The Witch-king, Black Lord (12R183)
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The Witch-king's Beast, Fell Creature (12U184) |
The Witch-king, Black Lord (12R183) is a Ringwraith Minion from the Black Rider set.
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Rulings
If you have multiple copies of this card in your hand (or if multiple players have copies of this card in their hands in a multiplayer game), each copy can be revealed when a single companion is played.
Alternate Personas
Portrait | Name | Game Text |
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The Witch-king, Lord of Angmar (1R237) | Fierce.
For each other Nazgûl you can spot, The Witch-king is strength +2. | |
The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgul (2R85) | Twilight.
Return to Its Master may not be played. Each time The Witch-king wins a skirmish, you may exert him to wound the Ring-bearer twice. | |
The Witch-king, Deathless Lord (6P122) | Fierce. Each time a companion is killed in a skirmish involving a Nazgûl, wound an ally twice or exert a companion. | |
The Witch-king, Morgul King (7R221) | Fierce.
When you play The Witch-king, you may remove a threat to take a card into hand from your discard pile. The Ring-bearer cannot take threat wounds. | |
The Witch-king, Black Captain (8R84) | Enduring.
Each Man skirmishing The Witch-king loses all strength bonuses from weapons. | |
The Witch-king, Captain of the Nine Riders (11R226) | Fierce. Toil 2. (For each character you exert when playing this, its twilight cost is –2.) Muster. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.) | |
The Witch-king, Conqueror of Arthedain (17R144) | Fierce.
Each time the Witch-king wins a fierce skirmish, you may exert a companion for each companion you can spot over 4. | |
The Witch-king, Dark Lord (19P40) | Fierce.
Skirmish: Discard a Nazgûl from hand to make The Witch-king strength +1 (or strength +2 if you can spot that discarded Nazgûl). | |
The Witch-king, Conqueror of Arthedain (0W37) | Fierce.
When you play the Witch-king, you may spot an exhausted companion to add 2 threats. Each time the Witch-king wins a skirmish, you may remove a threat to exert a companion for each companion over 4. |
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