Savagery to Match Their Numbers (1R139) is a 
Isengard Event from the Fellowship of the Ring set.
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Revision 2 · Player's Council · 2023-01-11
| Collection Info
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| Title
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Savagery to Match Their Numbers
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| Unique
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No
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| Collectible
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No
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| Set
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1 - The Fellowship of the Ring
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| Rarity
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R - Rare
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| Card Number
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139
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| Language
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EN - English
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| Revision
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2 (Player's Council)
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| Release Date
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2023-01-11
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| Notes
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Lists: ERL, MXL. The strength +4 bonus lasts until the regroup phase.
This is a day for revisiting Overtuned Errata of Christmas Past, apparently. Two changes have been made: first, the card has essentially been reverted to the original form, except that the strength bonus for the first skirmish is +4 while the second skirmish is only +2 (instead of +4 for both), and the twilight cost of the event has been increased to 2, requiring that you either utilize Saruman's Ambition (1C133) or give away what you're doing.
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| Gameplay Info
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| Playable
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Yes
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| Culture
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Isengard
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| Side
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Shadow
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| Card Type
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Event
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| Twilight Cost
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1
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| Game Text
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Skirmish: Make an Uruk-hai strength +2.
If you can spot 5 companions, also make it fierce and an additional strength +2 until the regroup phase.
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| Lore
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Uruk-hai match their enemies' strength with their own feral rage.
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| Technical Info
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| Wiki Base Card ID
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LOTR-EN01S139.0
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| Wiki Release ID
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LOTR-EN01S139.2
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| TLHH ID
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LOTR01139
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| GEMP ID
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1_139
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| LOTRO Hex ID
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4B 2C F4
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| LOTRO Image ID
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01_139
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Revision 1 · Player's Council · 2021-04-11
| Collection Info
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| Title
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Savagery to Match Their Numbers
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| Unique
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No
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| Collectible
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No
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| Set
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1 - The Fellowship of the Ring
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| Rarity
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R - Rare
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| Card Number
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139
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| Language
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EN - English
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| Revision
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1 (Player's Council)
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| Release Date
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2021-04-11
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| Notes
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Lists: ERL, MXL. The strength +4 bonus lasts until the regroup phase.
Decipher Notes:
The secondary function of this card is too strong for its cost, and makes the card superior in almost all situations to any other strength event.
Savagery has long been a power card that requires the Free Peoples player to play around in FOTR block. Most anti-Fellowship-size cards are at the 6 companion limit, but Savagery triggers at 5, meaning that fellowships have to either go with a meager 4 companions or risk losing a couple companions anyway to one instance of this card.
The PC has opted to keep the 5 companion spotting element and eliminated the +4 strength boost that lingers to the Regroup phase as the most frustrating aspect of the card. Fierce is scary, but not as scary as one event automatically winning the fierce skirmish for you by dint of the +4 persisting.
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| Technical Info
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| Wiki Base Card ID
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LOTR-EN01S139.0
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| Wiki Release ID
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LOTR-EN01S139.1
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| TLHH ID
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LOTR01139
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| GEMP ID
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1_139
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| LOTRO Hex ID
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4B 2C F4
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| LOTRO Image ID
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01_139
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First edition · Decipher
| Technical Info
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| Wiki Base Card ID
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LOTR-EN01S139.0
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| TLHH ID
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LOTR01139
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| GEMP ID
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1_139
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| LOTRO Hex ID
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4B 2C F4
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| LOTRO Image ID
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01_139
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| Translations
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| DE - German
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| Card Name
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Ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste
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| Game Text
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Kampf Gib einem Uruk-hai Stärke +2, oder entdecke 5 Gefährten, um einem Uruk-hai Stärke +4 zu geben und ihn bis zur Sammelphase Erbittert zu machen.
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| Lore
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Uruk-hai gleichen die Stärke ihrer Feinde durch ihre wilde Raserei aus.
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| FR - French
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| Card Name
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Barbarie pour Rivaliser avec leur Grand Nombre
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| Game Text
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Combat : Donnez à un Ourouk-Haï +2 en force, ou désignez 5 compagnons pour donner à un Ourouk-Haï +4 en force et le rendre acharné jusqu’à la phase de ralliement.
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| Lore
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Les Ourouk-Haï rivalisent avec leurs ennemis par leur propre rage sauvage.
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| IT - Italian
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| Card Name
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Orda Selvaggia
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| Game Text
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Schermaglia: Aggiungi +2 alla forza di un Uruk-hai o avvista 5 compagni per aggiungere +4 alla forza di un Uruk-hai, e renderlo Feroce, fino alla fase di raccolta.
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| Lore
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Gli Uruk-hai eguagliano la forza dei nemici con la loro furia selvaggia.
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| ES - Spanish
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| Card Name
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Brutalidad Para Igualar Sus Números
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| Game Text
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Escaramuza: Da a un Uruk-hai fuerza +2, o avista 5 compañeros para dar a un Uruk-hai fuerza +4 y fiero hasta la fase de reagrupación.
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| Lore
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Los Uruk-hai igualan la fuerza de sus enemigos con su propia furia salvaje.
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| ZH - Chinese
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Strategy[edit]
The key skirmish pump for the Uruk-Hai race, Savagery to Match Their Numbers offers a +2 strength bonus for a twilight cost of (0) against any companion; however, when a Fellowship contains at least 5 companions, the minion becomes fierce and Savagery to Match Their Numbers offers a +4 strength bonus which lasts until the regroup phase. The ability for this strength bonus to last through a second skirmish with just the single event makes it relatively unusual for a skirmish pump. Savagery to Match Their Numbers can alter a Free Peoples players' strategy significantly--the player may not complete a strategy or playing a fifth companion to avoid the full effect of this pump, making it even better crowd control than Greed or Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul.
Savagery to Match Their Numbers was added to the X-List in formats after Fellowship block, rendering the card unplayable in all subsequent formats. In casual formats, the event can be used with [Isengard] or [Sauron] Uruk-Hai, like Saruman's Ambition or Beyond the Height of Men.
With the Reflections expansion, Sack of the Shire is the closest [Isengard] pump offered, although Ferocity is a zero-!cost strength +2/3 pump in The Two Towers base set.
Strengths and Weaknesses[edit]
Strong Versus...[edit]
- Fellowships with 5 or more companions
- With Saruman, Keeper of Isengard, Savagery to Match Their Numbers is arguably the most important [Isengard] card in Fellowship of the Ring block
- In casual formats, Savagery to Match Their Numbers can be coupled with [Isengard] or [Sauron] Uruk-Hai
Weak Versus...[edit]
- Against small fellowships of four companions or less, Savagery to Match Their Numbers is a (0) cost, strength +2 pump; while this isn't anything to scoff at, the card could prevent some hand clog if the Shadow player greedily waits for a fifth companion to maximize its effects
- For players under a budget, even still, Savagery to Match Their Numbers is a fairly expensive card and can be difficult to acquire
See Also[edit]
Fellowship Block Uruk-Hai Shadow by ket_the_jet
Shadow Draw Deck:
1x Lurtz, Servant of Isengard
3x Saruman, Keeper of Isengard
4x Troop of Uruk-hai
2x Uruk Captain
3x Uruk Fighter
4x Uruk Lieutenant
4x Uruk Ravager
1x The Balrog, Durin's Bane
1x Beyond the Height of Men
1x Lurtz's Battle Cry
1x Saruman's Power
4x Savagery to Match Their Numbers
1x Greed
1x No Business of Ours
3x Saruman's Ambition
2x Saruman's Snows
Saruman's Snows (1C138)
