Dwarven Heart (1C10)

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Dwarven Heart (1C10) is a Dwarven Condition from the Fellowship of the Ring 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 PT Nonfoil First Edition PT Foil First Edition ZH Nonfoil First Edition ZH Foil First Edition

Collection Info Title Dwarven Heart Unique No Collectible Yes Set 1 - The Fellowship of the Ring Rarity C - Common Card Number 10 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Dwarven Side Free Peoples Card Type Condition Twilight Cost 0 Game Text Bearer must be a Dwarf. When you play this condition, heal bearer up to two times. At the start of each of your turns, exert bearer. Lore “‘...a Dwarf goes on, be the burden twice his own weight....'”

Translations DE - German Card Name Das Herz eines Zwergs Game Text Muss auf einen Zwerg gespielt werden. Wenn du diesen Effekt spielst, darfst du den Träger bis zu zweimal heilen. Zu Beginn jedes deiner Spielzüge, strenge diesen Zwerg an. Lore "...während ein Zwerg weitergeht, und sei die Last auch das Doppelte seines Eigengewichts...“ ES - Spanish Card Name Corazón Enano Game Text El portador debe ser un enano. Cuando juegas esta condición, cura hasta dos veces al portador. Al principio de cada uno de tus turnos, esfuerza al portador. Lore “...pero un Enano nunca cae, aunque lleve una carga dos veces mas pesada que el mismo...” FR - French Card Name Courage Nain Game Text Le détenteur doit être un Nain. Quand vous jouez cette situation, guérissez le détenteur jusqu’à 2 fois. Au début de chacun de vos tours, affaiblissez le détenteur. Lore “‘...un Nain va toujours, le fardeau fut-il deux fois plus lourd que lui....'” IT - Italian Card Name Cuore dei Nani Game Text Il possessore deve essere un Nano. Quando giochi questa condizione, cura il possessore fino a 2 volte. All’inizio di ogni tuo turno, sforza il possessore. Lore “‘...mentre quelle dei Nani avanzano senza indugio, anche con un fardello due volte più pesante di loro....'” PL - Polish PT - Portuguese ZH - Chinese

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN01S010.0 TLHH ID LOTR01010 GEMP ID 1_10 LOTRO Hex ID 4A 24 F4 LOTRO Image ID 01_010

Strategy

When The Fellowship of the Ring base set was initially released, Dwarven Heart was deemed unusable by most players. While healing a Dwarf twice is definitely good, exerting the bearer each turn was too great a cost. Though condition removal like Sleep, Caradhras could be used to discard this condition after gaining the benefit of the healing, it was hardly practical. Now, a year and a half after Dwarven Heart was relegated to players' binders, it may be time to pull it out again.

In the four sets released since The Fellowship of the Ring, players have found many new ways to discard unwanted conditions. Some, like Secret Sentinels and Grown Suddenly Tall, are very similar to Sleep, Caradhras, and likewise just as impractical in regards to discarding Dwarven Heart. However, one card not only gets rid of Dwarven Heart, but also gains a benefit for doing so. That card is none other than Gimli's trusty weapon Axe of Erebor. After a Dwarf has been healed twice with Dwarven Heart, the Axe can be used to discard Dwarven Heart in the Skirmish phase to make Gimli strength +1 (whether or not he's in a skirmish, remember!).

Once Dwarven Heart is in the discard pile, it is by no means out of the game. The event Defending the Keep allows a player to play a Dwarven condition from the discard pile, so Dwarven Heart can be played again to heal a Dwarf twice, then discarded again to boost Gimli's strength.

Of course, there are other interesting ways to remove Dwarven Heart. The events Rest by Blind Night and Restless Axe can shuffle Dwarven Heart back into one's deck so it can be played on another turn. Restless Axe requires an exertion and can only shuffle in one condition, but Rest by Blind Night can shuffle any number of Dwarven conditions into a deck, which is great if multiple Dwarven Hearts are in play. >by Johnny Crawford

An addition by Dethwish07: Dwarven Heart also pairs nicely with Dain Ironfoot, King Under The Mountain when playing Expanded format. Play it to heal your dwarf in the fellowship phase and discard it at the start of the regroup phase via Dain's game text to discard a minion, thereby healing a bird and killing a bird with one stone.

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