The Palantir of Orthanc (3R67)

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The Palantir of Orthanc (3R67) is a Isengard Artifact from the Realms of the Elf-Lords set.

EN Revision 2 (PC) EN Revision 1 (PC) EN Nonfoil First Edition EN Foil First Edition 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

Revision 2 · Player's Council · 2025-12-13 Collection Info Title The Palantir of Orthanc Unique Yes Collectible No Set 3 - Realms of the Elf-lords Rarity R - Rare Card Number 67 Language EN - English Revision 2 (Player's Council) Release Date 2025-12-13 Notes Lists: EXL, MXL Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Isengard Side Shadow Card Type Artifact Item Class Palantir Twilight Cost 0 Game Text Plays to your support area. Shadow: Exert an minion. The Free Peoples player may place any number of cards from hand on top of their draw deck, then reveals their hand. For each Free Peoples card revealed, make that minion strength +1 until the regroup phase. Limit once per phase. Lore “‘Seven stars and seven stones....'” Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN03S067.0 Wiki Release ID LOTR-EN03S067.2 TLHH ID LOTR03067 GEMP ID 3_67 LOTRO Hex ID 63 70 DC 02 LOTRO Image ID 03_067 Revision 1 · Player's Council · 2021-03-28 Collection Info Title The Palantír of Orthanc Unique Yes Collectible No Set 3 - Realms of the Elf-lords Rarity R - Rare Card Number 67 Language EN - English Revision 1 (Player's Council) Release Date 2021-03-28 Notes Lists: EXL, MXL Decipher Notes: The Palantir of Orthanc – Many people have been calling for this to be added to the X-list for months. In fact, it was highly rumored that it would be added last fall in anticipation of Return of the King and the Initiative mechanic. Why add it now and not then? Trevor: The Palantir just offered a huge level of control for a player. They were able to control the tempo of the game for their opponent and that is not a good thing. There are a few Initiative strategies out there than can abuse the Palantir and that is something we really want to curb. What strategies do you think this will open up for the Free Peoples? Geoff: Supposedly, events will become more playable…so that means event-driven strategies like PATHS Hobbits, all-Dwarven fighting, and All-elven fighting will get a bit of a boost. Tom: It should free up their ability to include a few more events in their decks. That should open up deck building a little bit, but it is really up to the players to explore exactly what that means. Trevor: I agree that it should really open deck construction for the Free Peoples player. Not having to worry about the Palantir will be a nice change when building a deck. Two main issues with this Palantir: first, it interacts negatively with initiative, and second it slows the game down tremendously while your trolling opponent puts all of your cards back on top of the deck one at a time. The cost of the action has been increased to 2, and you now must have 2 Isengard minions to even use it. This should avoid most initiative-sensitive manipulations, since Isengard themselves only have Suffered Much Loss (10U35), which is itself expensive. If some game-breaking combo is discovered, however, we'll be back to show this crystal ball who's boss. Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Isengard Side Shadow Card Type Artifact Item Class Palantir Twilight Cost 0 Game Text To play, spot an minion. Shadow: Spot 2 minions and remove to reveal a card at random from the Free Peoples player’s hand. Place that card on top of that player's draw deck. Lore “‘Seven stars and seven stones....'” Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN03S067.0 Wiki Release ID LOTR-EN03S067.1 TLHH ID LOTR03067 GEMP ID 3_67 LOTRO Hex ID 63 70 DC 02 LOTRO Image ID 03_067 First edition · Decipher Collection Info Title The Palantír of Orthanc Unique Yes Collectible Yes Set 3 - Realms of the Elf-lords Rarity R - Rare Card Number 67 Language EN - English Revision 0 Notes Lists: EXL, MXL Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Isengard Side Shadow Card Type Artifact Item Class Palantir Twilight Cost 0 Game Text To play, spot an minion. Shadow: Spot an minion and remove to reveal a card at random from the Free Peoples player's hand. Place that card on top of that player’s draw deck. Lore “‘Seven stars and seven stones....'” Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN03S067.0 TLHH ID LOTR03067 GEMP ID 3_67 LOTRO Hex ID 63 70 DC 02 LOTRO Image ID 03_067

Translations DE - German Card Name Der Palantír von Orthanc Game Text Entdecke einen Diener, um diese Karte in deinen Unterstützungsbereich zu spielen. Schatten: Entdecke einen Diener und verringere den Einfluss um , um eine zufällig ausgewählte Karte von der Hand des Freie Völker Spielers aufzudecken. Lege diese Karte oben auf das Spieldeck des Spielers. Lore "... Sieben Sterne und sieben Steine...“ FR - French Card Name Le Palantír d'Orthanc Game Text Pour jouer, désignez un séide . Ombre : Désignez un séide et retirez pour révéler une carte au hasard de la main du joueur des Peuples Libres. Placez cette carte sur le dessus de la pioche de ce joueur. Lore « “Sept étoiles et sept pierres...” » IT - Italian Card Name Il Palantír di Orthanc Game Text Per giocarlo, avvista un servitore . Giocalo nella tua area di supporto. Ombra: Avvista un servitore e rimuovi per mostrare una carta a caso dalla mano del giocatore dei Popoli Liberi. Piazza quella carta in cima al mazzo di gioco di quel giocatore. Lore “‘Sette stelle e sette pietre...'” ES - Spanish Card Name El Palantír de Orthanc Game Text Para jugarlo, avista un siervo . Sombra: Avista un siervo y quita para revelar una carta al azar de la mano del jugador de Gentes Libres. Pon esa carta sobre el mazo de robar de ese jugador. Lore “Siete estrellas y siete piedras...” PL - Polish

Strategy

The Palantír of Orthanc is what some LotR TCG players would call OP (Over Powered) as it's ability to potentially place your opponent's entire hand on top of their draw deck. The Palantír is a great card for Uruk-Hai decks with cards such as Uruk Rager. With it's amazingly cheap twilight cost it's only drawback is the fact that its X-Listed in most post-movie blocks.

Gameplay Strategy

This card can be incredibly powerful when there is lots of Tokens in the Twilight Pool, so when you have few minions in your hand it is useful, and also surprisingly antagonising to your oppoent.

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Alternate Versions

Portrait	Name	Game Text
	The Palantír of Orthanc, Seventh Seeing-stone (4R166)	To play, spot an minion. Plays to your support area. Shadow: Spot an minion and remove to reveal the top card of any draw deck. You may place that card beneath that draw deck.
	The Palantír of Orthanc, Recovered Seeing Stone (13R36)	Bearer must be Gandalf. To play this, if you can spot The Palantír of Orthanc, discard it. At the start of the fellowship phase, you may add a burden to reveal a Shadow player's hand. He or she must choose a revealed minion and discard it from hand. ​

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