Deft in Their Movements (2C99)

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Deft in Their Movements (2C99) is a Shire Event from the Mines of Moria set.

EN Nonfoil First Edition EN Foil First Edition DE Nonfoil First Edition DE Foil First Edition FR Nonfoil First Edition FR Foil First Edition IT Nonfoil First Edition IT Foil First Edition ES Nonfoil First Edition ES Foil First Edition PL Nonfoil First Edition PL Foil First Edition

Collection Info Title Deft in Their Movements Unique No Collectible Yes Set 2 - Mines of Moria Rarity C - Common Card Number 99 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Shire Side Free Peoples Card Type Event Twilight Cost 0 Game Text Stealth. Regroup: Spot 2 Hobbits to make each site’s Shadow number -2 until the end of the turn. Lore “They possessed from the first the art of disappearing swiftly and silently, when large folk who they do not wish to meet come blundering by.”

Translations DE - German Card Name Geschickt in ihren Bewegungen Game Text Heimlichkeit. Sammeln: Entdecke 2 Hobbits, um die Schattenzahl jedes Ortes bis zum Ende des Spielzuges um 2 zu reduzieren. Lore Von Anfang an beherrschten sie die Kunst, rasch und geräuschlos zu verschwinden, wenn große Leute, denen sie nicht begegnen wollen, dahertrapsen. ES - Spanish Card Name Hábiles en sus movimientos Game Text Sigilo. Reagrupación: Avista 2 Hobbits para hacer que el número de sombra de cada sitio sea -2 hasta el final del turno. Lore “Dominaron desde un principio el arte de desaparecer rápido y en silencio, cuando la Gente Grande con la que no querían tropezar se les acercaba casualmente.” FR - French Card Name Adroits dans leurs Mouvements Game Text Dissimulation. Ralliement : Désignez 2 Hobbits pour diminuer la puissance de l’Ombre de chaque site de 2 jusqu’à la fin du tour. Lore « Ils ont toujours eu l'art de disparaître vivement et en silence quand des Grandes Gens qu'ils ne désirent pas rencontrer viennent par hasard de leur côté... » IT - Italian Card Name Svelti nei Movimenti Game Text Segretezza. Raccolta: Avvista 2 Hobbit per sottrarre -2 al numero Ombra di ogni sito fino alla fine del turno. Lore “Sin dall'inizio possedevano l'arte di sparire veloci e silenziosi al sopraggiungere di genti che non desideravano incontrare.” PL - Polish

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN02S099.0 TLHH ID LOTR02099 GEMP ID 2_99 LOTRO Hex ID 63 4E E8 01 LOTRO Image ID 02_099

Strategy

For a Choke card, Deft is somewhat harder to use effectively compared to other Shire choke entries like A Talent for Not Being Seen (1U316) and Bill the Pony (3U106) . Due to the "snapshot" ruling on how it works (see below), it only affects sites which are in play at the time it is played.

Since it is a Regroup Phase event, this means that on its own it only has any effect if you are behind on the site path. which is not a position a choke deck wants to be in. Choke does not want to double; the point is to avoid adding Twilight, after all.

It can however be comboed with cards that pathfind the next site during the regroup phase, such as Thrór's Map (1R318) or Get On and Get Away (4R304) . The card also stacks with itself, so it can self-combo if you have multiple copies to really crank up the choke level.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Synergizes With...

• Thrór's Map (1R318)
• Get On and Get Away (4R304)
• Other Choke cards (consider 4 Hobbits + A Talent for Not Being Seen (1U316) + Bill the Pony (3U106) + Thrór's Map (1R318) + Deft dragging The Bridge of Khazad-dûm (1C349) down to a mere , making the Balrog unplayable even with that site's steep discount)

Strong Versus...

• Any Shadow card that costs twilight, which is checks notes almost all of them.

Weak Versus...

• Moria, which can bootstrap their own twilight generation with several cheap or free card options

Rulings

This card is affected by the aptly-named "snapshot rule", which means that only cards which were in play at the moment the event was played get effected; the event takes a "snapshot" of the game state and does not update it when cards are later played.

From the Comprehensive Rules:

Some event cards affect only cards that are currently in play, even though their effects might seem to apply to cards played later in the same turn. These events take a "snapshot" of the current game state, and only those cards are affected.

Deft in Their Movements (2C99) (Regroup: "Spot 2 Hobbits to make each site's Shadow number –2 until the end of the turn.") affects only sites that are in play when it is played.

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