The One Ring, The Binding Ring (9R+1)

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	Set:		Reflections
	Kind:		None
	Twilight:		0
	Card Type:		The One Ring
	Strength:		+1
	Vitality:		+1
	Game Text:		Fellowship: Add 2 burdens to play a ring from your draw deck. Maneuver: Exert bearer to wear The One Ring until the regroup phase. While wearing The One Ring, each time the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
	Lore:		“One Ring to bring them all....”
	Rarity:		R+
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General Strategy

The One Ring, The Binding Ring, is probably the most obscure One Ring ever released. Unlike all other rings, it has the independent ability unrelated to the Ring-Bearer of playing rings from your draw deck. This is useful in any deck that has a lot of rings, such as dwarves, or rings that are required at a specific time, such as Narya and Vilya. As such, TBR is 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 equip is also unique, and quite dangerous, as an exhausted Ring-Bearer cannot use this ring to turn wounds into burdens. On the other hand, it has a good wound-to-burden ratio and gives extra strength and vitality.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Archery
• Condition-Dependant decks (With Vilya)
• Corruption (With Narya)
• Wounding (With Nenya, RoA or Ring of Barahir)
• Beatdown (With Dwarven Rings)

Weak Versus...

• Gollum, Dark as Darkness
• Doorway to Doom and Little Snuffler
• Corruption (If overused)
• Isengard Orcs
• Ring-Bearer Hate

Extra Information

Other Prints of The One Ring, The Binding Ring

• Promotional

Other Versions of The One Ring

• Isildur's Bane
• Isildur's Bane (T)
• The Ruling Ring
• Answer To All Riddles
• The Answer To All Riddles (T)
• The Ruling Ring
• The Ruling Ring
• Such a Weight to Carry
• Such A Weight To Carry (T)
• 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