The Witch-king, Morgul King (7R221)

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The Witch-king, Morgul King (7R221) is a Ringwraith Minion from the Return of the King 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

Collection Info Title The Witch-king Subtitle Morgul King Unique Yes Collectible Yes Set 7 - Return of the King Rarity R - Rare Card Number 221 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Ringwraith Side Shadow Card Type Minion Race Nazgul Twilight Cost 8 Strength 14 Vitality 4 Site Number 3 Game Text Fierce. When you play The Witch-king, you may remove a threat to take a card into hand from your discard pile. The Ring-bearer cannot take threat wounds.

Translations DE - German Card Name Der Hexenkönig, König von Minas Morgul Game Text Erbittert. Du darfst eine Bedrohung entfernen, wenn du den Hexenkönig spielst, um eine Karte aus deinem Ablagestapel wieder auf deine Hand zu nehmen. Der Ringträger kann keine Wunden durch Bedrohungen erleiden. FR - French IT - Italian

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN07S221.0 TLHH ID LOTR07221 GEMP ID 7_221 LOTRO Hex ID 6D 09 AD 06 LOTRO Image ID 07_221

Strategy

The Witch-king, Morgul King is one of the strongest and most popular versions of the Witch-King. As long as you have a threat to consume, he can treat your Discard Pile as a toolbox, causing his value to increase as the game goes on and you burn through more of his deck. While his high twilight cost limits his value as a hand extender in most situations, you'll often be able to afford a utility card or cheap minion. He also goes very well with the otherwise-difficult-to-use cards that can only be played on the Witch-King, particularly The Pale Blade (1R221) . Just discard the Pale Blade when you reconcile, and pick it up again once you play the Witch-King.

To use his game text, however, you'll need threats. While you can get some threats from the sites like Hall of the Kings (7U339) , City Gates (7U344) , or Dagorlad (7U360) in King Block-based formats like Movie Block, you'll generally need at least a trickle of threats from your own cards to make the most of Morgul King. Some of the best sources of threats are Morgul Destroyer (7U190) , Úlairë Cantëa, Faster Than Winds (7R211) , Dark Swooping Shadows (10R58) , Úlairë Lemenya, Eternally Threatening (15R185) , Captured by the Ring (7C53) , and Fat One Wants It (7R57) .

Morgul King can also recur a card that can in turn recur himself. These cards include Out of Sight and Shot (7R204) , Ring of Ire (9R+43) , Ring of Asperity (9R42) , and Ring of Savagery (17R142) . He can also always just grab another copy of himself, to sit in your hand until you play it next turn.

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Alternate Personas

Portrait	Name	Game Text
	The Witch-king, Lord of Angmar (1R237)	Fierce. For each other Nazgûl you can spot, The Witch-king is strength +2.
	The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgul (2R85)	Twilight. Return to Its Master may not be played. Each time The Witch-king wins a skirmish, you may exert him to wound the Ring-bearer twice.
	The Witch-king, Deathless Lord (6P122)	Fierce. Each time a companion is killed in a skirmish involving a Nazgûl, wound an ally twice or exert a companion.
	The Witch-king, Black Captain (8R84)	Enduring. Each Man skirmishing The Witch-king loses all strength bonuses from weapons.
	The Witch-king, Captain of the Nine Riders (11R226)	Fierce. Toil 2. (For each character you exert when playing this, its twilight cost is –2.) Muster. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.)
	The Witch-king, Black Lord (12R183)	Fierce. The Witch-king is twilight cost –1 for each wound on the Ring-bearer. Each time a companion is played, you may reveal this card from hand to exert the Ring-bearer.
	The Witch-king, Conqueror of Arthedain (17R144)	Fierce. Each time the Witch-king wins a fierce skirmish, you may exert a companion for each companion you can spot over 4.
	The Witch-king, Dark Lord (19P40)	Fierce. Skirmish: Discard a Nazgûl from hand to make The Witch-king strength +1 (or strength +2 if you can spot that discarded Nazgûl).
	The Witch-king, Empowered by His Master (V3_80)	Fierce. Enduring. Damage +1. When you play this minion, hinder all Free Peoples cards of one type (except companion). The Free Peoples player may restore any number of their cards, and must exert one of their characters for each card restored. ​

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