The One Ring, The Great Ring (19P1)

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Gimli, Opinionated Guide (19P2)

	Set:		Age's End
	Kind:		None
	Twilight:		0
	Card Type:		The One Ring
	Game Text:		While wearing The One Ring, each time the bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead. Maneuver: Wear The One Ring until the regroup phase. Skirmish: Add a burden to make the Ring-bearer strength +3.
	Rarity:		P
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General Strategy

The One Ring, The Great Ring is one of the most popular one rings in the Expanded format. Its ability to add burdens at will to prevent overwhelm is incredibly powerful, and makes the ring-bearer much more difficult to kill, especially when combined with burden removal or high resistance. It also can be put on for no cost, which makes it one of the most efficient one rings in terms of wound-to-burden ratio. It is equipped during the Maneuver phase, so it is however vulnerable to regroup and pre-maneuver wounds. The biggest danger to this One Ring is Cavern Entrance; be sure to have some site manipulation if you're dependant on this ring to prevent that site from being played. Strong burden removal is also desirable if you're using this One Ring often, some examples are Golden Perch Ale; Sting, Weapon of Heritage; Shadowfax, GotM; Watch and Wait; Home and Hearth; and Songs of the Blessed Realm.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Swarm
• Corruption (If you packed burden removal)
• Archery
• Large Minions

Weak Versus...

• Cavern Entrance
• Doorway to Doom and Little Snuffler
• [Isengard] Warg-Riders
• High damage minions

Extra Information

Other Versions of The One Ring

• The Binding Ring (P)
• 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 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)