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ID
LOTR-EN08S059.0
ReprintBaseID
LOTR-EN08S059.0
Title
Corsair War Galley
Subtitle
Set Number
8
Subset
S
SetOrder
59
Rarity
U
Card Number
59
Revision
0
CollInfo
8U59
GEMP_ID
8_59
LOTRO Hex ID
6B 23 A1 07
LOTRO Image #
08_059
TLHH Image #
LOTR08059
mLOTRO_ID
Culture
Raider
Side
Shadow
Card Type
Possession
Was Physically Printed
yes
Is An Actual Playable Card
yes
SearchTerms
Notes
ID
LOTR-EN08S059.0
Base Card ID
LOTR-EN08S059.0
Subset
S
Revision
0
ReleaseDate
ReleaseNotes
Image Filename
LOTR-EN08S059.0_card.jpg
Portrait Filename
LOTR-EN08S059.0_portrait.jpg
Language Code
EN
IsPhysical
yes
IsPlayable
yes
CollInfo
Is Unique
no
Title
Corsair War Galley
Subtitle
Subtypes
Support Area
Twilight Cost
1
Strength
Strength Modifier
Vitality
Vitality Modifier
Site Number
Site Number Modifier
Resistance
Resistance Modifier
CanBearRing
Signet
Block
Shadow Number
Arrow Direction
Game Text
When you play this possession, you may add a [RAIDER] token here. While you can spot 6 [RAIDER] tokens and a [RAIDER] Man, the Shadow has initiative, regardless of the Free Peoples player?s hand. Regroup: Add (1) for each [RAIDER] token you can spot. Discard this possession.
Tagged Game Text
When you play this possession, you may add a <symbol>raider</symbol> token here. While you can spot 6 <symbol>raider</symbol> tokens and a <symbol>raider</symbol> Man, the Shadow has initiative, regardless of the Free Peoples player's hand. <keyword>Regroup:</keyword> Add <symbol>twilight1</symbol> for each <symbol>raider</symbol> token you can spot. Discard this possession.
Formatted Game Text
When you play this possession, you may add a token here. While you can spot 6 tokens and a Man, the Shadow has initiative, regardless of the Free Peoples player's hand.
Regroup: Add for each token you can spot. Discard this possession.
Lore
Promo Text
Notes
ID
LOTR-EN08E059.1
Base Card ID
LOTR-EN08S059.0
Subset
S
Revision
1
ReleaseDate
2022-07-07
ReleaseNotes
Raider has a lot of powerful initiative effects available to it, and War Galley makes it just a little too easy to activate, considering how prolific tokens are to Corsairs.
This change requires that cards reinforce a specific War Galley to gain the same automatic initiative, which gives Free Peoples a chance to take it out. To compensate, the total number of tokens has been reduced from 6 to 4, which is 2 activations of one of the various double-reinforce effects (such as on Castamir of Umbar (8R51)). The twilight effect has also been limited to the Galley itself, rather than providing an easy deluge of twilight to halt stops.
Image Filename
LOTR-EN08E059.1_card.jpg
Portrait Filename
Language Code
EN
IsPhysical
no
IsPlayable
CollInfo
Is Unique
no
Title
Subtitle
Subtypes
Twilight Cost
Strength
Strength Modifier
Vitality
Vitality Modifier
Site Number
Site Number Modifier
Resistance
Resistance Modifier
CanBearRing
Signet
Block
Shadow Number
Arrow Direction
Game Text
When you play this possession, you may add a [RAIDER] token here. While you can spot 4 [RAIDER] tokens here and a [RAIDER] Man, the Shadow has initiative, regardless of the Free Peoples player?s hand. Regroup: Add (1) for each [RAIDER] token you can spot. Discard this possession.
Tagged Game Text
When you play this possession, you may add a <symbol>raider</symbol> token here. While you can spot 4 <symbol>raider</symbol> tokens here and a <symbol>raider</symbol> Man, the Shadow has initiative, regardless of the Free Peoples player's hand. <keyword>Regroup:</keyword> Add <symbol>twilight1</symbol> for each <symbol>raider</symbol> token you can spot. Discard this possession.
Formatted Game Text
When you play this possession, you may add a token here. While you can spot 4 tokens here and a Man, the Shadow has initiative, regardless of the Free Peoples player’s hand.
Regroup: Add for each token you can spot. Discard this possession.
Lore
Promo Text
Notes
ID
LOTR-EN08S059.2
Base Card ID
LOTR-EN08S059.0
Subset
S
Revision
2
ReleaseDate
2023-06-07
ReleaseNotes
One of the missteps by the PC has been our bungling of the Corsair errata, which centered around addressing 3 cards: Castamir, Corsair Marauder, and Corsair War Galley. Each of these cards have since gone through a second round of errata: Castamir lost fierce instead of nerfing enduring, Marauder was reworked to more fairly address the core of why he was frustrating, and now to complete the hat trick we return to Corsair War Galley.
The Galley was originally nerfed for two reasons: first, Corsairs were just crazy. But second, it also was a part of the powerful Moria Navy archetype, and this (and the nerf to Marauder) was viewed as a two-birds-one-stone situation.
However, the results have not been what we wanted. Corsairs were sunk and dead, never to rise above the waves again. We are thus entirely reverting the alteration to the War Galley’s game text, and instead restricting it to be unique. With this more gentle touch, we hope that this will permit the Corsairs to sail the high seas once more (if a little humbler).
As for Moria Navy, well, it was brought to our attention that the real lynchpin wasn’t the initiative-enabling Galley, but instead:
Image Filename
LOTR-EN08E059.2_card.jpg
Portrait Filename
Language Code
EN
IsPhysical
no
IsPlayable
CollInfo
Is Unique
yes
Title
Subtitle
Subtypes
Twilight Cost
Strength
Strength Modifier
Vitality
Vitality Modifier
Site Number
Site Number Modifier
Resistance
Resistance Modifier
CanBearRing
Signet
Block
Shadow Number
Arrow Direction
Game Text
Tagged Game Text
Formatted Game Text
When you play this possession, you may add a token here.
While you can spot 6 tokens and a Man, the Shadow has initiative, regardless of the Free Peoples player’s hand.
Regroup: Add for each token you can spot. Discard this possession.
Lore
Promo Text
Notes
ID
LOTR-DE08S059.0
Base Card ID
LOTR-EN08S059.0
Subset
S
Revision
0
ReleaseDate
ReleaseNotes
Image Filename
LOTR-DE08S059.0_card.jpg
Portrait Filename
Language Code
DE
IsPhysical
IsPlayable
CollInfo
Is Unique
Title
Kriegsgaleere der Corsaren
Subtitle
Subtypes
Twilight Cost
Strength
Strength Modifier
Vitality
Vitality Modifier
Site Number
Site Number Modifier
Resistance
Resistance Modifier
CanBearRing
Signet
Block
Shadow Number
Arrow Direction
Game Text
Tagged Game Text
Du darfst eine <symbol>raider</symbol> Marke auf diese Karte legen, wenn du sie ausspielst. Solange du 6 <symbol>raider</symbol> Marken und einen <symbol>raider</symbol> Menschen entdecken kannst, besitzt die Schattenseite die Initiative, unabhängig von der Handkartenzahl des Freien Völker Spielers. <keyword>Sammeln:</keyword> Erhöhe den Einfluss um (1) für jede <symbol>raider</symbol> Marke, die du entdecken kannst. Lege diese Ausrüstung ab.
Formatted Game Text
Du darfst eine Marke auf diese Karte legen, wenn du sie ausspielst. Solange du 6 Marken und einen Menschen entdecken kannst, besitzt die Schattenseite die Initiative, unabhängig von der Handkartenzahl des Freien Völker Spielers. Sammeln: Erhöhe den Einfluss um (1) für jede Marke, die du entdecken kannst. Lege diese Ausrüstung ab.