Marsh

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Marsh[edit]

Marsh is an Unloaded Keyword appearing on Sites. It has few synergies, and is primarily used for tentacles and the Watcher.


List of Cards with the Marsh Keyword[edit]

Portrait Card Name Culture Card Type Game Text
Midgewater Marshes (1U332) Culture Site.svg Site Site Marsh. Each time a Hobbit moves to Midgewater Marshes, that Hobbit must exert.
Moria Lake (1C346) Culture Site.svg Site Site Marsh. When the fellowship moves to Moria Lake, Frodo or 2 other companions must exert.
Dammed Gate-stream (11U235) Culture Site.svg Site Site Marsh. At the start of your fellowship phase, you may play a Culture Gollum.svg Free Peoples card from your draw deck.
Expanding Marshland (11S238) Culture Site.svg Site Site Marsh. Shadow: If the total number of minions and twilight tokens is 3 or fewer, play a minion at twilight cost –3.
Mere of Dead Faces (11U246) Culture Site.svg Site Site Marsh. Regroup: Exert your Gollum or your Sméagol to play the fellowship's next site.
Neekerbreekers’ Bog (11S249) Culture Site.svg Site Site Marsh. When the fellowship moves to here, heal each character who has resistance 5 or more and exert each other character.
Doors of Durin (13U190) Culture Site.svg Site Site Marsh. Each companion of a race that has the most companions is strength –1 until the regroup phase.​


List of Cards that Interact with the Marsh Keyword[edit]

Portrait Card Name Culture Card Type Game Text
Sméagol, Scout and Guide (11R51) Culture Gollum.svg Gollum Companion Ring-bound. To play, add a burden.

Each time Sméagol wins a skirmish, you may play the fellowship's next site.

Skirmish: If Sméagol is at a marsh, exert him to cancel a skirmish involving him.

Evil-smelling Fens (5U22) Culture Gollum.svg Gollum Condition Plays to your support area.

Each site on the adventure path is a marsh.

Shadow: Exert Gollum twice and discard this condition to play a minion from your discard pile.

Dark Places (2C55) Culture Moria.svg Moria Condition Plays to your support area.

Each unique Culture Moria.svg minion is strength +1.

Shadow: Spot an opponent’s site to replace it with your marsh or underground site of the same number.

Foul Tentacle (2C58) Culture Moria.svg Moria Minion • Creature Tentacle.

When you play this minion, you may play a tentacle from your draw deck.

This minion may not bear possessions and is discarded if not at a marsh.

Huge Tentacle (2R66) Culture Moria.svg Moria Minion • Creature Tentacle. Damage +1.

When you play this minion, you may play Watcher in the Water from your draw deck.

This minion may not bear possessions and is discarded if not at a marsh.

Watcher in the Water, Keeper of Westgate (2R73) Culture Moria.svg Moria Minion • Creature Damage +1. While you can spot Watcher in the Water, discard all other minions (except tentacles). Each tentacle is strength +2 and damage +1. This minion may not bear possessions and is discarded if not at a marsh.
Reaching Tentacle (19P19) Culture Moria.svg Moria Minion • Creature Tentacle.

This minion cannot bear possessions. Discard this minion from play if not at a marsh.

This minion is strength +1 for each tentacle you spot.

Strong Tentacle (19P20) Culture Moria.svg Moria Minion • Creature Tentacle.

This minion cannot bear possessions. Discard this minion from play if not at a marsh.

This minion is strength +1 for each tentacle you spot.

Watcher in the Water, Many-tentacled Creature (19P21) Culture Moria.svg Moria Minion • Creature Discard all other minions (except tentacles). Watcher in the Water cannot bear possessions.

The fellowship’s current site gains marsh.

Shadow: Play a tentacle from your discard pile.

Thrashing Tentacle (V1_33) Culture Moria.svg Moria Minion • Creature Tentacle. This minion may not bear possessions and is discarded if not at a marsh.

Shadow: Spot 3 Culture Moria.svg creatures to play this minion from your discard pile.

Vile Tentacle (V1_36) Culture Moria.svg Moria Minion • Creature Tentacle. This minion may not bear possessions and is strength -4 while not at a marsh.

Shadow: Discard a Culture Moria.svg card from hand to make the fellowship's current site gain marsh until the end of the turn.​




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