The One Ring, Answer To All Riddles (4R1)

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The One Ring, The Answer To All Riddles (4R1T)

	Set:		The Two Towers
	Kind:		None
	Twilight:		0
	Card Type:		The One Ring
	Vitality:		+2
	Game Text:		While wearing The One Ring, the Ring-bearer is strength +2, and each time he is about to take a wound in a skirmish, add a burden instead. Skirmish: Add a burden to wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
	Lore:		“‘...thought to have perished from the world.'”
	Rarity:		R
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General Strategy

!Answer to All Riddles, outside of Fellowship block, is one of the most commonly-used One Ring variants. As the Ring-bearer does not often get into skirmishes (if it can at all be avoided), the two additional vitality can be incredibly useful for soaking up archery fire or exerting to use various abilities. The ability to dynamically add +2 strength when your Ring-bearer does need to skirmish also ensures you at least won't be caught completely unprepared.

The caveat with the Ring's ability, however, is that, first, you are guaranteed to have at least one burden from this skirmish (likely more if you were forced to assign him unprepared), and second, that it is a Skirmish ability and not a Response. This means you have to be extra careful against cards such as Saruman's Snows, as you will be unable to rely on the Ring's strength bonus in those situations.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Archery
• Wounding
• Swarm

Weak Versus...

• Targeted Ring-bearer assignment sniping, such as Southron Commander or Mordor Assassin, especially when mixed with
• Saruman's Snows or other skirmish-limiting cards

Extra Information

Other Versions of The One Ring

• The Binding Ring (P)
• Isildur's Bane
• Isildur's Bane (T)
• The Ruling Ring
• The Ruling Ring
• The Ruling Ring
• Such a Weight to Carry
• Such A Weight To Carry (T)
• The Binding Ring
• The Ring of Rings
• The Ring of Rings (T)
• The Ruling Ring
• The Ring of Rings (F)
• The Ring of Doom
• The Ruling Ring
• The Ring of Doom (F)
• The Great Ring

Other Prints of The One Ring, Answer To All Riddles

• The Two Towers (T)
• The Two Towers (M)