Ring-bearer
Your Ring-bearer is a companion who you place on the table before your starting fellowship, bearing the One Ring. He or she is the key component of your deck, as all strategies rely on killing or corrupting the Ring-bearer, and you only win if your Ring bearer is alive at the regroup phase at site 9.
Alternate Ring-bearers[edit]
At the game's initial release with Fellowship of the Ring, the only playable Ring-bearer was Frodo, and if Sam was in play when he died, the One Ring would pass to Sam and you would continue on with Sam as your Ring-bearer. This remained true until the release of Reflections, when 6 new Alternate Ring-bearers (or ARBs) became available. Alternate Ring-Bearers represented what would happen if Frodo had given or had the One Ring taken by someone else. These ARBs typically have lower resistance than Frodo, but compensated by having higher strength or powerful effects.
The primary impact this has was to permit true monoculture decks to exist; Gondor,
Elven,
Dwarven, and
Gollum could all dispense with any
Shire cards used to keep Frodo alive.
Once Bloodlines was released, two new alternate Ring-bearers were made of Sam and Gandalf, allowing every Free Peoples culture except Rohan to have a Ring-bearer.
Rules Entries[edit]
You may choose any character with the ringed resistance icon, or any version of Frodo, to be your Ring-bearer. You may choose any version of The One Ring. These two cards are not part of your draw deck (they do not count against your total of Free Peoples cards).
- Ring-bearer and The One Ring section
One Free Peoples character always begins the game as your Ring-bearer. (See building your deck.) He bears The One Ring for you, much as when Frodo carried the Ring in his pocket or on a chain around his neck.
If a character other than Frodo is your Ring-bearer, you cannot play any version of Frodo with the Ring-bearer keyword during the game.
While wearing The One Ring, your Ring-bearer can perform all normal actions such as moving and skirmishing. He may defend against attacking minions as usual.
The Ring-bearer cannot be discarded or returned to your hand, and skirmishes involving the Ring-bearer cannot be cancelled.- Ring-bearer section
List of Ring-Bearers[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir (1R289)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
At the start of each of your turns, you may heal a Hobbit ally. | ||
Frodo, Son of Drogo (1C290)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
Fellowship: Exert another companion who has the Frodo signet to heal Frodo. | ||
Frodo, Reluctant Adventurer (2C102)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound. Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
The cost of each artifact, possession, and | ||
Frodo, Courteous Halfling (4R301)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
While you can spot 3 unbound companions, Shadow cards may not discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck. | ||
Frodo, Tired Traveller (4C302)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
Fellowship: Play a Ring-bound companion to remove a burden. | ||
Frodo, Master of the Precious (5U111)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
Fellowship: Add a burden to play Sméagol from your discard pile. | ||
Frodo, Hope of Free Peoples (7C317)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
Ring-bound. Each time the fellowship moves, you may add | ||
Frodo, Wicked Masster! (7R318)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
Ring-bound. Skirmish: At sites 6 | ||
Gimli, Bearer of Grudges (9R+4)
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Companion • Dwarf | Damage +1.
While Gimli is the Ring-bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him, add 2 burdens or 2 threats. While Gimli is damage +X, he is resistance +X. | ||
Galadriel, Bearer of Wisdom (9R+14)
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Companion • Elf | While Galadriel bears an artifact or The One Ring, she is resistance +1 for each | ||
Sméagol, Bearer of Great Secrets (9R+30)
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Companion | Ring-bound. To play, add a burden.
Each time the fellowship moves, place an unbound companion in the dead pile. Regroup: If Sméagol is the Ring-bearer, add 2 burdens to discard each minion. | ||
Boromir, Bearer of Council (9R+31)
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Companion • Man | While Boromir is the Ring-bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him, add 3 burdens or wound him twice.
Each time Boromir wins a skirmish, discard each minion he is skirmishing. | ||
Isildur, Bearer of Heirlooms (9R+33)
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Companion • Man | While Isildur is the Ring-bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him, add 2 burdens or exert 3 companions.
While Isildur bears The One Ring or an artifact, each | ||
Bilbo, Bearer of Things Burgled (9R+49)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound.
Each time the fellowship moves, if the twilight pool has 2 or fewer twilight tokens, add 2 burdens or add | ||
Frodo, Resolute Hobbit (10P121)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer (resistance 12). | ||
Frodo, Protected by Many (11S164)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. At the start of the regroup phase, you may exert Frodo to make him gain muster until the end of the regroup phase. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.) | ||
Gandalf, Bearer of Obligation (13R33)
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Companion • Wizard | While Gandalf is the Ring-bearer, each time the fellowship moves, add 3 burdens unless you spot 2 other companions and discard 2 | ||
Sam, Bearer of Great Need (13R156)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound.
Sam is resistance +1 for each Hobbit you can spot. Regroup: Exert Sam and transfer a follower he is bearing to your support area to discard a minion from play. | ||
Frodo, Weary From the Journey (15C144)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer. Ring-bound.
While skirmishing a minion of strength 8 or less, Frodo is strength +2. | ||
Faramir, Bearer of Quality (17R28)
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Companion • Man | While Faramir is the Ring-bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him, add 2 burdens or 2 threats.
Skirmish: While Faramir is the Ring-bearer, you may wound Faramir to make a minion skirmishing a | ||
Frodo, Little Master (19P28)
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Companion • Hobbit | Fellowship. Ring-bearer. Ring-bound.
While you cannot spot 4 threats, Shadow cards cannot discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck. | ||
Frodo, Mr. Underhill (0P67)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound. Ring-bearer (resistance 10).
The cost of each artifact, possession, and | ||
Frodo, Mr. Underhill (0W25)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bearer. |
Cards That Interact With the Ring-Bearer[edit]
Free Peoples[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Mysterious Wizard (1C78)
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Event | Spell.
Skirmish: Make Gandalf strength +2 (or +4 if there are 4 or fewer burdens on the Ring-bearer). | ||
Extraordinary Resilience (1C287)
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Event | Response: If the Ring-bearer is about to heal, remove a burden instead. | ||
Power According to His Stature (1R308)
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Event | Skirmish: Add 1 burden to wound each minion skirmishing the Ring-bearer. | ||
Sam, Faithful Companion (1R310)
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Companion • Hobbit | Fellowship: Play Bill the Pony from your draw deck.
Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
Sam, Son of Hamfast (1C311)
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Companion • Hobbit | Fellowship: Exert Sam to remove a burden.
Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! (2R108)
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Condition | Tale. Bearer must be the Ring-bearer.
Skirmish: Discard this condition to take off The One Ring or to cancel a skirmish involving the Ring-bearer and a Nazgûl. | ||
Sam, Proper Poet (2C114)
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Companion • Hobbit | Maneuver: Exert Sam twice to make him defender +1 until the regroup phase.
Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
Arwen, Elven Rider (3U7)
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Companion • Elf | Ranger.
Response: If the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound, discard 3 cards from hand to prevent that wound. | ||
Phial of Galadriel (3U24)
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Possession | To play, exert an Elf. Bearer must be the Ring-bearer.
Bearer’s resistance is +2. | ||
Meant to Be Alone (3C109)
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Event | Fellowship: Spot a Hobbit companion (except the Ring-bearer) to reveal a card at random from an opponent’s hand. Remove | ||
Merry, Learned Guide (4C310)
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Companion • Hobbit | Skirmish: Exert the Ring-bearer to discard Merry. Any Shadow player may remove | ||
Sam, Frodo's Gardener (4R315)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound.
Fellowship: Play Sam’s Pack from your draw deck. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
Sam, Samwise the Brave (4C316)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound.
Response: If a Shadow card is about to add any number of burdens, spot Frodo and exert Sam to prevent this. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
Sam, Nice Sensible Hobbit (5U115)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound.
While you can spot Frodo and Sméagol, Sam may not be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
Sam, Needer of Vittles (7C326)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound.
Fellowship: Play a Hobbit companion to remove a burden. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
Sam, Resolute Halfling (7R327)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound.
Fellowship: If you have initiative, discard a card from hand to heal Sam. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
Saved From the Fire (8R20)
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Event • Fellowship | Spot Gandalf and place a companion (except the Ring-bearer) in the dead pile to take 3 cards from that companion's culture into hand from your draw deck. Shuffle your draw deck. | ||
Gimli, Bearer of Grudges (9R+4)
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Companion • Dwarf | Damage +1.
While Gimli is the Ring-bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him, add 2 burdens or 2 threats. While Gimli is damage +X, he is resistance +X. | ||
Sméagol, Bearer of Great Secrets (9R+30)
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Companion | Ring-bound. To play, add a burden.
Each time the fellowship moves, place an unbound companion in the dead pile. Regroup: If Sméagol is the Ring-bearer, add 2 burdens to discard each minion. | ||
Boromir, Bearer of Council (9R+31)
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Companion • Man | While Boromir is the Ring-bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him, add 3 burdens or wound him twice.
Each time Boromir wins a skirmish, discard each minion he is skirmishing. | ||
Isildur, Bearer of Heirlooms (9R+33)
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Companion • Man | While Isildur is the Ring-bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him, add 2 burdens or exert 3 companions.
While Isildur bears The One Ring or an artifact, each | ||
Scroll of Isildur (9R36)
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Artifact • Support Area | Tale. To play, spot a The Ring-bearer is resistance +1 for each Fellowship: Discard this artifact to play a ring from your discard pile. | ||
Brave and Loyal (10U105)
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Event • Skirmish | If a Hobbit companion is not assigned to a skirmish, exert that Hobbit to have him or her replace a companion (except the Ring-bearer) in a skirmish. | ||
Sam, Great Elf Warrior (10P122)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound.
Sam is strength +1 for each Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
Fallen Lord (11U6)
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Event • Skirmish | Exert the Ring-bearer and a Dwarf to make that Dwarf strength +X, where X equals that Dwarf's resistance. | ||
Watch and Wait (12R35)
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Condition | To play, spot a Bearer must be a companion (except the Ring-bearer). Limit 1 per bearer. Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may remove a burden. | ||
Faramir, Dunadan of Gondor (12R47)
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Companion • Man | Ranger.
Skirmish: Exert Faramir to make him strength +1 for each wound on the Ring-bearer. | ||
Home and Hearth (12C122)
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Condition • Support Area | Each time you play a Hobbit, you may remove a burden. Then, if the fellowship is at dwelling site, heal the Ring-bearer. | ||
Long Live the Halflings (12R124)
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Condition • Support Area | To play, spot a Hobbit.
Skirmish: If your Ring-bearer is assigned to a skirmish, discard this condition to make each companion who has resistance 7 or more strength +2 until the regroup phase. | ||
Gandalf, Bearer of Obligation (13R33)
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Companion • Wizard | While Gandalf is the Ring-bearer, each time the fellowship moves, add 3 burdens unless you spot 2 other companions and discard 2 | ||
Halbarad, Ranger of the North (14R9)
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Companion • Man | Ranger.
While the Ring-bearer has resistance 9 or more, Halbarad’s twilight cost is –1. At the start of the maneuver phase, you may discard a | ||
Pippin, The Short One (15C151)
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Companion • Hobbit | Each Skirmish: If Pippin is skirmishing a hunter minion, exert the Ring-bearer to make Pippin strength +2. | ||
Sam, Innocent Traveler (15U153)
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Companion • Hobbit | Ring-bound. While Sam bears the One Ring, he is resistance –4.
Maneuver: If Sam is bearing a follower, exert him to heal another Hobbit. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer. | ||
Faramir, Bearer of Quality (17R28)
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Companion • Man | While Faramir is the Ring-bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him, add 2 burdens or 2 threats.
Skirmish: While Faramir is the Ring-bearer, you may wound Faramir to make a minion skirmishing a | ||
Éowyn, Northwoman (17R96)
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Companion • Man | While the Ring-bearer is assigned to a skirmish, Éowyn cannot take wounds while skirmishing.
Assignment: Exert Éowyn and assign a minion to the Ring-bearer to make that minion lose all keywords and unable to gain keywords until the regroup phase. | ||
Galadriel's Silver Ewer (18R11)
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Artifact • Support Area | To play, spot Galadriel or Celeborn.
While Galadriel is the Ring-bearer, she is strength +2 and resistance +2. Each time you play an | ||
Precise Attack (18C101)
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Event • Archery | Discard a | ||
Aragorn, Well-traveled Guide (19P12)
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Companion • Man | Fellowship. Ranger.
While the Ring-bearer is the only other companion you can spot, Aragorn is an archer, defender +1, and can take no more than 1 wound each skirmish. | ||
Sam, Loyal Friend (19P32)
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Companion • Hobbit | Fellowship. Ring-bound.
While Sam bears The One Ring, he is resistance -4. While you can spot 3 Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer. | ||
Sam, Lover of Trees (0W13)
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Companion • Hobbit | Triumph - At the start of the fellowship phase you may remove 3 burdens.
Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (Resistance 5). | ||
Sam, Of Bagshot Row (V1_54)
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Companion • Hobbit | Each time a companion with the Frodo signet wins a skirmish, you may exert Sam or add a burden to heal that companion.
Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). |
Shadow[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Caradhras Has Not Forgiven Us (1R123)
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Event | Spell. Weather.
Maneuver: Exert a | ||
Cruel Caradhras (1R124)
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Event | Spell. Weather.
Maneuver: Exert a | ||
Greed (1R125)
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Condition | To play, spot an Uruk-hai.
Maneuver: Spot 6 companions and remove | ||
Saruman's Reach (1R137)
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Event | Search.
Maneuver: Exert an Uruk-hai to make the opponent choose to either exert 2 companions or make the Ring-bearer put on The One Ring until the regroup phase. | ||
Traitor's Voice (1U142)
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Condition | Search. To play, spot an Uruk-hai.
While the Ring-bearer is exhausted or you can spot 5 burdens, the move limit for this turn is -1 (to a minimum of 1). | ||
Uruk Spy (1R155)
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Minion • Uruk-hai | Response: If the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, exert this minion. Discard a card from the top of your draw deck for each | ||
Worry (1U162)
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Condition | To play, exert an Uruk-hai.
Each time an Uruk-hai wins a skirmish, the opponent must choose to either exert the Ring-bearer or add a burden. | ||
The End Comes (1R169)
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Event | Assignment: Spot 5 | ||
Fool of a Took! (1R170)
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Event | Shadow: Spot a Hobbit (except the Ring-bearer) to reveal cards from the top of your draw deck until you reveal one that is not a | ||
Frenzy (1C171)
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Event | Assignment: Assign an exhausted companion (except the Ring-bearer) to skirmish a | ||
Lost to the Goblins (1R189)
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Event | Response: If the Ring-bearer exerts or takes a wound, discard a card from the top of your draw deck for each | ||
All Veils Removed (1R204)
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Event | Skirmish: Make a Nazgûl strength +2 (or +5 if the Ring-bearer wears The One Ring). | ||
Beauty Is Fading (1R205)
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Event | Maneuver: Exert a Nazgûl to discard a Free Peoples possession or Free Peoples condition. If you can spot no such card, discard an ally or companion (except the Ring-bearer) instead. | ||
Blade Tip (1U209)
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Condition | Response: If your Nazgûl wins a skirmish, transfer this condition from your support area to the losing character. Limit 1 per character. Wound bearer at the start of each fellowship phase. (If bearer is the Ring-bearer, add a burden instead.) | ||
Frozen by Fear (1U213)
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Event | Skirmish: Make a Nazgûl strength +2 (or +3 if the Ring-bearer is assigned to a skirmish that has not resolved). | ||
In the Ringwraith's Wake (1R214)
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Event | Response: If a Nazgûl wins a skirmish, the Free Peoples player chooses to either exert the Ring-bearer or add a burden. | ||
The Nine Servants of Sauron (1U219)
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Condition | Search.
Each time you play a Nazgûl, you may exert a Hobbit (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Return to Its Master (1R224)
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Event | Response: If the Ring-bearer wears The One Ring at the end of a skirmish phase, cancel all remaining assignments and assign a Nazgûl to skirmish the Ring-bearer; The One Ring’s game text does not apply during this skirmish. | ||
The Twilight World (1R228)
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Event | Response: If Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, exert a Nazgûl to add 2 burdens. | ||
Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul (1U231)
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Minion • Nazgul | Fierce.
Maneuver: Spot 6 companions (or 5 burdens) and exert Úlairë Enquëa to wound a companion (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Úlairë Toldëa, Messenger of Morgul (1R236)
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Minion • Nazgul | Fierce.
Assignment: Spot 4 burdens to assign a companion (except the Ring-bearer) to skirmish Úlairë Toldëa. | ||
Despair (1R243)
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Event | Maneuver: If the total number of burdens and companions in the dead pile is at least 12, spot a | ||
Hate (1R250)
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Event | Maneuver: Exert a | ||
A Host Avails Little (1U251)
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Event | Search.
Maneuver: Spot a | ||
The Irresistible Shadow (1R252)
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Condition | To play, exert a If you can spot 5 burdens and the Free Peoples player has no cards in his or her draw deck, the Ring-bearer is corrupted. | ||
Morgul Skirmisher (1U257)
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Minion • Orc | Maneuver: Remove | ||
The Ring's Oppression (1C273)
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Event | Response: If a | ||
Thin and Stretched (1R279)
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Condition | To play, exert a Add a burden at the end of each turn during which bearer was not assigned to a skirmish (and another companion was). | ||
Too Much Attention (2R45)
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Event | Response: If the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, spot an | ||
Resistance Becomes Unbearable (2U79)
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Event | Maneuver: Exert a twilight Nazgûl to exert the Ring-bearer.
If the Ring-bearer is then exhausted, he puts on The One Ring until the regroup phase. | ||
Úlairë Enquëa, Ringwraith in Twilight (2U83)
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Minion • Nazgul | Twilight.
Each time Úlairë Enquëa wins a skirmish, you may exert him to wound the Ring-bearer once (or twice if you spot 5 burdens). | ||
Úlairë Nelya, Ringwraith in Twilight (2R84)
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Minion • Nazgul | Twilight.
While you can spot 2 burdens or 2 wounds on the Ring-bearer, Úlairë Nelya is fierce and damage +1 | ||
The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgul (2R85)
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Minion • Nazgul | 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. | ||
Wraith-world (2R86)
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Event | Skirmish: Spot a twilight Nazgûl and the Ring-bearer wearing The One Ring to add 3 burdens. | ||
Southern Spies (2C91)
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Event | Response: If the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, spot a | ||
Verily I Come (2R94)
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Condition | To play, exert a Each time the Free Peoples player draws a card (or takes a card into hand) during the fellowship phase, add a burden. | ||
Isengard Warrior (3U61)
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Minion • Orc | While you can spot another Regroup: Exert this minion and spot 3 wounds on the Ring-bearer to exert every companion. | ||
Orc Overseer (3R65)
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Minion • Orc | Regroup: Exert Orc Overseer twice to exhaust a companion (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Orthanc Berserker (3R66)
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Minion • Uruk-hai | Damage +1.
Maneuver: Spot 5 burdens and exert Orthanc Berserker twice to exhaust a companion (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Saruman, Servant of the Eye (3C69)
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Minion • Wizard | Saruman may not take wounds during the archery phase and may not be assigned to a skirmish.
Assignment: Exert Saruman to assign an | ||
Úlairë Otsëa, Ringwraith in Twilight (3U86)
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Minion • Nazgul | Twilight.
Each time Úlairë Otsëa wins a skirmish, you may exert him to transfer Blade Tip from your support area to the Ring-bearer. | ||
Morgul Slayer (3R93)
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Minion • Orc | Regroup: Exert this minion to wound a companion (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Orc Slayer (3U97)
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Minion • Orc | Regroup: Exert this minion to wound a companion (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Many Riddles (4U159)
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Condition | Search. To play, exert an Plays on a companion (except the Ring-bearer). Assignment: Exert an Bearer may exert to prevent this. | ||
Desert Lord (4R219)
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Minion • Man | Southron. Archer.
Archery: Exert Desert Lord to exert a companion (except the Ring-bearer); Desert Lord does not add to the minion archery total. | ||
Elite Archer (4U232)
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Minion • Man | Southron. Archer.
Archery: Exert this minion to exert a companion (except the Ring-bearer); this minion does not add to the minion archery total. | ||
New Fear (4R240)
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Event | Regroup: Exert a | ||
Southron Bowman (4C248)
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Minion • Man | Southron. Archer.
Archery: Exert this minion to exert a companion (except the Ring-bearer); this minion does not add to the minion archery total. | ||
Southron Commander (4U249)
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Minion • Man | Southron. Ambush Assignment: Spot 6 companions to assign this minion to the Ring-bearer. The Free Peoples player may discard an unbound companion to prevent this. | ||
Southron Troop (4R256)
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Minion • Man | Southron. Archer. Ambush Assignment: Spot 7 companions to assign this minion to the Ring-bearer. The Free Peoples player may make you discard a companion (except the Ring-bearer) to prevent this. | ||
Vision From Afar (4R259)
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Event | Assignment: Assign an Easterling to the Ring-bearer. The Free Peoples player may add a burden to prevent this. | ||
You’re a Liar and a Thief (6C47)
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Event | Response: If Gollum wins a skirmish, wound a companion (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Desertion (6U61)
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Condition | To play, spot an | ||
Fires and Foul Fumes (6R62)
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Event | Regroup: Discard 4 | ||
Trample (6R82)
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Event | Maneuver: Spot a mounted | ||
Úlairë Lemenya, Winged Hunter (6U86)
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Minion • Nazgul | Regroup: Exert Úlairë Lemenya and discard 3 cards from hand to return a companion (except the Ring-bearer) to owner’s hand. | ||
Bold Men and Grim (7R129)
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Condition • Support Area | To play, spot 2 Discard this condition at the start of the regroup phase. | ||
Fierce in Despair (7R148)
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Event • Regroup | Spot 2 | ||
Southron Leader (7R166)
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Minion • Man | Southron.
Archery: Spot 4 Free Peoples cultures and either exert this minion or remove a threat to wound a companion (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Suzerain of Harad (7R170)
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Minion • Man | Southron. Archer.
While you have initiative, the Ring-bearer may not take wounds during the archery phase and this minion is ambush | ||
Called (7U174)
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Condition • Support Area | Assignment: Remove 5 threats to assign a Nazgûl to a companion (except the Ring-bearer). The Free Peoples player may discard that companion. | ||
Morgul Axe (7C186)
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Possession • Hand Weapon | Bearer must be a While you can spot 2 wounds on the Ring-bearer, bearer is damage +1. | ||
Morgul Brawler (7U187)
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Minion • Orc | While the Ring-bearer is exhausted, this minion is strength +3, fierce and damage +1. | ||
Morgul Brute (7R188)
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Minion • Orc | When you play this minion, you may spot a Nazgûl to add a burden. The Free Peoples player may wound the Ring–bearer to prevent this.
Skirmish: Remove a burden to make this minion strength +3. | ||
Morgul Destroyer (7U190)
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Minion • Orc | When you play this minion, you may spot a Nazgûl to add 2 threats. The Free Peoples player may wound the Ring–bearer to prevent this.
Skirmish: Remove a threat to make this minion strength +3. | ||
Morgul Hound (7C192)
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Minion • Orc | While you can spot 2 wounds on the Ring–bearer, this minion is strength +4 and fierce. | ||
Morgul Mongrel (7C194)
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Minion • Orc | While you can spot 3 wounds on the Ring–bearer, this minion is fierce and damage +1. | ||
Morgul Whelp (7U202)
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Minion • Orc | While you can spot a wound on the Ring–bearer, this minion is strength +6. | ||
Put Forth His Strength (7R205)
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Condition • Support Area | To play spot a Nazgûl.
Shadow: If you have initiative and there are 3 characters in the dead pile, spot 3 burdens, 3 threats and a Nazgûl to corrupt the Ring–bearer. | ||
Stronghold of Minas Morgul (7R206)
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Condition • Support Area | Response: If your Regroup: Spot 3 | ||
Úlairë Enquëa, Faster Than Winds (7U212)
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Minion • Nazgul | Fierce.
While you can spot 6 companions, Úlairë Enquëa is Damage +1. Each time a companion is killed, you may exert Úlairë Enquëa to exert the Ring–bearer. | ||
War Long Planned (7C220)
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Event • Skirmish | Make a | ||
The Witch-king, Morgul King (7R221)
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Minion • Nazgul | Fierce.
When you play The Witch-king, you may remove a threat to take a The Ring-bearer cannot take threat wounds. | ||
Mordor Assassin (7R284)
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Minion • Orc | Response: If a companion is overwhelmed during a skirmish involving a | ||
Called Away (8R93)
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Condition • Support Area | Regroup: Discard a | ||
Gollum, Dark as Darkness (9R+28)
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Minion | Shadow: Exert Gollum twice to exert the Ring-bearer.
Shadow: Remove a burden to add Regroup: Exert Gollum twice to wound the Ring-bearer. | ||
Gorbag, Covetous Captain (10R59)
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Minion • Orc | For each wound on the Ring-bearer, each | ||
Ten Times Outnumbered (10C66)
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Event • Skirmish | Make a | ||
Wielding the Ring (11U105)
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Condition | To play, spot a Bearer must be a companion (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Undisciplined (11R141)
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Event • Assignment | Toil 3. (For each | ||
Shapes Slowly Advancing (11R217)
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Condition • Support Area | Regroup: Discard your Nazgûl from play to add a | ||
The Beckoning Shadow (12R83)
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Condition • Support Area | To play, exert an If you can spot 5 burdens, and the Free Peoples player has no cards in his or her draw deck, the Ring-bearer is corrupted. | ||
Dark Temptation (12R163)
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Condition • Support Area | Each time you play a Nazgûl, you may heal the Ring-bearer twice to add a burden. | ||
In the Ringwraith’s Wake (12U165)
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Event • Response | If a Nazgûl wins a skirmish, the Free Peoples player chooses to either exert the Ring-bearer or add a burden. | ||
The Witch-king, Black Lord (12R183)
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Minion • Nazgul | 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. | ||
Trap Is Sprung (13R57)
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Event • Regroup | To play, discard Gollum from play. Heal the Ring-bearer to add a burden. If the fellowship is not in region 1, you may repeat this for each other wound on the Ring-bearer. | ||
Dunlending Patriarch (13U88)
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Minion • Man | When you play this, you may spot another While each companion is wounded, this minion is fierce. | ||
Gollum, Hopeless (15R43)
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Minion | At the start of each skirmish involving Gollum, he is strength +X until the end of that skirmish, where X is the Ring-bearer’s strength. | ||
Mûmak Commander, Giant Among the Swertings (15R86)
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Minion • Man | Maneuver: Exert Mûmak Commander twice to exert a companion twice (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Pursuing Horde (15U88)
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Condition | To play, spot a Bearer must be a companion (except the Ring-bearer). Limit 1 per companion. | ||
Tower Troll (15R117)
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Minion • Troll | For each companion over 5, this minion is damage +1.
Assignment: Exert this minion twice to assign it to a companion (except the Ring-bearer). If you cannot spot 6 companions, the Free Peoples player may exert a companion to prevent this. | ||
Mauhúr, Relentless Hunter (15S164)
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Minion • Uruk-hai | Fierce. Hunter 1. (While skirmishing a non-hunter character, this character is strength +1.)
Assignment: Exert Mauhúr to assign him to a non-hunter character (except the Ring-bearer). | ||
Pit Troll (19P22)
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Minion • Troll | Hunter 2. (While skirmishing a non-hunter character, this character is strength +2.)
When you play this minion, add 2 threats. The Free Peoples player may exert the Ring-bearer to prevent this. | ||
Guided by One Purpose (V1_31)
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Condition • Support Area | Each time a tentacle wins a skirmish, you may stack it here.
Assignment: Spot 4 tentacles stacked here and discard this condition to assign a | ||
Ringwraith in Twilight (V1_40)
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Minion • Nazgul | Twilight.
This minion is strength +1 for each wound on the Ring-bearer. At the start of the maneuver phase, you may exert this minion to make it fierce until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may exert the Ring-bearer to prevent this. | ||
Their Eyes Fell Upon Him (V1_41)
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Condition • Support Area | To play, spot a twilight Nazgul.
Each time the fellowship moves, you may spot a wound on the Ring-bearer to draw a card (or 2 cards if the Ring-bearer is exhausted). | ||
I See You (V1_46)
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Condition • Support Area | The site number of each -1 for each burden you can spot. Each 1 or less is strength +1. When the Ring-bearer takes off The One Ring, discard this condition. |
Sites[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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Caverns of Isengard (5U120)
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Site | Underground. The Free Peoples player wins the game only if the Ring-bearer survives until Shadow players reconcile. | ||
Narchost (7U362)
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Site | Shadow: Spot 8 burdens to make the Ring-bearer wear The One Ring until the regroup phase. |
The One Ring[edit]
Portrait | Card Name | Culture | Card Type | Game Text |
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The One Ring, Isildur's Bane (1R1)
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The One Ring | Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, he wears The One Ring until the regroup phase.
While wearing The One Ring, each time the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound, add two burdens instead. | ||
The One Ring, The Ruling Ring (1C2)
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The One Ring | Response: If bearer is about to take a wound in a skirmish, he wears The One Ring until the regroup phase.
While wearing The One Ring, each time the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound during a skirmish, add a burden instead. | ||
The One Ring, Answer To All Riddles (4R1)
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The One Ring | While wearing The One Ring, the Ring-bearer is strength +2, and each time he is about to take a wound in a skirmish, add a burden instead.
Skirmish: Add a burden to wear The One Ring until the regroup phase. | ||
The One Ring, Such a Weight to Carry (7R2)
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The One Ring | Maneuver: Add a burden to wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
While wearing The One Ring, each time the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead. | ||
The One Ring, The Binding Ring (9R+1)
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The One Ring | Fellowship: Add 2 burdens to play a ring from your draw deck.
Maneuver: Exert bearer to wear The One Ring until the regroup phase. While wearing The One Ring, each time the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead. | ||
The One Ring, The Ring of Rings (11R1)
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The One Ring | Response: If the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound, he or she wears The One Ring until the regroup phase. While the Ring-bearer is wearing The One Ring, each time he or she is about to take a wound, add a burden instead. | ||
The One Ring, The Ring of Doom (15R1)
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The One Ring | While wearing The One Ring, the Ring–bearer gains hunter 3, and each time he or she is about to take a wound in a skirmish, add a burden instead.
Skirmish: Add a burden to wear The One Ring until the regroup phase. | ||
The One Ring, The Great Ring (19P1)
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The One Ring | While wearing The One Ring, each time bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
Maneuver: Wear The One Ring until the regroup phase. Skirmish: Add a burden to make the Ring-bearer strength +3. |