Besieger

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Besieger is an unloaded keyword appearing on Minions from the Sauron culture. Besieger cards are generally focused on affecting Engines, controlling sites, and stacking besieger minions on controlled sites.

Besiegers are a common Shadow deck in King Block and Movie Block. Generally, the deck seeks to set up a support area full of engine conditions, and uses them to buff besieger orc minions with cards like Great Siege-towers (7U281) and Tower Walkway (7C315) and/or get significant twilight cost discounts on besieger troll minions like Troll of Gorgoroth, Abomination of Sauron (8R108) . Different versions of the deck may place more or less emphasis on site control. The deck generally plays few if any non-besieger minions.

List of Cards with the Besieger Keyword[edit]

Portrait Card Name Culture Card Type Game Text
Gorgoroth Attacker (7U270) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play this minion from a site you control, add a burden for each site you control.

Gorgoroth Axeman (7U271) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Skirmish: Discard this minion to make a minion strength +1 for each site you control (or +2 if you have initiative).

Gorgoroth Engineer (7U272) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play this minion from a site you control, add 2 threats.

Gorgoroth Garrison (7C273) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Regroup: Discard 2 cards from hand to stack a Orc on a site you control (or discard 1 card from hand if that Orc is a besieger).

Gorgoroth Officer (7R274) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Skirmish: Discard 2 cards from hand to play a Orc stacked on a site you control. That Orc is fierce and strength +6 until the regroup phase.

Gorgoroth Pillager (7C275) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

While this minion is stacked on a site you control, besiegers are fierce.

Gorgoroth Ransacker (7C276) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Skirmish: If this minion is stacked on a site you control, discard him to make a Orc strength +5 (or +10 if you have initiative).

Gorgoroth Sapper (7C277) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Shadow: Discard 2 cards from hand to play a Orc stacked on a site you control (discard 1 card from hand instead if that Orc is a besieger).

Gorgoroth Soldier (7U278) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Response: If a besieger is about to take a wound, discard 2 cards from hand to prevent it.

Gorgoroth Troop (7R279) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Skirmish: Stack a besieger on a site you control to make Gorgoroth Troop strength +2.

Siege Commander (7R311) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Skirmish: Discard 2 cards from hand to make a besieger fierce until the regroup phase.

Gorgoroth Agitator (8U94) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

To play, spot a Orc.

When you play this minion, if you can spot another besieger, you may add a threat for each companion over 4.

Shadow: Remove a threat to play a engine from your discard pile.

Gorgoroth Assassin (8R95) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Assignment: Spot a engine or site you control to assign this minion to an unbound companion.

Gorgoroth Berserker (8R96) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger. Enduring.

To play, spot a Orc.

Maneuver: If you have initiative, exert Gorgoroth Berserker twice to take control a site. Maneuver: Remove a threat and exert Gorgoroth Berserker twice to take control a site.

Gorgoroth Breaker (8U97) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Archery: Exert this minion or stack it on a site you control to make the fellowship archery total –2.

Gorgoroth Looter (8U98) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play this minion, you may remove a burden to play a besieger stacked on a site.

Gorgoroth Patrol (8U99) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Regroup: If this minion is stacked on a site you control, discard this minion to make the move limit for this turn –1.

Gorgoroth Servitor (8U100) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Archery: Return this minion to your hand to make the fellowship archery total –2 and prevent the Free Peoples player from using archery special abilities.

Gorgoroth Stormer (8C101) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Shadow: If you have initiative, exert this minion to add a burden and make the Free Peoples player draw a card.

Great Hill Troll (8C102) Sauron Minion • Troll Besieger. Fierce.

The twilight cost of this minion is –1 for each engine you spot.

When you play this minion at sites 5 to 9, you may discard a Free Peoples condition.

Olog-hai of Mordor (8R105) Sauron Minion • Troll Besieger. Fierce.

The twilight cost of this minion is –2 for each minion stacked on a site.

Each time this minion wins a skirmish, you may play a besieger stacked on a site you control. That besieger is fierce and damage +1 until the regroup phase.

Siege Troop (8C106) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Regroup: Exert this minion twice to take control of a site.

Troll of Gorgoroth, Abomination of Sauron (8R108) Sauron Minion • Troll Besieger. Fierce.

To play, spot a Orc.

The twilight cost of this minion is –2 for each engine you spot.

Regroup: Exert Troll of Gorgoroth to stack a besieger on a site you control.

Gorgoroth Keeper (10C86) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger. While you control a site, this minion's twilight cost is –2.

Regroup: Stack this minion on a site you control.

Gorgoroth Swarm (10C87) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play this minion, you may spot another besieger and 6 companions to play a besieger from your discard pile and control a site.

Gothmog, Lieutenant of Morgul (10R88) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play Gothmog, the Free Peoples player must wound a companion for each site you control.

While you control a site, Gothmog is fierce.

Mordor Pillager (10U92) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger. Fierce.

Shadow: Exert this minion and spot another minion to control a site. If you cannot spot 3 Free Peoples cultures, the Free Peoples player may exert a companion to prevent this.

Morgul Patrol (0D24) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger. Tracker. The site number of each [SAURON] Orc is -3. Response: If Morgul Patrol wins a skirmish, exert it to make it fierce until the regroup phase. Skirmish: Exert Morgul Patrol to wound a character it is skirmishing. Regroup: Exert Morgul Patrol to make the Free Peoples player exert X companions, where X is the number of burdens you can spot.
Gorgoroth Swarm (0W28) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play this minion, you may spot another besieger and 6 companions to play a besieger from your discard pile and control a site. ​


List of Cards that Interact with the Besieger Keyword[edit]

Portrait Card Name Culture Card Type Game Text
Encirclement (7R268) Sauron Condition • Support Area For each 2 sites you control, the twilight cost of each of your cards is –1.

Regroup: Spot a minion to draw a card (or draw 2 cards instead if that minion is a besieger). Discard this condition.

Gorgoroth Garrison (7C273) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Regroup: Discard 2 cards from hand to stack a Orc on a site you control (or discard 1 card from hand if that Orc is a besieger).

Gorgoroth Sapper (7C277) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Shadow: Discard 2 cards from hand to play a Orc stacked on a site you control (discard 1 card from hand instead if that Orc is a besieger).

Gorgoroth Soldier (7U278) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Response: If a besieger is about to take a wound, discard 2 cards from hand to prevent it.

Gorgoroth Troop (7R279) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Skirmish: Stack a besieger on a site you control to make Gorgoroth Troop strength +2.

Great Peril of Fire (7U280) Sauron Condition • Support Area To play, spot a besieger or a site you control.

Maneuver: Discard an engine to discard a condition from the Free Peoples support area.

Great Siege-towers (7U281) Sauron Condition • Support Area Engine.

Shadow: Play a besieger to place a token here.

Skirmish: Remove a token from a condition to make a Orc strength +1 (limit +2).

Siege Commander (7R311) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

Skirmish: Discard 2 cards from hand to make a besieger fierce until the regroup phase.

Tower Walkway (7C315) Sauron Condition • Support Area Engine. To play, spot a Orc.

Each besieger is strength +1 for each site you control.

Regroup: Discard 3 Orcs to take control of a site.

Discard this condition.

Troop Tower (7R316) Sauron Condition • Support Area Engine. To play, spot a Orc.

All Orcs are strength +1 for each besieger stacked on a site.

Regroup: Discard a besieger to take control of a site. Discard this condition.

Gorgoroth Agitator (8U94) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

To play, spot a Orc.

When you play this minion, if you can spot another besieger, you may add a threat for each companion over 4.

Shadow: Remove a threat to play a engine from your discard pile.

Gorgoroth Looter (8U98) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play this minion, you may remove a burden to play a besieger stacked on a site.

Olog-hai of Mordor (8R105) Sauron Minion • Troll Besieger. Fierce.

The twilight cost of this minion is –2 for each minion stacked on a site.

Each time this minion wins a skirmish, you may play a besieger stacked on a site you control. That besieger is fierce and damage +1 until the regroup phase.

Troll of Gorgoroth, Abomination of Sauron (8R108) Sauron Minion • Troll Besieger. Fierce.

To play, spot a Orc.

The twilight cost of this minion is –2 for each engine you spot.

Regroup: Exert Troll of Gorgoroth to stack a besieger on a site you control.

Gorgoroth Swarm (10C87) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play this minion, you may spot another besieger and 6 companions to play a besieger from your discard pile and control a site.

Gorgoroth Swarm (0W28) Sauron Minion • Orc Besieger.

When you play this minion, you may spot another besieger and 6 companions to play a besieger from your discard pile and control a site. ​





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