Hand Weapon

Anduril, a rare example of an Artifact hand weapon.

Hand Weapons are among the most common and most useful items that can be placed upon your characters. The majority of them come with strength bonuses, which is always handy, and many of them have strong abilities, some of which are strong enough to base entire decks around (such as Aiglos).

Possession Hand Weapons suffer from the same weakness to possession hate that all possessions share; fortunately, many cards that rely on weapons in a crucial manner allow you to fish them back out of the discard pile once removed.

List of Cards with the Hand Weapon Item Class

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List of Cards that Interact with the Hand Weapon Item Class

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Beneath the Mountains (2R1)	Dwarven	Condition	Tale. Plays to your support area. Fellowship: Discard the top 3 cards from your draw deck to play a weapon from your discard pile.
	Flurry of Blows (2C5)	Dwarven	Event	Skirmish: Make a Dwarf strength +2 (or +4 and damage +1 if bearing 2 hand weapons).
	Hand Axe (2C10)	Dwarven	Possession • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be a Dwarf. This weapon may be borne in addition to 1 other hand weapon. Archery: Discard this weapon to make the fellowship archery total +1.
	Song of Durin (3U5)	Dwarven	Condition	Tale. To play, exert a Dwarf. The twilight cost of each weapon is +2. Fellowship: Discard this condition to discard up to 2 conditions.
	Dwarf-lords (13U4)	Dwarven	Event • Skirmish	You may remove from the game 4 other cards in your discard pile to play this event from your discard pile. Then remove this event from the game. Make your Dwarf bearing a hand weapon strength +3.
	Knife of the Galadhrim (9R+17)	Elven	Possession • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. If bearer is Aragorn, he may bear this hand weapon in addition to 1 other hand weapon. Skirmish: Discard this possession to wound a minion bearer is skirmishing.
	Arwen's Dagger (18R5)	Elven	Possession • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be an companion. Bearer may bear this hand weapon in addition to 1 other hand weapon. Maneuver: If bearer is Arwen, exert her to draw 2 cards.
	Járnsmid, Merchant from Dale (2R25)	Gandalf	Ally • Home 3 • Man	To play, spot Gandalf. Each time you play a shield, armor, helm, or hand weapon, its twilight cost is -1.
	Shadowfax (4R100)	Gandalf	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be Gandalf. Discard any hand weapon he bears. Gandalf may not bear a hand weapon. At the start of each skirmish involving Gandalf, each minion skirmishing him must exert.
	Shadowfax, Greatest of the Mearas (17R24)	Gandalf	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Wizard. Discard all other possessions on bearer and bearer may not bear a hand weapon. Fellowship: Add a threat to remove a burden.
	Dagger Strike (1C102)	Gondor	Event	Skirmish: Make a or companion bearing a hand weapon strength +2 and damage +1.
	Flaming Brand (2R32)	Gondor	Possession • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be a Man. This weapon may be borne in addition to 1 other hand weapon. Bearer is strength +2 and damage +1 while skirmishing a Nazgûl.
	Shield of Boromir (2R38)	Gondor	Possession • Shield	Bearer must be a companion. The minion archery total is -1. If bearer is Boromir, each minion skirmishing him does not gain strength bonuses from weapons.
	Andúril, Flame of the West (7R79)	Gondor	Artifact • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be Aragorn. Discard other weapons he bears. He is damage +1 and cannot bear other weapons. Fellowship or Regroup: If the fellowship is at any site 2 or any site 5, play the fellowship’s next site (replacing opponent’s site if necessary).
	Dagger Strike (7C84)	Gondor	Event • Skirmish	Skirmish: Make a or companion bearing a hand weapon strength +2 and damage +1.
	Tireless (12C52)	Gondor	Condition • Support Area	Skirmish: Discard this condition to make a Man strength +1 for each of the following that is true: he or she is at a battleground site; he or she has resistance 4 or more; he or she is bearing a hand weapon; he or she is skirmishing a roaming minion.
	Heirs of Gondor (13C69)	Gondor	Condition • Support Area	When you play this, add a token here. Skirmish: Discard this from play or remove a token from here to make a companion bearing a hand weapon strength +2.
	Weapon Store (4R294)	Rohan	Condition	Fellowship: Exert a Man to play a hand weapon from your discard pile.
	Éowyn's Shield (8R88)	Rohan	Possession • Shield	Bearer must be a Man. The minion archery total is –1. Skirmish: If bearer is Éowyn, add a threat and discard this possession to discard a hand weapon borne by a minion she is skirmishing.
	Merry, From O'er the Brandywine (1C303)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	While Merry bears a weapon, he is strength +2.
	Hobbit Sword-play (2U103)	Shire	Event	Maneuver: Exert a Hobbit bearing a weapon to wound a minion. That minion’s owner may remove to prevent this.
	Mithril-coat (2R105)	Shire	Artifact • Armor	Bearer must be Frodo. The minion archery total is -1. Each minion skirmishing Frodo does not gain strength bonuses from weapons and loses all damage bonuses.
	Little Golden Flower (15R148)	Shire	Condition • Support Area	Each Hobbit bearing a hand weapon is vitality +1. Each Hobbit bearing a follower is resistance +1. Each unwounded Hobbit is strength +1.
	Troop of Uruk-hai (1R143)	Isengard	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. A character skirmishing this minion does not gain strength bonuses from weapons.
	Isengard Smith (3U60)	Isengard	Minion • Orc	Regroup: Exert this minion to discard a weapon (or all Free Peoples possessions if you can spot 5 companions).
	Trapped and Alone (3U72)	Isengard	Condition	Each character skirmishing an Orc loses all damage bonuses from weapons.
	Black Shapes Crawling (5U48)	Isengard	Event	Maneuver: Spot X Uruk-hai. The Free Peoples player may assign X wounds to your minions. Play X weapons from your discard pile.
	Primitive Savage (15R87)	Men	Minion • Man	While you can spot a companion of strength 12 or more, this minion is strength +5. Each time this minion wins a skirmish, if he bears a hand weapon, you may take control of a site.
	Henchman's Dagger (18R69)	Men	Possession • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be a minion. Bearer may bear this hand weapon in addition to 1 other hand weapon.
	Goblin Armory (1R173)	Moria	Condition	Each time you play a weapon, add . Response: If a Orc is about to take a wound, discard this condition to prevent that wound.
	Goblin Scavengers (1C179)	Moria	Minion • Orc	When you play this minion, you may play a weapon from your discard pile on your Orc.
	Plundered Armories (1C193)	Moria	Condition	Response: If your weapon is discarded, play it from your discard pile (that weapon’s twilight cost is -1).
	The Balrog's Sword (2R50)	Moria	Artifact • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be The Balrog. It is damage +1 This weapon may be borne in addition to 1 other hand weapon.
	Retribution (12R101)	Orc	Condition • Support Area	Each time an minion bearing a weapon wins a skirmish, add a burden. Shadow: Discard this condition to play an weapon from your discard pile.
	Scavenging Goblins (12C102)	Orc	Minion • Orc	When you play this minion, you may play an weapon from your discard pile on your Orc.
	Morgul Blade (1R216)	Ringwraith	Possession • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be a Nazgûl. This weapon may be borne in addition to 1 other hand weapon. Skirmish: Discard this possession to transfer Blade Tip from your support area or discard pile to a companion bearer is skirmishing.
	Úlairë Cantëa, Lieutenant of Dol Guldur (1R230)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Fierce. Skirmish: Exert Úlairë Cantëa to discard a weapon borne by a character he is skirmishing.
	Stricken Dumb (2R80)	Ringwraith	Event	Maneuver: Exert The Witch-king to discard a tale or weapon.
	The Witch-king, Black Captain (8R84)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	Enduring. Each Man skirmishing The Witch-king loses all strength bonuses from weapons.
	Morgul Vanguard (10R63)	Ringwraith	Minion • Orc	Assignment: Assign this minion to an unbound companion bearing a hand weapon.
	Orc Chieftain (1C266)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	When you play a weapon on this minion, add (limit once per turn).
	Orc Swordsman (3C98)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	While this minion bears a weapon, he is strength +2.
	Uruk-hai Troop (12R157)	Uruk-hai	Minion • Uruk-hai	Damage +1. Each character skirmishing this minion loses all strength bonuses from weapons.
	War Machine (13C176)	Uruk-hai	Event • Skirmish	Exert your lurker minion to play an hand weapon from your discard pile on your minion.
	Pikes Upon Pikes (18U121)	Uruk-hai	Condition • Support Area	Each minion bearing a hand weapon cannot take wounds during the archery phase. Skirmish: Discard this condition from play to make an minion bearing a possession strength +2.
	Mithril Mine (1U345)	Site	Site	Underground. Shadow: Remove to play a Shadow weapon from your discard pile.
	Moria Stairway (1U347)	Site	Site	Underground. Each companion and minion bearing a hand weapon is damage +1.
	Golden Hall (4U338)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. When the fellowship moves to Golden Hall, all Free Peoples weapons must be discarded.
	Helm's Gate (4U349)	Site	Site	Battleground. Each companion and minion bearing a hand weapon is strength +2.
	Fangorn Glade (11S239)	Site	Site	Forest. When the fellowship moves to this site, add for each Free Peoples weapon.
	Helm's Gate (11S245)	Site	Site	Battleground. Each character bearing a hand weapon is strength +2.
	Moria Stairway (11S248)	Site	Site	Underground. Each character bearing a hand weapon is Damage +1. ​

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