: including enough copies to play it early and get the full value of it when needed, and not cluttering the F ...}} tokens and heal a {{C|Gandalf}} companion via {{Card|Ring of Barahir}}. In later sets, cards which use tokens as a resource can benefit from Behold th ...

...shape of the foil mask was, so that the effect can be recreated digitally in future projects (the historical preservation is a well-received bonus, howe * Be in-focus and non-blurry ...

...ould have in destroying Sauron; but time would show that the Elves were to play a crucial part indeed. ...nd laid claim to all the lands of Middle Earth. The Elves find their power in their speed and agility as well as their knowledge of nature and their surr ...

...no access to bows or bowmen—struggles in that phase but makes up for this in other areas. ...<!--This could use a one-sentence long bit on what each culture is good at in this game, I'm just not going to get around to it atm.--> ...

...domains under Sauron's shadow, to the south and east of Gondor and Rohan. In this game, {{C|Raider}} culture is an [[Shadow Alignment|Shadow]] [[culture ...sairs]] and their boats, introducing what would remain a top-tier strategy in [[Movie Block]] to this day. ...

...X-list|banned]] when [[Shadows]] was released, a precursor to set rotation in [[Black Rider]]. ...o heal {{Card|Boromir, Son of Denethor}} and {{Card|Merry, Friend to Sam}} in the middle of a skirmish to apply their bonuses several times: a deck which ...

...ria}}, {{C|Sauron}}, and {{C|Orc}} cultures are orcs, and they also appear in {{C|Isengard}} and {{C|Wraith}} cultures. Orcs are versatile and have few p The first cultures with orcs were {{C|Moria}} and {{C|Sauron}}, introduced in [[Fellowship of the Ring|the first set]]. ...

...tially get for free an otherwise expensive companion, and it allows you to play many events that need to spot him without fear of him dying or not showing ...te that in order to discard the cards, you must have at least 3 companions in your fellowship (Including Gandalf), so be wary of getting companions kille ...

...lock]] cards, so it first appears in [[Movie Block]], then remains popular in all later formats (except [[French]]). ...hadow player and Free Peoples player take turns when a companion is killed in a skirmish: the Shadow player places an exertion (unless the skirmish win w ...

...events), and can make the more expensive cards cost as much as a minion to play. When combined with choke, condition discard or Vilya, Legolas has the pote ...either unbound nor Ring-bound). Because of the extra unbound hobbits added in set 11 onwards, Legolas, Dauntless Hunter is X-listed after Movie Block. ...

...gth combined, 3 might overwhelm even a strong companion. Throw an exertion in the mix and this card may as well simply make the Free Peoples player kill ...Dwarf, allowing some minions to be killed outright and any others defeated in the skirmish regularly. {{Card|Durin III, Dwarven Lord}} has one of the hig ...

...cards built on the enmity between Orcs and Elves, with a close counterpart in {{Card|Goblin Warrior}} which highlights the specific conflict between Mori ...and how badly you want to get rid of them. Unfortunately most of the power in an Elven support area comes from allies, especially {{Card|Rumil, Elven Pro ...

...anion]] from the [[Ents of Fangorn]] set. He is the only Free Peoples card in the game which can heal an arbitrary minion. ...the natural limit to the effect. Healing them with Hrethel might be worse in the end than simply losing the skirmish. A wounded {{Card|Wulf}}, for examp ...

...ces of wounding in the maneuver phase, Terrible and Evil's primary purpose in most decks is to dodge the effects of {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of M ...turn reprieve. When there are more copies of Barliman or Terrible and Evil in the deck that might be drawn, such a move may save you from dead cards down ...

...te the variety, there are a handful of core cards that appear consistently in different versions of this deck: {{Card|Legolas, Greenleaf}}, {{Card|Eowyn, ...because of an [[exert]]ion ability rather than because of its [[strength]] in a skirmish, just exerting it first can be enough. ...

...st 3 strength, skirmishing can be trouble. When Smeagol was first revealed in [[Towers Block]] he had several ways within the {{C|Gollum}} culture to get ...hout much fear of his strength contributing to any skirmish outcomes, even in a swarm. ...

...one base set to lay down the foundation followed by two expansions to fill in the gaps. ...as nowhere to be found! The first two versions of the Balrog were released in [[Mines of Moria]] four months later, but until then the site was a constan ...

'''Throne of Minas Tirith''' is {{C|Gondor}}'s powerful entry in [[Rise of Saruman]]'s [[cycle]] of Thrones. It's a cornerstone of the [[Go ...on because of its [[Damage|damage]] bonus. Every time a minion gets killed in a skirmish, the Throne generates a [[culture token]], which can go right ba ...

In many ways it is the complement of {{Card|Aragorn's Pipe}}, putting massive ...e are a number of possibilities for this, the most obvious ones are listed in the [[Frodo's_Pipe_(3U107)#Strengths_and_Weaknesses|Strengths and Weaknesse ...

...have '''[[Fierce]]''' or '''[[Damage]] +1''', representing their ferocity in battle. They also often have the '''[[Tracker]]''' or '''[[Hunter]]''' keyw ...m]] set introduces {{C|Sauron}}-culture uruks, but most of them see little play except for {{Card|Shagrat, Captain of Cirith Ungol}}. ...