Weatherhills (1U335)

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Weatherhills (1U335) is a Fellowship Block Site from the Fellowship of the Ring set.

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 PT Nonfoil First Edition PT Foil First Edition ZH Nonfoil First Edition ZH Foil First Edition

Collection Info Title Weatherhills Unique No Collectible Yes Set 1 - The Fellowship of the Ring Rarity U - Uncommon Card Number 335 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Site Side None Card Type Site Site Style Standard Site Number 2 Block Fellowship Shadow Number 3 Arrow Direction Left Sanctuary No Game Text Each Nazgûl’s twilight cost is -1.

Translations DE - German Card Name Wetterberge Game Text Die Zwielichtkosten für alle Nazgûl reduzieren sich um 1. ES - Spanish Card Name Colinas del Tiempo Game Text El coste de penumbra de cada Nazgûl es -1. FR - French Card Name Collines Venteuses Game Text Le coût crépusculaire de chaque Nazgûl est de -1. IT - Italian Card Name Colline Vento Game Text Sottrai -1 al costo crepuscolo di ogni Nazgûl. PL - Polish PT - Portuguese ZH - Chinese

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN01S335.0 TLHH ID LOTR01335 GEMP ID 1_335 LOTRO Hex ID 4F 38 F4 LOTRO Image ID 01_335

Strategy

Weatherhills makes each Nazgul cheaper, and has a relatively high shadow number for a site 2. It is often contrasted to Bree Streets, which also makes Nazgul cheaper, but by removing their roaming cost instead of reducing their twilight cost. The text of Bree Streets is better in general, but this site has several advantages over Bree Streets. First, it affects Ulaire Nelya, whereas Bree Streets does not. Second, if Bill Ferny, SSF is played to this site you will get both no roaming cost and reduced twilight cost. Third, the shadow number of this site is greater by 2, which means that it's a better choice if you can only play one Nazgul, has the same effect as Bree Streets if you can play two Nazgul, and is worse if you can play three Nazgul. Despite site 2 being the first site the player travels too, there is often a lot of twilight made going there because the player plays a lot of expensive cards that help set up the Fellowship at site 1 (Aragorn with Prancing Pony, Elrond, more companions etc.)

Given its high shadow number, Weatherhills may be an interesting site 2 even for shadows using few Nazgul or none at all (the only alternative for such benefit is Weathertop, which provides a strong peril to your own Free Peoples if facing twilight Nazgul). That's especially true for [Sauron] decks which rely on stacking soon many conditions that need both twilight and Orcs exerting to be played (like Desperate Defense of the Ring or Tower of Barad-dur), as those decks work much better with high vitality Orcs (3 vitality or more), all of which have a (non-roaming) twilight cost of 3 or more. High vitality [Moria] Orcs (wielding Moria Axe) benefit too greatly from that shadow number.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Choke
• Players who drew mostly shadow cards in their first hand (Then immediately moved to this site)

Weak Versus...

• Decks that flood the twilight pool