Spell

Spell is an unloaded keyword appearing on cards from the Gandalf and Isengard culture.

List of Cards with the Spell Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Intimidate (1C76)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Response: If a companion is about to take a wound, spot Gandalf to prevent that wound.
	Mysterious Wizard (1C78)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Skirmish: Make Gandalf strength +2 (or +4 if there are 4 or fewer burdens on the Ring-bearer).
	Questions That Need Answering (1R81)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Fellowship: If the twilight pool has fewer than 3 twilight tokens, spot Gandalf to look at the top 4 cards of your draw deck. Take 2 of those cards into hand and discard the rest.
	Risk a Little Light (1C82)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Fellowship: If the twilight pool has fewer than 2 twilight tokens, spot Gandalf to look at the top 2 cards of your draw deck. Take one into hand and discard the other.
	Servant of the Secret Fire (1R83)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Skirmish: Spot Gandalf to make a minion strength -3.
	Sleep, Caradhras (1C84)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Fellowship: Exert Gandalf to discard every condition.
	Strength of Spirit (1C85)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Response: If a companion is about to exert, spot Gandalf to place no token for that exertion.
	Treachery Deeper Than You Know (1C86)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Fellowship: Spot Gandalf to reveal an opponent’s hand.
	Staff Asunder (2R27)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Skirmish: Discard a staff Gandalf is bearing and then exert him twice to discard a minion he is skirmishing.
	Wielder of the Flame (2U28)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Maneuver: Spot Gandalf to make a companion defender +1 until the regroup phase. Any Shadow player may remove to prevent this.
	You Cannot Pass! (2U30)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Maneuver: Spot Gandalf bearing a staff to prevent a minion from being fierce until the regroup phase.
	Deep in Thought (3C30)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Maneuver: Spot Gandalf and 4 twilight tokens to discard all Shadow conditions.
	Fireworks (3C32)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Fellowship: Spot Gandalf to shuffle up to 2 or up to 2 cards from your discard pile into your draw deck.
	Grown Suddenly Tall (4R92)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Fellowship: Spot Gandalf to discard all conditions.
	Hearken to Me (4R94)	Gandalf	Condition	Spell. To play, spot Gandalf. Bearer must be Théoden. Discard all Shadow conditions on Théoden. Shadow conditions may not be played on Théoden.
	Into Dark Tunnels (4R95)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Response: If you play a event, exert Gandalf twice to place that event in your hand instead of your discard pile.
	Long I Fell (4C97)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Skirmish: Spot Gandalf to prevent all wounds to him. Any Shadow player may make you wound a minion to prevent this.
	Mithrandir, Mithrandir! (4C98)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Maneuver: Exert Gandalf to wound each minion who has strength of 6 or less.
	Task Was Not Done (4C102)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Regroup: Exert Gandalf to discard up to 2 wounded minions.
	Down From the Hills (5R16)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Maneuver: Exert Gandalf 3 times to make an unbound companion with the Gandalf signet strength +5, defender +1, damage +2, and unable to take wounds until the regroup phase.
	Fury of the White Rider (5R18)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Maneuver: Spot 3 twilight tokens and exert Gandalf to wound a minion twice.
	Turn of the Tide (5U20)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Maneuver: Exert Gandalf to discard up to 2 Shadow possessions. Any Shadow player may discard a minion to prevent this.
	Threw Down My Enemy (6U36)	Gandalf	Event	Spell. Skirmish: Make a minion skirmishing Gandalf strength –1 for each wound on each character in the skirmish.
	The Board Is Set (7R32)	Gandalf	Event • Response	Spell. If an event is played, exert Gandalf to make that opponent remove or cancel that event.
	Intimidate (7C41)	Gandalf	Event • Response	Spell. If a companion is about to take a wound, spot Gandalf to prevent that wound.
	Terrible and Evil (7R50)	Gandalf	Event • Maneuver	Spell. Exert Gandalf X times to wound a minion X times. If that minion is a Nazgûl, wound it again.
	New-awakened (11U38)	Gandalf	Event • Fellowship	Spell. Toil 2. (For each character you exert when playing this, its twilight cost is –2.) Spot a Wizard to discard 2 conditions from play.
	Introspection (12U29)	Gandalf	Event • Fellowship	Spell. Choose one: Spot a Wizard to choose an opponent who must discard one of his or her conditions from play; or spot a Wizard at a battleground site to discard a condition from play.
	Mysterious Wizard (12C31)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Make Gandalf strength +2 (or +4 if you cannot spot 5 burdens).
	Salve (12C32)	Gandalf	Condition	Spell. To play, spot a Wizard. Bearer must be a companion. Limit 1 per bearer. Response: If bearer is about to take a wound that would kill him or her, discard this condition to prevent that wound.
	The Flame of Anor (13U31)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Spot 3 companions to make a minion skirmishing a companion strength –3.
	For a While Less Dark (13C32)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Make a companion strength +2 (or +4 if that companion bears a follower).
	Be Gone! (15U27)	Gandalf	Event • Maneuver	Spell. Exert your companion X times to make a minion strength -2 until the regroup phase, for each time that companion exerted.
	One Last Surprise (15R33)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Spot Gandalf and an unbound companion skirmishing a minion to use Gandalf’s resistance to resolve that skirmish instead of that companion’s strength.
	A New Light (17U15)	Gandalf	Event • Fellowship	Spell. Spot a Wizard to return a minion to its owner's hand from its owner's discard pile. Reveal that Shadow player's hand and discard a minion from his or her hand.
	Scintillating Bird (17R23)	Gandalf	Condition • Support Area	Spell. Fellowship: Exert your Wizard and choose an opponent to name either Free Peoples or Shadow. Reveal the top three cards of your deck. If you revealed at least two of the chosen card type, take those cards into hand, otherwise, discard those cards.
	Drawn to Full Height (18C19)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Spot a Wizard to make a minion lose all strength bonuses from possessions.
	One-Upsmanship (18U23)	Gandalf	Event • Maneuver	Spell. Spot 2 pipeweed cards to remove a burden for each Wizard you can spot.
	Our Time (18R24)	Gandalf	Condition • Support Area	Spell. To play, exert Gandalf. When you play this condition, remove . At the start of the maneuver phase, add and remove this condition from the game.
	Caradhras Has Not Forgiven Us (1R123)	Isengard	Event	Spell. Weather. Maneuver: Exert a minion and spot 5 companions to discard an exhausted companion (except the Ring-bearer).
	Cruel Caradhras (1R124)	Isengard	Event	Spell. Weather. Maneuver: Exert a minion to make the opponent choose to either exert the Ring-bearer or add a burden.
	Saruman's Chill (1C134)	Isengard	Condition	Spell. Weather. To play, exert a minion. Plays on a site. Limit 1 per site. Each Hobbit who moves from this site must exert. Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
	Saruman's Frost (1U135)	Isengard	Condition	Spell. Weather. To play, exert a minion. Plays on a site. Limit 1 per site. Each Hobbit at this site is strength -2. Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
	Saruman's Power (1U136)	Isengard	Event	Spell. Shadow: Exert a minion to discard all conditions.
	Saruman's Snows (1C138)	Isengard	Condition	Spell. Weather. To play, exert a minion. Plays on a site. No player may play skirmish events or use skirmish special abilities at this site. Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
	Wizard Storm (2U48)	Isengard	Condition	Spell. Weather. To play, exert an minion. Plays on a site. Limit 1 per site. When the fellowship moves from this site, every companion must exert. Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
	Leechcraft (4R157)	Isengard	Condition	Spell. To play, exert Saruman or an Man. Plays on a Free Peoples Man. Special abilities in bearer’s game text may not be used.
	Just a Wisp of Cloud (V1_28)	Isengard	Event • Maneuver	Spell. Weather. Place Saruman from your draw deck or discard pile on top of your draw deck. You may discard up to X cards from hand, where X is the number of Crows you can spot.
	Dawn Take You All! (30S24)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Exert Gandalf twice to wound a minion twice or to discard a Troll.
	Dawn Take You All! (30P24)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Exert Gandalf twice to wound a minion twice or to discard a Troll.
	Take Up Arms. Fight! (30S31)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Spot Gandalf to make a minion strength -3.
	The Eagles Are Coming (31HH14)	Gandalf	Event • Skirmish	Spell. Exert Gandalf to play a [Gandalf] follower from your draw deck or discard pile. You may attach a [Gandalf] follower from your support area to a companion (without paying the aid cost).
	His Wrath Was Redoubled (31HH16)	Gandalf	Event • Assignment	Spell. Each [Dwarven] companion bearing a follower is strength +2 (and defender+1 if it is a [Gandalf] follower) until the regroup phase.
	Gathering of the Three Rings (32HG22)	Gandalf	Event • Maneuver	Spell. Make X minions strength -X until the regroup phase, where X is the number of the following characters you can spot: Gandalf, Elrond or Galadriel.​

List of Cards that Interact with the Spell Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Gandalf's Staff (2R22)	Gandalf	Artifact • Staff	Bearer must be Gandalf. The twilight cost of each spell is -1. Skirmish: Exert Gandalf twice to cancel a skirmish involving him.
	Glamdring, Lightning Brand (6R31)	Gandalf	Possession • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be Gandalf. He is damage +1. Each time you play a spell during a skirmish, you may make Gandalf damage +1 until the end of that skirmish.
	The Art of Gandalf (11U28)	Gandalf	Possession • Support Area	To play, spot a Wizard. Regroup: Stack a spell from hand here. Fellowship: Discard a card from hand to take a card stacked here into hand.
	Gandalf, Powerful Guide (15R29)	Gandalf	Companion • Wizard	To play, spot 2 Hobbits. Each time you play a spell, you may add a burden to wound a minion. At the start of each skirmish involving Gandalf, you may draw a card and then discard a card from your hand.
	Radagast's Herb Bag (18R26)	Gandalf	Possession	Bearer must be a Wizard. Each time you play a spell, you may exert bearer to wound a minion.
	Gandalf, Powerful Guide (0W38)	Gandalf	Companion • Wizard	To play, spot 2 Hobbits. Each time you play a spell, you may add a burden to wound a minion. At the start of each skirmish involving Gandalf, you may draw a card and then discard a card from your hand.
	Nenya (32HG14)	Elven	Artifact • Ring	Bearer must be Galadriel. At the start of each of your turns, you may heal a Wise ally. Fellowship: Exert Galadriel and add [2] to take a [Gandalf] spell from your draw deck into your hand.
	Wizard Staff (32HH63)	Gandalf	Artifact • Staff	Bearer must be a Wizard. At the start of each of your turns, you may exert bearer to take a [Gandalf] spell from your draw deck into your hand.​

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