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Corruption is a Shadow strategy of corrupting the Ring-bearer, usually by adding burdens until the Ring-bearer's resistance drops to 0. Several cultures can add burdens, but only a few are regularly used in corruption strategies: Ringwraith, Raider (specifically Easterlings), Moria (using Lost to the Goblins (1R189) ), Sauron and Orc.

Outside of the occasional bomb deck, the only way to win with corruption is to place pressure on the Ring-bearer. Almost every burden-placing Shadow card comes with a choice: "Place a burden or do [x]." And

Ringwraith culture usually corrupts using cards like Úlairë Enquëa, Thrall of the One (10R68) , It Wants to be Found (2U78) , and in Expanded Keening Wail (11R211) . They also may incorporate Gates of the Dead City (3R81) to exhaust your fellowship, potentially simply killing your Ring-bearer rather than corrupting him. Such a strategy can be even more lethal with Drawn to Its Power (1U211) .

Easterling corruption often instead goes for a beatdown strategy with Small Hope (7R159) , Easterling Captain (4R225) , Easterling Polearm (6U79) , and Raider Bow (7C155) . However, with cards like Easterling Lieutenant (4C228) , Easterling Guard (4C226) , and Vision From Afar (4R259) , corrupting the Ring-bearer is also possible.

Moria corruption is the rarest of these, with only the occasional Lost to the Goblins (1R189) bomb deck. This archetype is rare, but piling up 12 burdens in one Shadow Phase can be quite an unpleasant shock for your opponent!

Sauron was the first viable corruption strategy, and remains one of the premier corruption cultures. Using cards like Desperate Defense of the Ring (1R244) and Thin and Stretched (1R279) , Sauron adds burdens slowly to wear down a Ring-bearer's resistance. A variant of the typical corruption would be playing Mordor Guard (7C287) , Mordor Veteran (7U292) , and Orc Officer (7U302) to add burdens rapidly by overwhelming a few companions.

Orc corruption is potentially the strangest corruption strategy, recyling Isengard Underling (11C125) with Goblin Hordes (11R123) , which recurs Bound to its Fate (11U110) , and also playing Orc Miscreant (11C131) with Relentless Warg (17R89) for extra burdening power.

As strong as these strategies seem, there are cards that completely shut them down. The most notorious example, only valid in pre-Shadows formats, is Sam, Son of Hamfast (1C311) , with his ability to remove up to 3 burdens at once, then die to the largest minion. Another, less egregious, example would be Shadowfax, Greatest of the Mearas (17R24) combo'ed with Citadel to Gate (7R33) . This card is vulnerable to Úlairë Cantëa, Faster Than Winds (7R211) or Too Great and Terrible (3R85) , making Nazgûl the most effective strategy against it.

- Synergy with archery and threat wounds - Nazgul RB pressure, esp with Twilights and morcs. also bill ferny with alt RBs - Synergy with spotting burdens (shotgun and other early RWs, beasterlings, stinker, sauron lotr) and anti synergy with consuming burdens (brute, DAD, also gotta do a search lol) - a light in his mind, and that stupid shire ale card from the last block that kills corruption stone dead. also shire countryside engines and pipeweed - there's a weaker version of Desperate Defense in one of the post-Shadows cultures (it's Sense of Obligation in RW) - The Ring Is Mine! - alt ring-bearers - the post-Shadows thing where cards check resistance, esp Neekerbreeker - killing frodo to switch to sam - the two cards that autocorrupt, possibly with a brief talk about the overlap between sauron discard and burdens (irresistible shadow/beckoning shadow. despair is the bad one) - the main tools to increase resistance, and how hard it is to do anything about them (reflections artifacts mainly but also the +resist ring) - possibly some talk about the greater prevalence of frodo in expanded but also crutching on the great ring - the small handful of -resistance effects (undead of angmar, throne of the something or another, one of the sarumans) - non-nazgul wraiths - Watch and Wait and the Gandalf man who removes burdens (jarnsmid) - also narya - ring of savagery - dark fell about him bomb - mocking goblin and probably a check of BTIF orc decks to see what else they use (abiding evil? tormentors?) - worry, although Isengard is terrible at corruption - enduring evil in sauron threats - Gollum stuff like heavy burden and DAD's dual edge - wraith-world and the twilight world (and how they're kind of clogs without resistance becomes unbearable)

Gameplay
Game Setup Starting Fellowship • Bidding • Mulligan
Deck Building Considerations Uniqueness • X-List • R-List • Errata • Format
General Strategies Beatdown • Bomb • Corruption • Hand Extension • Run/Stop • Skirmish Cancellation • Swarm • Win Condition • Wound Prevention • Wounding
Deck Archetypes Auto-Corruption Bomb • Beasterlings • Berserkers • Bouncing Hobbits • Elvents • Forestguls • Hobbit Hospital • Fruit Loops • Gondor Knights • Gondor Rangers • Gondor Wraiths • Moria Archery • Moria Beatdown • Moria Navy • Moria Swarm • Moria Tentacles • Nazgul Beatdown • Ninja Gollum • Orc Corruption • Rainbow Wounding • Sauron Grind • Sauron Initiative • Sauron Roaming • Sauron Threats • Solo Smeagol • Southron Archery • Southron Initiative • Stupid Swarm • Super Friends • Telepathy • Threatguls • Token Tanks • Troll Swarm • Uruk Archery • Uruk Machines • Uruk Trackers • Warg Super Swarm
Rules Rule of 4 • Rule of 9
Mechanics Bear • Discard • Draw Deck • Exert • Exhausted • Fellowship • Initiative • In Play/Leave Play • Move Limit • Reconcile • Roaming • Site Control • Spot • Stack • Support Area • Threats
Gameplay Terms Boat • Body • Broken/NPE/OP • Buff/Nerf • Choke • Combo • Cultural Enforcement • Cycling • Dead Draw • Fetch • Filter • Flood • Grind • Hand Clog • Hate • Interaction • Item • Loop • Matchup • Meta • Mill • Newbie Trap • Pile • Power Creep • Pump • Rainbow • Recursion • Removal • Resource • Rogue • Rule of 6 • Side • Site Manipulation • Speed Bump • Splash • Subculture • Tank • Other Terms


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