Ent

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Ents are the race of animated tree-like creatures who tend Fangorn Forest in The Lord of the Rings. All Ents are Gandalf-culture cards. Debuting in The Two Towers with a paired set of Ally cards for Treebeard, Ents would gradually grow into a dominant subculture with additional cards being added in Battle of Helm's Deep and - you guessed it - Ents of Fangorn.

Not to be confused with Tree, a separate race that only appears on one card (Huorn (9R25) ).

The Ent Horde start[edit]

There is an (in)famous eight-character Ent starting Fellowship in Expanded, played in this order:

You can also run just Merry, Pippin, Quickbeam, and a two-cost companion of your choice, if you prefer to not be vulnerable to Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul (1U231) at site 2!

Any Merry, and Pippin, and Quickbeam are the closest you can come to this start in any format that doesn't include Rise of Saruman.


List of Cards with the Ent Race[edit]

Portrait Card Name Culture Card Type Game Text
Treebeard, Earthborn (4R103) Gandalf Ally • Home 2 • Ent Unhasty.

Response: If an unbound Hobbit is about to be discarded, stack him here instead.

Fellowship: Exert Treebeard and add to play an unbound Hobbit stacked here.

Treebeard, Oldest Living Thing (4C104) Gandalf Ally • Home 2 • Ent Unhasty.

Fellowship: Exert Treebeard and discard an unbound companion from hand to heal an unbound companion.

Birchseed, Tall Statesman (5U15) Gandalf Companion • Ent Unhasty.

Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit or discard 2 cards from hand to allow Birchseed to skirmish.

Fellowship: Exert Birchseed to heal an unbound Hobbit.

Forest Guardian (5C17) Gandalf Companion • Ent Unhasty.

Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit or discard 2 cards from hand to allow this companion to skirmish.

Lindenroot, Elder Shepherd (5R19) Gandalf Companion • Ent Unhasty.

Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit or discard 2 cards from hand to allow Lindenroot to skirmish.

Skirmish: Exert Lindenroot to wound an minion he is skirmishing.

Ent Avenger (6C27) Gandalf Companion • Ent While you can spot 3 Ents, this companion is strength +2.
Ent Horde (6R28) Gandalf Companion • Ent To play, spot 2 Ent companions. Ent Horde’s twilight cost is –2 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot. While you can spot more minions than companions, Ent Horde is defender +1.
Host of Fangorn (6U32) Gandalf Companion • Ent To play, spot 2 Ent companions. Host of Fangorn’s twilight cost is –2 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot.
Quickbeam, Bregalad (6C33) Gandalf Companion • Ent Quickbeam’s twilight cost is –1 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot.
Skinbark, Fladrif (6R35) Gandalf Companion • Ent Skinbark’s twilight cost is –1 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot. Response: If an unbound Hobbit is about to take a wound, exert Skinbark to prevent that wound.
Treebeard, Guardian of the Forest (6C37) Gandalf Companion • Ent Unhasty. Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit to allow Treebeard to skirmish. Skirmish: Exert Treebeard to make an Ent damage +1.
Skinbark, Fladrif (AI) (6R124) Gandalf Companion • Ent Skinbark’s twilight cost is –1 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot. Response: If an unbound Hobbit is about to take a wound, exert Skinbark to prevent that wound.
Treebeard, Keeper of the Watchwood (10R18) Gandalf Companion • Ent To play, spot 3 companions.

Regroup: Exert Treebeard twice to play a condition from your discard pile and make an opponent discard one of his or her conditions.

Ent Avenger (15C28) Gandalf Companion • Ent While you can spot 3 Ents, this companion is strength +2.
Leaflock, Finglas (15R30) Gandalf Companion • Ent Leaflock’s twilight cost is -1 for each Ent you can spot.

While you can spot 3 other Ents, Leaflock is strength +4.

Quickbeam, Hastiest of All Ents (15R34) Gandalf Companion • Ent Quickbeam is twilight cost -1 for each Ent you can spot.

Maneuver: Discard this companion to place another companion from your discard pile on the bottom of your draw deck and reinforce a token.

Shadow of the Wood (15U35) Gandalf Companion • Ent This companion is twilight cost -1 for each companion you can spot.

Fellowship: Place this companion in the dead pile to remove .

Shepherd of the Trees (15R36) Gandalf Companion • Ent While you can spot 4 Ents, this companion is strength +3.

Maneuver: Exert this companion to reveal the bottom card of your draw deck. If it is a character, you may play it.

Skinbark, Elder Ent (15U37) Gandalf Companion • Ent Skinbark is twilight cost -1 for each condition you can spot.

Each time Skinbark wins a skirmish, you may place a card from your discard pile beneath your draw deck.

Treebeard, Enraged Shepherd (15R38) Gandalf Companion • Ent To play, spot 3 companions.

Each time Treebeard wins a skirmish, the first Shadow player must exert X minions, where X is the difference between Treebeard’s strength and the losing character’s strength.

Woodland Onod (17U26) Gandalf Companion • Ent Skirmish: Discard a companion from hand to make an Ent strength +2.
Treebeard, Enemy of the Hand (0W4) Gandalf Companion • Ent Unhasty. Triumph - At the start of a skirmish involving Treebeard you may discard a minion he is skirmishing.

Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit to allow Treebeard to skirmish. ​


List of Cards that Interact with the Ent Race[edit]

Portrait Card Name Culture Card Type Game Text
Stump and Bramble (4U101) Gandalf Event Maneuver: Spot an minion and an Ent ally. Until the regroup phase, that ally is damage +2 and participates in archery fire and skirmishes.
Windows in a Stone Wall (4R107) Gandalf Condition To play, exert an Ent. Plays on that Ent.

Response: If an minion is killed, discard this condition to reveal the top 10 cards of an opponent’s draw deck. Discard 1 Shadow card and 1 Free Peoples card revealed. Your opponent reshuffles that deck.

Boomed and Trumpeted (6U24) Gandalf Event Skirmish: Make an Ent strength +X and damage +X, where X is the number of unbound Hobbits you can spot.
Crack Into Rubble (6U25) Gandalf Event Regroup: Exert 2 Ents to liberate a site and discard a Shadow condition.
Enraged (6R26) Gandalf Condition Bearer must be an Ent. Limit 1 per bearer. Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
Ent Avenger (6C27) Gandalf Companion • Ent While you can spot 3 Ents, this companion is strength +2.
Ent Horde (6R28) Gandalf Companion • Ent To play, spot 2 Ent companions. Ent Horde’s twilight cost is –2 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot. While you can spot more minions than companions, Ent Horde is defender +1.
Ent Moot (6C29) Gandalf Condition To play, exert an unbound Hobbit. Bearer must be an Ent. Limit 1 per bearer.
Host of Fangorn (6U32) Gandalf Companion • Ent To play, spot 2 Ent companions. Host of Fangorn’s twilight cost is –2 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot.
Quickbeam, Bregalad (6C33) Gandalf Companion • Ent Quickbeam’s twilight cost is –1 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot.
Roused (6C34) Gandalf Event Skirmish: Exert an Ent to make him strength +1 for each Ent you spot (limit +4).
Skinbark, Fladrif (6R35) Gandalf Companion • Ent Skinbark’s twilight cost is –1 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot. Response: If an unbound Hobbit is about to take a wound, exert Skinbark to prevent that wound.
Treebeard, Guardian of the Forest (6C37) Gandalf Companion • Ent Unhasty. Assignment: Exert an unbound Hobbit to allow Treebeard to skirmish. Skirmish: Exert Treebeard to make an Ent damage +1.
Enraged (6R123) Gandalf Condition Bearer must be an Ent. Limit 1 per bearer. Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
Skinbark, Fladrif (AI) (6R124) Gandalf Companion • Ent Skinbark’s twilight cost is –1 for each Ent or unbound Hobbit you can spot. Response: If an unbound Hobbit is about to take a wound, exert Skinbark to prevent that wound.
Ent Draught (9R24) Gandalf Condition To play, spot an Ent.

Bearer must be a companion. Limit 1 per bearer.

Skirmish: Exert bearer to make him or her damage +1.

Huorn (9R25) Gandalf Companion • Tree Damage +1.

This companion is strength +1 for each Ent you spot.

Response: If this companion is about to take a wound, exert an Ent to prevent that.

Ent Avenger (15C28) Gandalf Companion • Ent While you can spot 3 Ents, this companion is strength +2.
Leaflock, Finglas (15R30) Gandalf Companion • Ent Leaflock’s twilight cost is -1 for each Ent you can spot.

While you can spot 3 other Ents, Leaflock is strength +4.

Momentous Gathering (15U32) Gandalf Event • Fellowship Choose one: spot an Ent to take a companion into hand from your draw deck; or spot 2 Ents to take a companion and a condition into hand from your draw deck. Shuffle your draw deck.
Quickbeam, Hastiest of All Ents (15R34) Gandalf Companion • Ent Quickbeam is twilight cost -1 for each Ent you can spot.

Maneuver: Discard this companion to place another companion from your discard pile on the bottom of your draw deck and reinforce a token.

Shepherd of the Trees (15R36) Gandalf Companion • Ent While you can spot 4 Ents, this companion is strength +3.

Maneuver: Exert this companion to reveal the bottom card of your draw deck. If it is a character, you may play it.

The Sap is in the Bough (17U25) Gandalf Event • Skirmish Discard a companion from hand to make a companion strength +3 (or +4 if you can spot 3 Ents).
Woodland Onod (17U26) Gandalf Companion • Ent Skirmish: Discard a companion from hand to make an Ent strength +2.
Ents Marching (18C20) Gandalf Event • Maneuver If the fellowship is in region 1 or region 2, exert 2 Ents to make an Ent defender +1. If the fellowship is in region 3, spot a companion to draw a card.
Merry, In the Bloom of Health (17U107) Shire Companion • Hobbit Add 1 to the number of Ents you can spot.

Regroup:</br> Exert Merry to place a pipeweed from your discard pile beneath your draw deck.

Pippin, In the Bloom of Health (17U109) Shire Companion • Hobbit Add 1 to the number of Ents you can spot.

Maneuver: Discard 2 pipeweed cards from play to remove a burden.

Urgency (19P17) Isengard Condition Weather.

Each time the fellowship moves, add for each Ent you can spot.

Skirmish: Discard this condition from play to make a non- minion strength +1. ​



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