Strength of Kings (1R115)

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

EN Nonfoil First Edition EN Foil First Edition EN Nonfoil Revision 1 DE Nonfoil First Edition DE Foil First Edition FR Nonfoil First Edition FR Foil First Edition IT Nonfoil First Edition IT Foil First Edition ES Nonfoil First Edition ES Foil First Edition PL Nonfoil First Edition PL Foil First Edition PT Nonfoil First Edition PT Foil First Edition ZH Nonfoil First Edition ZH Foil First Edition

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

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

Strong Versus...

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

Weak Versus...

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