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Frodo is one of the protagonists of The Lord of the Rings, the hobbit who steadfastly carries the One Ring from the Shire to Mount Doom, where it is destroyed by Gollum. In this game, he is the default ring-bearer companion, and indeed was the only ring-bearer until the ninth expansion set. Except for his unusually high resistance, his low strength (3) and relatively high vitality (4) are typical of hobbits, but generally make him the most vulnerable part of your Fellowship.

Frodo has a suite of special rules to his name. He's always ring-bound, even if it doesn't say so on his card. Except in the case of Frodo, Frenzied Fighter (13R149) , he's always your ring-bearer if he's in your deck, and thus costs zero twilight. Until Reflections, he was the only possible ring-bearer at the start of the game, and (along with Sam) was one of only two characters with a resistance score.

Because he is almost always your ring-bearer and so vulnerable to being overwhelmed in a skirmish, getting the most out of Frodo involves protecting him, ideally keeping him away from skirmishes altogether. He has the One Ring, but in most cases that is a poor defense against being overwhelmed. Some decks will drag him into a skirmish anyway, however. To make him a bit safer, you can give him something to boost his strength. Permanent buffs include Hobbit Sword (1C299) , some version of Sting (1R313) , A Promise (2R112) , or O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! (2R108) . You can also pump his strength temporarily, especially with Merry, Friend to Sam (1R302) , Boromir, Son of Denethor (1U97) , or Hobbit Intuition (1C296) . You can protect him from being overwhelmed, with cards like Bounder (1C286) or The Tale of the Great Ring (10U116) . Or, in early formats like Fellowship Block and Towers Standard, you can simply cancel his skirmish, with cards like Hobbit Stealth (1C298) , O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! (2R108) , Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal (2C101) , or Frodo's Cloak (4R303) .

Frodo has three different roles in three different periods of the game. For the first eight sets, you have to play him, but you can cancel his skirmishes. There's no way around it in Fellowship Block, Towers Standard, Towers Block, or King Standard: you have to find a way to protect Frodo.

Versions of Frodo[edit]

Portrait	Name	Game Text
	Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir (1R289)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). At the start of each of your turns, you may heal a Hobbit ally.
	Frodo, Son of Drogo (1C290)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Exert another companion who has the Frodo signet to heal Frodo.
	Frodo, Reluctant Adventurer (2C102)	Ring-bound. Ring-bearer (resistance 10). The cost of each artifact, possession, and tale played on Frodo is -1.
	Frodo, Courteous Halfling (4R301)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). While you can spot 3 unbound companions, Shadow cards may not discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck.
	Frodo, Tired Traveller (4C302)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Play a Ring-bound companion to remove a burden.
	Frodo, Master of the Precious (5U111)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Add a burden to play Sméagol from your discard pile.
	Frodo, Hope of Free Peoples (7C317)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Ring-bound. Each time the fellowship moves, you may add to remove a threat.
	Frodo, Wicked Masster! (7R318)	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Ring-bound. Skirmish: At sites 6 to 8, add 4 burdens to wound a minion skirmishing Frodo.
	Frodo, Resolute Hobbit (10P121)	Ring-bearer (resistance 12).
	Frodo, Protected by Many (11S164)	Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. At the start of the regroup phase, you may exert Frodo to make him gain muster until the end of the regroup phase. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.)
	Frodo, Frenzied Fighter (13R149)	Ring-bound. While you can spot more minions than companions, Frodo cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Skirmish: If Frodo is not assigned to a skirmish, exert Frodo to have him replace a Ring-bound companion skirmishing a minion.
	Frodo, Weary From the Journey (15C144)	Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. While skirmishing a minion of strength 8 or less, Frodo is strength +2.
	Frodo, Little Master (19P28)	Fellowship. Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. While you cannot spot 4 threats, Shadow cards cannot discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck.
	Frodo, Mr. Underhill (0P67)	Ring-bound. Ring-bearer (resistance 10). The cost of each artifact, possession, and tale played on Frodo is -1.
	Frodo, Mr. Underhill (0W25)	Ring-bearer.