Watchers of Cirith Ungol (10U120)
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Watchers of Cirith Ungol (10U120) is a King Block Site from the Mount Doom set.
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Strategy[edit]
Watchers of Cirith Ungol is one of the weakest choices for site 8 in King Block, paradoxically making it one of the best choices for many decks. Its gametext is fairly useless: Morgul Orcs would rather use threats for cards like Morgul Destroyer (7U190)
or Morgul Ambusher (8C74)
. However, this isn't much of a downside for Shadow decks don't benefit from any site 8, and what's unfavorable to all Shadow decks is favorable to your Free Peoples deck. While you'd ideally want to use a site 8 that benefits your Shadow deck, since the opponent is about to win, this is often the best alternative.
Every option for site 8 in King Block consumes threats to create some benefit for the Shadow player, ranging from relatively weak skirmish pumps to very strong effects like playing minions from your discard pile. In a vacuum, Watchers of Cirith Ungol is already on the weaker end. That weak skirmish boost is very often not worth it, because decks with 
orcs often have better uses for the threats. Moreover, these decks often play Gollum and/or Nazgul as well, and can instead use very strong sites like Northern Ithilien (7U359)
or Morgulduin (7U358)
. There's just no place for this site in Morgul Orc decks.
What makes this site popular is the fact that all of the site 8 cards in King Block are limited to one specific culture. If you're not playing Gollum or 
Sauron, 
Raider, or Nazgul minions, there's no site 8 that benefits your Shadow deck with its gametext at all. As a result, unless you've splashed Gollum or a utility Nazgûl like Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul (1U231)
, this is often your best bet in a 
Dunland, 
Isengard, or 
Moria deck. It's not helping you out any, but at least it's almost certain not to help out your opponent.
Strengths and Weaknesses[edit]
Favorable to...[edit]
- Free Peoples decks. You chiefly use this site because there's no better alternative that benefits your Shadow deck. Dunland, Isengard, or Moria don't have any better options at site 8, unless you have a splash like Gollum or Nazgul.
- This is very weakly favorable to Morgul Orc decks over a site 8 that does nothing for them, but almost all of those decks prefer Northern Ithilien (7U359)
or Morgulduin (7U358)
.
