Hides (4R19)

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Hides (4R19) is a Dunland Possession from the The Two Towers set.

EN Nonfoil First Edition EN Foil First Edition Tengwar Nonfoil 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

Collection Info Title Hides Unique No Collectible Yes Set 4 - The Two Towers Rarity R - Rare Card Number 19 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Dunland Side Shadow Card Type Possession Twilight Cost 1 Game Text When you play this possession, you may draw a card. Response: If a Man is about to take a wound, remove or discard this possession to prevent that wound. Lore Only heavy animal skins armored the Dunlendings.

Translations DE - German Card Name Tierhäute Game Text Spiele diese Karte in deinen Unterstützungs-bereich. Wenn du diese Ausrüstung spielst, darfst du eine Karte ziehen. Reaktion: Wenn ein Mensch eine Wunde erleidet, verringere den Einfluss um oder lege diese Ausrüstung ab, um diese Wunde zu verhindern. Lore Einzig dicke Tierhäute schützten die Dunländer. ES - Spanish Card Name Pieles Game Text Cuando juegas esta posesión, puedes robar una carta. Respuesta: Si un Hombre va a recibir una herida, quita o descarta esta posesión para prevenir esa herida. Lore Sólo las gruesas pieles de los animales protegían a los Dunlendinos. FR - French Card Name Peaux Game Text Lorsque vous jouez cette possession, vous pouvez piocher une carte. Réponse : Si un Homme est sur le point d’être blessé, retirez ou défaussez cette possession pour empêcher cette blessure. Lore Ceux du Pays de Dun n'avaient que des peaux d'animaux sauvages en guise d'armure. IT - Italian Card Name Pelli Game Text Quando giochi questo bene, puoi pescare una carta. Risposta: Se un Uomo sta per subire una ferita, rimuovi o scarta questo bene per prevenire quella ferita. Lore I Dunlandiani si corazzavano solamente con pesanti pelli di animali.

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN04S019.0 TLHH ID LOTR04019 GEMP ID 4_19 LOTRO Hex ID 63 91 D0 03 LOTRO Image ID 04_019

Strategy

The most essential card in any [Dunland] deck, Hides enables the culture of almost entirely 1 vitality minions to survive all sorts of direct wounding. Since it is a support area possession, it is difficult for the Free Peoples player to get rid of and essentially gives the Shadow player the chance to decide whether a minion should die or not. The bonus card-drawing mechanic means that Hides will never really take up any space in a deck - when it is played, another card immediately replaces it. Because Hides is not unique and itself may also be discarded to block a wound, the Shadow player can discard a spare copy without putting future minions at risk. For all of these reasons, it is often advised to have as many copies of Hides as you have when playing Dunland, up to the maximum of 4.

The cost of blocking a wound with Hides and the [Dunland] culture's characteristically low vitality makes Dunland extremely reliant on balancing twilight properly against decks with direct wounding. If too much twilight is used playing minions, there's a good chance some or all of those minions won't make it to the skirmish phase. If too few minions are played, the Free People's player may be able to use only their best fighters and avoid Dunland's unique skirmish-won triggers such as the text of War Club and Wulf.

In some cases, especially when facing fellowships with lots of indirect wounding (mainly archery), the Shadow player will be wise to have an alternative to the hefty cost of using Hides every turn. Saruman, Rabble-rouser is innately able to take archery wounds (unlike the [Isengard] copies of Saruman), and can take up to 4 archery wounds for [4] rather than using Hides for [8]. Gollum costs a mere [2] and can take up to 4 wounds, and Gollum, Old Villain can be used to help cycle cards if need be. The handful of [Dunland] minions costing [1] or [2] may be sacrificed to protect bigger minions, and remain useful if they survive to complete the spot requirements of cards like Hillman Tribe or win skirmishes through skirmish events.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Direct wounding
• Fellowships which give the shadow player lots of twilight

Weak Versus...

• Galadriel, Lady Redeemed, Roll of Thunder, and other cards capable of discarding support-area possessions
• Choke decks (especially those with archery), which may give the Shadow player a harder choice when deciding whether or not to block a wound

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