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Gameplay Info
Playable	Yes
Culture	Elven
Side	Free Peoples
Card Type	Event
Twilight Cost	0
Game Text	Skirmish: Exert X Elf companions to make a minion skirmishing an unbound companion strength -X.
Lore	The Elven bow and the sword of Man fought together as one weapon.

Translations
DE - German
Card Name	Bogen und Schwert
Game Text	Kampf Strenge X Elbengefährten an, um einem Diener, der gegen einen nicht-verbundenen Gefährten kämpft, Stärke -X zu geben.
Lore	Die Bögen der Elben und die Schwerter der Menschen kämpften zusammen wie eine einzige Waffe.
ES - Spanish
Card Name	Hoja Y Flecha
Game Text	Escaramuza: Esfuerza X compañeros Elfos para dar a un siervo que esté en una escaramuza contra un compañero no-vinculado fuerza -X.
Lore	El arco Élfico y la espada del Hombre lucharon juntos como una sola arma.
FR - French
Card Name	Lame et Flèche
Game Text	Combat : Affaiblissez X compagnons Elfes pour donner -X en force à un séide combattant un compagnon dissocié.
Lore	L'arc elfique et l'épée de l'Homme combattirent comme une seule arme.
IT - Italian
Card Name	Freccia e Lama
Game Text	Schermaglia: Sforza X compagni Elfi per sottrarre -X alla forza di un servitore che stia schermagliando con un compagno Non Legato.
Lore	L'arco degli Elfi e la spada dell'Uomo combatterono insieme come una sola arma.

Strategy[edit]

There are many good Elven skirmish events. This is not one of them.

Arrow and Blade is so expensive and so weak that it would only be useful if you had some good reason to want wounds on Elven companions, but no such reason exists. Its only function is to protect a non- Elven companion in a deck where most of the companions are elves, but since it doesn't work on the ring-bearer and has such a high cost, it's almost certainly better to use a card in that character's culture. When it comes to protecting your elves, this card is strictly eclipsed by Supporting Fire (4C83) , which also wants a Fellowship full of elves but does not exert them. Many other superior alternatives exist: depending on the format, these include Defiance (1C37) , Feathered (4U66) , Valor (4C87) , Forearmed (6U16) , Still Needed (7C29) , Fleet-footed (10C10) , Attunement (12C16) , Final Shot (13C14) , and even the rarely-played Flashing Steel (4C70) and Uncertain Paths (7C30) . While there are decks like Telepathy and Elvents that play many Elven skirmish events, they still don't play Arrow and Blade.