Strength of Kings (1R115)

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Strength of Kings (1R115) is a Gondor Event from the Fellowship of the Ring set.

Collection Info
Title Strength of Kings
Unique No
Collectible Yes
Set 1 - The Fellowship of the Ring
Rarity R - Rare
Card Number 115
Language EN - English
Revision 0
Gameplay Info
Playable Yes
Culture Gondor
Side Free Peoples
Card Type Event
Twilight Cost 0
Game Text Response: If a Skirmish: event is played during a skirmish involving a Man, cancel that event.
Lore “‘Believe not that in the land of Gondor the blood of Númenor is spent, nor all its pride and dignity forgotten.'”
Translations
DE - German
Card Name Kraft der Könige
Game Text Reaktion: Wenn ein Kampfereignis während eines Kampfes mit einem Menschen gespielt wird, hebe dieses Ereignis auf.
Lore "Glaubt nicht, dass im Lande Gondor das Blut der Númenor kraftlos sei oder all sein Stolz und Würde vergessen.“
ES - Spanish
Card Name Fuerza de Los Reyes
Game Text Respuesta: Si un evento de escaramuza es jugado durante una escaramuza en la que hay implicado un Hombre , cancela ese evento.
Lore “No creáis que en las tierras de Gondor se haya extinguido la sangre de Númenor, ni que todo el orgullo y la dignidad de aquel pueblo hayan sido olvidados.”
FR - French
Card Name Force des Rois
Game Text Réponse : Si un événement de combat est joué pendant un combat impliquant un Homme , annulez cet événement.
Lore “‘Ne croyez pas qu'au Pays de Gondor, le sang de Númenor soit épuisé, ni que toute sa fierté et sa dignité soient oubliées.'”
IT - Italian
Card Name Forza dei Re
Game Text Risposta: Se un evento schermaglia è giocato durante una schermaglia che coinvolge un Uomo , cancella quell’evento.
Lore “‘Non crediate che nella terra di Gondor il sangue di Nùmenor sia del tutto scomparso, e la sua gloria e dignità obliate.'”
PL - Polish
PT - Portuguese
ZH - Chinese


Technical Info
Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN01S115.0
TLHH ID LOTR01115
GEMP ID 1_115
LOTRO Hex ID 43 2B F4
LOTRO Image ID 01_115


Strategy[edit]

Strength of Kings is a powerful but entirely reactive event. Its effect has the potential to cancel devastating skirmish events such as Savagery to Match Their Numbers, Lurtz's Battle Cry, Red Wrath or Wind that Sped Ships. It could also be used to cancel less powerful events such as Bred for Battle, Whirling Strike or Threshold of Shadow. It is, however, entirely dependant on an opponent's shadow deck, and could be completely useless against shadows that do not have skirmish events in them. This makes the card a bit of a gamble, particularly as it takes up space in the Free Peoples player's hand if an event is suspected but never comes. However, that can be remediated by The Shards of Narsil, which allows you to save this event when not needed and to return it to hand whenever you feel it's either likely or perilous to face a Shadow skirmish event.

Scrying effects such as Sting and Treachery Deeper Than You Know work well with this card, as it will give the Free Peoples player some intelligence on whether or not the Shadow player has (Or is likely to have) any skirmish events. Likewise, cards that protect one's own hand (Erland, Advisor to Brand; No Business of Ours; Eye of Barad-Dur) can help hide this event from the Shadow Player, so that they play their more expensive events unsuspectingly.

Strengths and Weaknesses[edit]

Strong Versus...[edit]

  • Event-heavy decks
  • Beatdown decks
  • Works well with The Shards of Narsil and Sting/Glamdring.

Weak Versus...[edit]

  • Eventless decks
  • Discard from hand (Orc Inquisitor, Band of the Eye, The White Arrows of Lorien...)
  • Archery, wounding and corruption