Uruk-hai Armory (1C157)

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Uruk-hai Raiding Party (1C158)

	Set:		Fellowship of the Ring
	Kind:		Shadow
	Culture:		Isengard
	Twilight:		1
	Card Type:		Condition
	Game Text:		Plays to your support area. While you can spot an Uruk-hai, the fellowship archery total is -1.
	Lore:		The ranks of Saruman's army include forgers of weapons and armour.
	Rarity:		C
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General Strategy

A [1] twilight support area condition, Uruk-Hai Armory reduces the Fellowship archery total by 1 with a spotted Uruk-Hai. A passable Support Area condition, Uruk-Hai Armory pairs with Their Arrows Enrage to dismantle the Free Peoples archery strategy against Uruk-Hai, especially as each condition is non-unique and the game text "stacks" (i.e., two copies of Uruk-Hai Armory with an Uruk in play make the Free Peoples archery total -2).

Uruk-Hai Armory is a meta card, and is useful if the Shadow player expects to face a heavy archery assault e.g. Galadriel, Bearer of Wisdom with The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles and The Splendor of Their Banners, as well as many Elven archers. Archery is a popular deck choice in Fellowship Block, and is relevant in all formats. This condition works particularly well at Fellowship block site 6, where allies such as Rumil, Elven Protector and Orophin, Lorien Bowman may reside. That said, Uruk-Hai Armory does not prevent direct wounding during the archery phase, and is slightly inferior to Saruman, Keeper of Isengard (Although it can be used in addition to him).

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Free Peoples archery
• Uruk-Hai can be [Isengard], [Sauron], or [Uruk-hai] culture

Weak Versus...

• Condition discarding
• Meta-strategy card--decks without archery are entirely unaffected
• Does not block Archery special abilities, such as Legolas, Greenleaf or Aragorn's Bow
• Legolas, Dauntless Hunter

Deck Listing

Aragorn, King in Exile Starter Deck

ARAGORN

Ring-bearer (2 cards)

   Frodo, Son of Drogo
   The One Ring, The Ruling Ring

Adventure Deck (9 cards)

   East Road
   Bree Gate
   Rivendell Terrace
   Moria Lake
   The Bridge of Khazad-dum
   Galadriel's Glade
   Silverlode Banks
   Pillars of the Kings
   Slopes of Amon Hen

Free Peoples (25 cards)

   Aragorn, King in Exile (starting) x2
   Athelas x2
   Boromir, Son of Denethor x2
   Coat of Mail
   Eregion's Trails x2
   Great Shield x2
   Hobbit Sword x2
   Legolas, Prince of Mirkwood
   No Stranger to the Shadows x2
   Pathfinder x2
   Sam, Son of Hamfast
   Swordarm of the White Tower x3
   Swordsman of the Northern Kingdom x3

Shadow (24 cards)

   Bred for Battle x3
   Saruman's Ambition x2
   Their Arrows Enrage x2
   Uruk Rager x3
   Uruk Savage x3
   Uruk Shaman x3
   Uruk Slayer x2
   Uruk Soldier x2
   Uruk-hai Armory x2
   Uruk-hai Raiding Party x2