Treachery (18R76)

Ted Sandyman, Chief's Men's Ally (18U75)

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Whisper in the Dark (18C77)

	Set:		Treachery & Deceit
	Kind:		Shadow
	Culture:		Men
	Twilight:		3
	Card Type:		Event • Shadow
	Game Text:		Spot Grima to exert an unbound companion. That companion cannot use his or her game text until the regroup phase.
	Lore:		"This order does not come from me. It comes from the king. He signed it this morning."
	Rarity:		R
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General Strategy

Notable for cancelling the entire text of a companion, disabling keywords, special abilities and triggered effects. Treachery can cripple characters such as Madril, DoO; Gandalf, PG and Grimbeorn. It is however, an expensive card that only works with Grima. It synergises with Grima, SoaM, who can also cancel special abilities with his own text. Treachery also works well with [Man] versions of Grima, as either or both of these cards can be recalled via Fleet of Corsair Ships. Treachery can however be splashed with any Grima, and can help Uruk decks using Wormtongue and/or Saruman's Power to get around nasty Fellowship abilities that would otherwise wreak havoc.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Game-text dependent characters (Madril, DoO; Gandalf, PG; Denethor, LRS and Grimbeorn)

Weak Versus...

• Choke
• Minion hate such as A New Light or Shadowplay + Unheeded
• Event hate such as Wise Guide

Rules and Clarifications

• Treachery cancels all game text in a similar fashion to Star-Glass. Its wording is different however, and it reads rather strangely.

Extra Information

• Servant of Another Master has a very similar ability.
• Treachery is similar to, but significantly stronger than, Haunting Her Steps.