Marsh

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

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Midgewater Marshes (1U332)	Site	Site	Marsh. Each time a Hobbit moves to Midgewater Marshes, that Hobbit must exert.
	Moria Lake (1C346)	Site	Site	Marsh. When the fellowship moves to Moria Lake, Frodo or 2 other companions must exert.
	Dammed Gate-stream (11U235)	Site	Site	Marsh. At the start of your fellowship phase, you may play a Free Peoples card from your draw deck.
	Expanding Marshland (11S238)	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)	Site	Site	Marsh. Regroup: Exert your Gollum or your Sméagol to play the fellowship's next site.
	Neekerbreekers’ Bog (11S249)	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)	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

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Sméagol, Scout and Guide (11R51)	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)	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)	Moria	Condition	Plays to your support area. Each unique 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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	Moria	Minion • Creature	Tentacle. This minion may not bear possessions and is discarded if not at a marsh. Shadow: Spot 3 creatures to play this minion from your discard pile.
	Vile Tentacle (V1_36)	Moria	Minion • Creature	Tentacle. This minion may not bear possessions and is strength -4 while not at a marsh. Shadow: Discard a card from hand to make the fellowship's current site gain marsh until the end of the turn.
	Sirannon Dam (V1_65)	Moria	Artifact • Support Area,Support Area	Rivers and sites with no other terrain keywords gain marsh. Companions are defender +1. Skirmish: Remove 2 burdens to have Watcher in the Water replace a tentacle skirmishing an unbound companion.
	Writhing Tentacle (V1_66)	Moria	Minion • Creature	Tentacle. This minion may not bear possessions and is discarded if not at a marsh. Shadow: If this minion is stacked on a Shadow card, play it to stack 2 tentacles from your discard pile on that card. ​

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