Engine
Engine is an unloaded keyword appearing on Sauron culture cards in King Block. All engines play to the support area, and, except for one possession, all of them are conditions. They support and are supported by Besieger minions, as part of a strategy of controlling sites and stacking minions on those sites.
See Also[edit]
- Machines, the siege engines of the armies of
Isengard
- Fortifications, the walls and siege defenses of
Gondor and
Rohan
List of Cards with the Engine Keyword[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Great Siege-towers (7U281)
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Condition • Support Area | Engine.
Shadow: Play a besieger to place a Skirmish: Remove a | ||
Tower Walkway (7C315)
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Condition • Support Area | Engine. To play, spot a Each besieger is strength +1 for each site you control. Regroup: Discard 3 Discard this condition. | ||
Troop Tower (7R316)
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Condition • Support Area | Engine. To play, spot a All Regroup: Discard a besieger to take control of a site. Discard this condition. | ||
Grond, Hammer of the Underworld (8R103)
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Possession • Support Area | Engine. Shadow: Play a Regroup: Remove X | ||
Their Marching Companies (8U107)
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Condition • Support Area | Engine. To play, spot a Regroup: Remove a threat to stack your Shadow: Remove a threat to play a |
List of Cards that interact with the Engine Keyword[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Derufin (7R87)
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Companion • Man | Regroup: While you have exactly 5 cards in hand, you may exert Derufin to discard an engine, machine, or possession. | ||
Iorlas (7U107)
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Companion • Man | Response: If a possession or engine is played by your opponent, remove a | ||
Great Peril of Fire (7U280)
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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. | ||
Gorgoroth Agitator (8U94)
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Minion • Orc | Besieger.
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 | ||
Gorgoroth Assassin (8R95)
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Minion • Orc | Besieger.
Assignment: Spot a | ||
Great Hill Troll (8C102)
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Minion • Troll | Besieger. Fierce.
The twilight cost of this minion is –1 for each When you play this minion at sites 5 | ||
Troll of Gorgoroth, Abomination of Sauron (8R108)
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Minion • Troll | Besieger. Fierce.
The twilight cost of this minion is –2 for each Regroup: Exert Troll of Gorgoroth to stack a besieger on a site you control. |
Unloaded Keywords | ||
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Race | Decipher | [Raceless] • Balrog • Creature • Dwarf • Elf • Ent • Half-troll • Hobbit • Maia • Man • Nazgûl • Orc • Spider • Tree • Troll • Uruk-hai • Wizard • Wraith |
Player's Council | Crow • Eagle | |
Hobbit Draft Game | Bird • Dragon • Eagle • Giant • Goblin | |
Site | ||
Decipher | Battleground • Dwelling • Forest • Marsh • Mountain • Plains • River • Underground | |
General | Decipher | Besieger • Corsair • Easterling • Engine • Fellowship • Fortification • Knight • Machine • Pipeweed • Ranger • Ring-bound • Search • Southron • Spell • Stealth • Tale • Tentacle • Tracker • Twilight • [Unbound] • Valiant • Villager • Weather • Warg-rider |
Player's Council | Pony | |
Hobbit Draft Game | Burglar • Cunning • Wise |