Gorbag, Lieutenant of Cirith Ungol (7R180)

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Gorbag, Lieutenant of Cirith Ungol (7R180) is a Ringwraith Minion from the Return of the King set.

Collection Info
Title Gorbag
Subtitle Lieutenant of Cirith Ungol
Unique Yes
Collectible Yes
Set 7 - Return of the King
Rarity R - Rare
Card Number 180
Language EN - English
Revision 0
Gameplay Info
Playable Yes
Culture Ringwraith
Side Shadow
Card Type Minion
Race Orc
Twilight Cost 5
Strength 11
Vitality 3
Site Number 4
Game Text While you can spot a Nazgûl, Gorbag is strength +2 and damage +1.
Lore “‘If there's any game, me and my lads must be in it.'”
Translations
DE - German


Game Text Solange du einen Nazgûl entdecken kannst, erhält Gorbag Stärke +2 und Schaden +1.
Lore "Wenn's irgendeinen Spaß gibt, müssen ich und meine Jungs dabei sein."
FR - French
IT - Italian


Technical Info
Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN07S180.0
TLHH ID LOTR07180
GEMP ID 7_180
LOTRO Hex ID 64 07 AD 06
LOTRO Image ID 07_180


Strategy[edit]

Gorbag, Lieutenant of Cirith Ungol is just not very good.

If you don't have a Nazgul in play, he's behind the curve. And even cheap Nazgûl cost four or five twilight, so it can sometimes be a pain to afford them both, and he gets abruptly weaker if your opponent kills that ringwraith. If you do go to the effort to afford both, he's not really that fearsome! He doesn't come off well compared to cards like Orthanc Champion (4R164) or Siege Commander (7R311) . Like most of the other Morgul Orcs in Return of the King that specifically focus on supporting Nazgûl or orcs, he's overcosted and underpowered.

Later in King Block you can play him with Gorbag's Sword (10R60) , but that's not cheap, and by then he's even further behind the curve set by minions like Mûmak Chieftain (10R45) on a free Mûmak (5C73) , Gorgoroth Berserker (8R96) , or his uruk-hai counterpart Shagrat, Captain of Cirith Ungol (10R99) . Most Morgul Orc decks that play any version of Gorbag at all will prefer Gorbag, Covetous Captain (10R59) .

Strengths and Weaknesses[edit]

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Strong Versus...[edit]

  • I honestly can't think of a deck that would have a lot of trouble dealing with this minion. He's not strong and he's not tricky.

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Alternate Personas[edit]

Portrait Name Game Text
Gorbag, Covetous Captain (10R59) For each wound on the Ring-bearer, each Orc is strength +1.
Gorbag, Filthy Rebel (15R109) Hunter 3. (While skirmishing a non-hunter character, this character is strength +3.)

When you play Gorbag, you may discard a card from the top of the Free Peoples player’s deck for each hunter character you can spot. ​