Mount
Mount is an Item Class, and thus a Loaded Keyword. Mounts are possession cards that represent large animals that characters can ride, such as horses, wargs, and fouler things. A character who is currently bearing a mount possession is mounted.
The horsemen of Rohan culture have the bulk of the Free Peoples mounts and cards that interact with mounts, although a handful of mostly unique mounts appear in other cultures, including Asfaloth (1U31)
, Shadowfax (4R100)
, and Brego, Loyal Steed (13R63)
. On the Shadow side, Isengard has a whole Warg-rider orc subculture with its own exclusive wargs, but they also appear in other cultures.
Wraith culture has a handful of black horses and Fell Beast (6U83)
s, Raider Southrons have their Mûmak (5C73)
il,
Orc culture has its own wargs like Relentless Warg (17R89)
that play on any relatively low-strength orc, and Gothmog's Warg (10R89)
is an odd wolf out.
Mounts have had a number of shared gimmicks over the years. Fellowship Block mounts like Black Steed (1R208)
are largely strength boosters, but are discarded at Underground sites. In that block, most site 4s and the only site 5 (The Bridge of Khazad-dûm (1C349)
) are underground, making these cards somewhat unreliable, limiting their popularity.
Mounts were a larger part of Towers Block, with the addition of Rohan culture. Most of the Free Peoples mounts in that Block were
Rohan culture, such as Rider's Mount (4C287)
, but some of them, like Brego (4U263)
and Horse of Rohan (4C283)
, could be played on characters of any culture, as long as they were a race that is tall enough to ride. Almost every Free Peoples mount in this block exerts enemy minions at the start of a skirmish. In this block, this includes mounts of other cultures, such as Shadowfax (4R100)
. (In later sets, exerting at the start of a skirmish is an exclusive quality of
Rohan mounts in particular.)
Rohan cards often interact directly with mounts, either by granting bonuses to mounted characters (Rider's Spear (4C288)
) or taking advantage of those exertions (Éowyn, Lady of Ithilien (10R72)
and Éomer, Third Marshal of Riddermark (4R267)
).
Warg-riders were also introduced in Towers Block, as a Isengard orc subculture. Warg-riders are mostly unremarkable minions, and each of them is relatively cheap, relatively weak, and Fierce while not exhausted. Most of them are fairly low-quality, but Warg (5C65)
, War-warg (5U64)
, or Sharku's Warg (5R59)
are powerful Warg possessions that can only be played on warg-riders. Those three mounts give large strength and vitality increases, making the warg-riders strong and difficult to kill. Warg-riders were not an especially successful experiment; except for Sharku, Vile Marauder (6R74)
, all warg-riders and cards which directly support warg-riders appear in Battle of Helm's Deep. In later sets, wargs can be played on any orc minion of the appropriate culture. This starts with Gothmog's Warg (10R89)
in Mount Doom, and continues with the
Orc-culture wargs like Relentless Warg (17R89)
.
Battle of Helm's Deep introduced another enduring design for Shadow mounts, with Mûmak (5C73)
and War Mûmak (5R78)
, cards for the
Raider Southron subculture. Mumakil grant large strength bonuses and the Fierce keyword, turning the relatively middling-strength minions of that subculture into dangerous skirmishers. Southrons were not as focused on Mumakil as warg-riders were, but the greater variety of Southron minions, appearing in all of the sets of Tower Block and King Block, made those mounts generally more useful. This design persisted when
Raider culture was converted to
Men culture, with cards like Beast of War (17U40)
. Plus, later
Wraith mounts, generally (but did not always) followed the Mumakil model, giving strength bonuses and Fierce to Nazgul.
After Towers Block, most Free Peoples mounts granted a potpourri of different abilities, often but not always including a strength bonus. Most of these mounts are Rohan culture or different versions of Shadowfax. The main exception is Bloodlines, which added a a cycle of Free Peoples mounts in each culture that interact with Culture Tokens.
Not to be confused with Mount Doom or Mount Doom (15R193)
.
List of Cards with the Mount Item Class[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Arod, Rohirrim Steed (13R1)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Dwarf.
When you play Arod, you may reinforce a Response: If bearer is about to take a wound during a skirmish, remove 2 | ||
Asfaloth (1U31)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be an Elf. When played on Arwen, Asfaloth’s twilight cost is -2. While at a plains site, bearer is strength +2. Discard Asfaloth when at an underground site. | ||
Asfaloth, Elven Steed (7R17)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be an Elf.
Skirmish: If bearer is Arwen, exert her to make each minion skirmishing her strength –2. | ||
Asfaloth, Swift Blossom (13R10)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be an Elf.
When you play Asfaloth, you may reinforce an Skirmish: Remove 2 | ||
Shadowfax (4R100)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be Gandalf. Discard any hand weapon he bears.
Gandalf may not bear a hand weapon. At the start of each skirmish involving Gandalf, each minion skirmishing him must exert. | ||
Shadowfax, Greatheart (8R21)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be Gandalf.
At the start of each skirmish involving Gandalf, each minion skirmishing Gandalf must exert. Skirmish: Add a threat to make Gandalf strength +1. | ||
Shadowfax, Unequaled Steed (11U40)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be Gandalf.
Each time Gandalf is about to take a wound, you may add a burden to prevent that. | ||
Shadowfax, Roaring Wind (13R40)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Wizard.
When you play Shadowfax, you may reinforce a Skirmish: Remove 2 | ||
Shadowfax, Greatest of the Mearas (17R24)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Discard all other possessions on bearer and bearer may not bear a hand weapon. Fellowship: Add a threat to remove a burden. | ||
Knight's Mount (8C40)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a knight.
Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may wound a minion who is not assigned to a skirmish. | ||
Gondorian Steed (12U49)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a knight.
Bearer is damage +1. | ||
Brego, Loyal Steed (13R63)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a When you play Brego, you may reinforce a Maneuver: Exert bearer and remove 2 | ||
Brego (4U263)
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Possession • Mount | To play, spot a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. | ||
Firefoot (4R274)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a If bearer is Éomer, he is defender +1. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. | ||
Horse of Rohan (4C283)
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Possession • Mount | To play, spot a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. | ||
Rider's Mount (4C287)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. | ||
Firefoot, Eomer's Steed (7R232)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. Regroup: If bearer is Éomer, exert him to discard a condition. Any Shadow player may remove | ||
Snowmane (7R250)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. Regroup: If bearer is Théoden, exert him to liberate a site. Any Shadow player may remove | ||
Swift Steed (7C253)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a While at a plains site, bearer takes no more than 1 wound during each skirmish. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. | ||
Windfola (7R260)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. Skirmish: If bearer is Éowyn, exert her twice to wound a fierce minion she is skirmishing. | ||
Rohirrim Mount (11U156)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. While bearer is at a plains site, he or she is defender +1. | ||
Firefoot, Mearas of the Mark (13R126)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a When you play Firefoot, you may reinforce a At the start of the maneuver phase, if bearer is Éomer, you may remove 2 | ||
Snowmane, Noble Mearas (13R136)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a When you play Snowmane, you may reinforce a Skirmish: If bearer is Théoden, you may remove 2 | ||
Horse of Great Stature (15U129)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. | ||
Rider’s Mount (15C133)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. | ||
Bill the Pony, Dearly-loved (13R143)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit.
When you play Bill the Pony, you may reinforce a Regroup: Spot 2 minions and remove 2 | ||
Sharku's Warg (5R59)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a warg-rider.
If bearer is Sharku, he is damage +1. Response: If a skirmish special ability is used in a skirmish involving bearer, exert bearer to cancel that action. | ||
War-warg (5U64)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a warg-rider.
Response: If a skirmish special ability is used in a skirmish involving bearer, exert bearer to cancel that action. | ||
Warg (5C65)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a warg-rider.
Response: If a skirmish special ability is used in a skirmish involving bearer, exert bearer to cancel that action. | ||
Messenger’s Mount (12R72)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be The Mouth of Sauron. He is fierce.
Response: If a | ||
Beast of War (17U40)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a While you can spot a threat, bearer is fierce. While you can spot 3 threats, bearer is damage +1. While you can spot 5 threats, you may play this from your discard pile. | ||
Relentless Warg (17R89)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be an Bearer is fierce. When you play this possession, spot a race. While bearer is skirmishing a companion of that race, bearer is strength +3 and damage +1. | ||
Threatening Warg (17U91)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Bearer is fierce. When you play this, you may spot 2 | ||
Vicious Warg (17C92)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be an Bearer is fierce. | ||
Gothmog's Warg, Leader's Mount (18R81)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be an Bearer is fierce. While bearer is Gothmog, he is damage +1 in fierce skirmishes. | ||
Mûmak (5C73)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Southron. Bearer is fierce. | ||
War Mûmak (5R78)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Southron.
Bearer is fierce. | ||
Mûmakil (8U64)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Southron.
Bearer is fierce. While you have initiative or can spot 4 threats, bearer is damage +1. | ||
Black Steed (1R208)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Nazgûl.
While at a plains site, bearer is strength +2. Discard this possession when at an underground site. | ||
Fell Beast (6U83)
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Possession • Mount | To play, discard 2 cards from hand. Bearer must be a Nazgûl. Bearer is fierce. | ||
Winged Mount (8U83)
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Possession • Mount | To play, discard 2 cards from hand.
Bearer must be a Nazgûl. Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, remove a threat to prevent that wound. | ||
Shadowy Mount (12R171)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Nazgûl.
While bearer is at a battleground or forest site, he is fierce. Assignment: Make the Free Peoples player assign bearer to an unbound companion bearing a | ||
Steed of Mordor (12C172)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Nazgûl.
Bearer gains muster. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.) Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may draw 2 cards. | ||
The Witch-king’s Beast, Fell Creature (12U184)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Nazgûl.
If bearer is The Witch-king, after all skirmishes and fierce skirmishes have been resolved, you may exert him twice to make him participate in one additional assignment and skirmish phase. | ||
Gothmog's Warg (10R89)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a For each site you control, bearer is strength +1 (or +2 if bearer is Gothmog). |
List of Cards that Interact with the Mount Item Class[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Aragorn, Defender of Free Peoples (6R50)
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Companion • Man | Skirmish: Remove an | ||
Duinhir, Tall Man of Blackroot Vale (14R8)
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Companion • Man | While you can spot a mount, Duinhir is damage +1.
Each time Duinhir wins a skirmish, if you can spot more minions than companions, you may exert him to discard a minion that has strength 7 or less. | ||
Éomer's Spear (4U268)
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Possession • Hand Weapon | Bearer must be a If bearer is Éomer and he is mounted, Éomer is damage +2. | ||
Helm! Helm! (4R279)
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Event | Regroup: Spot 2 mounted | ||
Léod, Westfold Herdsman (4U285)
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Ally • Home 4 • Man | Villager.
Discard Léod if an opponent controls his home site. Skirmish: Exert Léod to make a mounted companion strength +2. | ||
Rider of Rohan (4C286)
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Companion • Man | Skirmish: If this companion is mounted, exert him to exert a minion skirmishing an unbound companion. | ||
Rider's Spear (4C288)
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Possession • Hand Weapon | Bearer must be a If bearer is mounted, bearer is damage +1. | ||
Weland, Smith of the Riddermark (4U295)
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Ally • Home 4 • Man | Villager.
Discard Weland if an opponent controls his home site. Fellowship: Exert Weland to heal a mounted companion. | ||
Work for the Sword (4C297)
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Event | Skirmish: Make a | ||
Thundering Host (5R94)
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Condition | Plays to your support area.
Skirmish: Discard this condition to make a mounted | ||
Thundering Host (5R128)
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Condition | Plays to your support area.
Skirmish: Discard this condition to make a mounted | ||
Blood Has Been Spilled (6U91)
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Condition | Skirmish: Discard a mount borne by a | ||
Ever the Hope of Men (6U93)
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Event | Regroup: Exert 2 mounted | ||
News From the Mark (6R96)
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Event | Fellowship: Spot 3 mounted | ||
Death They Cried (7R223)
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Event • Maneuver | Spot a mounted | ||
Éowyn, Dernhelm (7R228)
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Companion • Man | Valiant.
While skirmishing a mounted minion, Éowyn is strength +2. While skirmishing a fierce minion, Éowyn is strength +2. | ||
Knights of His House (7U238)
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Event • Maneuver | Choose an opponent. For each mounted companion you spot, that opponent must remove | ||
They Sang as They Slew (7C256)
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Event • Regroup | Exert X mounted companions to wound X minions. | ||
Veteran Horseman (7C257)
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Companion • Man | Skirmish: Exert this companion to make him strength +1 for each mounted companion you spot. | ||
White Hot Fury (7U258)
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Event • Skirmish | Make a mounted | ||
Wind in His Face (7C259)
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Event • Skirmish | Make a | ||
Fury of the Northmen (8C89)
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Event • Skirmish | Exert a minion skirmishing a mounted | ||
Border Patrol (11U144)
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Condition • Support Area | When you play this condition, spot a mounted | ||
Rider's Spear (11S153)
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Possession • Hand Weapon | Bearer must be a If bearer is mounted, bearer is Damage +1. | ||
Riding Like the Wind (11C155)
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Condition • Support Area | To play, exert a While you can spot 2 | ||
Cast Out (12R108)
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Condition • Support Area | Toil 2. (For each Maneuver: Spot a Maneuver: Spot a mounted | ||
Éomer, Heir to Meduseld (13R123)
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Companion • Man | While Éomer bears a mount, he is damage +1.
While no other companion is assigned to a skirmish, Éomer is strength +1 for each other | ||
Hurried Barrows (13U130)
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Event • Skirmish | You may remove from the game 4 other | ||
Rider’s Bow (13U135)
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Possession • Ranged Weapon | Bearer must be a If bearer is mounted, he or she is strength +1. Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may choose a Shadow player who must wound one of his or her minions. | ||
Haleth, Son of Hama (15U128)
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Companion • Man | While you can spot 2 mounts, Haleth is strength +2.
While you can spot 3 mounts, Haleth is damage +1. While you can spot 4 Free Peoples mounts, those mounts can not be discarded by a Shadow player. | ||
Rohan Stable Master (15U134)
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Follower | Aid – Bearer is considered to be mounted. | ||
Spear of the Mark (15U140)
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Possession • Hand Weapon | Bearer must be a If bearer is mounted, bearer is defender +1. | ||
Sturdy Shield (15R141)
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Possession • Shield | Bearer must be a While no opponent controls a site, bearer is strength +1. Regroup: Discard this to liberate a site (or two sites if bearer is mounted). | ||
Dispatched With Haste (17U94)
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Condition • Support Area | While at a plains site, each mounted companion is strength +1.
Regroup: Spot 2 | ||
Éomer, Northman (17R95)
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Companion • Man | Damage +1.
While the Ring-bearer is assigned to a skirmish, Éomer is strength +3. Maneuver: If Éomer is mounted, exert him to make him defender +1 until the end of turn. | ||
Éomer's Bow (18R95)
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Possession • Ranged Weapon | Bearer must be a If bearer is mounted, he or she is strength +1. Archery: If bearer is Éomer, exert him to choose a Shadow player who must exert one of his or her minions. | ||
Théoden, Ednew (18R105)
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Companion • Man | While you can spot Gandalf, Théoden is resistance +2.
While you can spot Éomer, Théoden is damage +1. While you can spot 3 mounted | ||
Eomer, Forthwith Banished (0D23)
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Companion • Man | Valiant. Damage +3. Fellowship: Exert Eomer to play a mount on him from your draw deck. Eomer is strength +2 for each wound on each minion he is skirmishing. At the start of your turn, you may heal a [ROHAN] ally. While you can spot a [ROHAN] man, Eomer is twilight cost -1. | ||
Uruk Spear (4C196)
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Possession • Hand Weapon | Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
Maneuver: Exert bearer to discard a Free Peoples mount. | ||
Sharku, Warg-captain (5R58)
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Minion • Orc | Warg-rider.
While Sharku is not exhausted, he is fierce. Each time you play an | ||
Warg-master (5C66)
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Minion • Orc | Warg-rider.
When you play this minion, you may play an While this minion is not exhausted, he is fierce. | ||
Wolf-voices (5C68)
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Event | Skirmish: Make an | ||
Mûmakil Commander, Bold and Grim (18R71)
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Minion • Man | While at a battleground, this minion is strength +2.
Each mounted Man is strength +1. Regroup: Shuffle any number of your | ||
A Defiled Charge (17R67)
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Condition • Support Area | To play, exert your mounted Each time the Free Peoples player assigns a mounted | ||
Cry and Panic (17C69)
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Condition • Support Area | Each time a mounted | ||
Feral Ride (17C70)
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Event • Skirmish | Make an | ||
Orkish Cavalry (17R74)
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Minion • Orc | Each time you play an Assignment: If this minion is mounted, exert it twice to assign it to a companion of strength 9 or more. | ||
Orkish Flanker (17C77)
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Minion • Orc | Each time this minion wins a skirmish, if it is mounted, exert a companion.
Shadow: Exert 3 | ||
Orkish Rider (17R82)
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Minion • Orc | Each mounted Shadow: Discard an | ||
Orkish Traveler (17C85)
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Minion • Orc | Each | ||
Orkish Veteran (17R86)
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Minion • Orc | Each time you play an Regroup: Exert Orkish Veteran to make the Free Peoples player wound a companion. | ||
Orkish Warg-master (17R87)
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Minion • Orc | Each time a mounted Shadow: Exert bearer to play an | ||
Rider's Gear (17U90)
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Possession • Armor | Bearer must be an While bearer is mounted, it cannot take wounds except during the skirmish phase. | ||
Threatening Warg (17U91)
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Possession • Mount | Bearer must be a Bearer is fierce. When you play this, you may spot 2 | ||
Army of Haradrim (5R70)
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Minion • Man | Southron. | ||
Army of Haradrim (5R126)
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Minion • Man | Southron. | ||
Trample (6R82)
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Event | Maneuver: Spot a mounted | ||
Line of Defense (8C63)
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Condition • Support Area | While you can spot a mounted | ||
Mûmak Chieftain (10R45)
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Minion • Man | Southron.
When you play this minion, you may play a mount on him from your discard pile. Its twilight cost is –2. | ||
Black Dart (8U69)
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Condition • Support Area | Archery: Spot your enduring or mounted Nazgûl to transfer this condition from your support area to an unbound companion. Discard a mount borne by that companion. Bearer cannot heal. | ||
Mastered By Madness (8U73)
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Event • Skirmish | Make a Nazgûl strength +2. If that Nazgûl wins this skirmish, you may discard a Free Peoples mount. | ||
Echo of Hooves (12C164)
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Event • Shadow | Toil 2. (For each Spot your Nazgûl at a battleground or forest site to play a mount on him from your draw deck. | ||
Úlairë Lemenya, Black Enemy (12U176)
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Minion • Nazgul | When you play Úlairë Lemenya, you may play a | ||
Úlairë Nertëa, Black Horseman (12C178)
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Minion • Nazgul | The twilight cost of each mount is –1.
While Úlairë Nertëa is mounted, each Nazgûl is strength +1 and has muster. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.) | ||
They Came From Mordor (13U181)
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Condition • Support Area | When you play this, you may add a Shadow: Discard this from play or remove 2 tokens from here to play a | ||
Úlairë Nelya, Fell Rider (15R186)
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Minion • Nazgul | Fierce.
While you can spot 6 companions, Skirmish: If this minion is mounted, exert him twice to wound a companion bearing a | ||
Horse-country (4U326)
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Site | Plains. While you can spot a | ||
Stables (4U339)
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Site | Sanctuary. Fellowship: Exert a | ||
Westemnet Hills (4U344)
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Site | Plains. When the fellowship moves to Westemnet Hills, heal each mounted companion and mounted ally. | ||
White Rocks (4U346)
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Site | Battleground. The Shadow number of this site is +1 for each mounted companion. | ||
Nan Curunír (5U119)
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Site | Plains. Response: If your mounted minion is about to take a wound, remove | ||
Stables (11S259)
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Site | At the start of your fellowship phase, you may exert a |
Loaded Keywords | ||
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Numeric | Decipher | Damage + X • Defender + X • Ambush X • Hunter X • Toil X |
Non-numeric | Decipher | Aid • Archer • Enduring • Fierce • Lurker • Mounted • Muster • Roaming • Sanctuary • Ring-bearer • Unhasty |
Hobbit Draft Game | Cunning | |
Item Class | Decipher | [Classless] • Support Area • Armor • Brooch • Box • Bracers • Cloak • Gauntlets • Hand Weapon • Helm • Mount • Palantír • Phial • Pipe • Ranged Weapon • Ring • Shield • Staff |