Mount

Rohan in particular is based around the usage of Mounts in the form of horses․

Mount is an Item Class, and thus a Loaded Keyword. Mounts are possession cards that represent large animals that characters can ride, such as horses, wargs, and fouler things. A character who is currently bearing a mount possession is mounted.

Strategy

The horsemen of Rohan culture have the bulk of the Free Peoples mounts and cards that interact with mounts, although a handful of mostly unique mounts appear in other cultures, including Asfaloth (1U31) , Shadowfax (4R100) , and Brego, Loyal Steed (13R63) . On the Shadow side, Isengard has a whole Warg-rider orc subculture with its own exclusive wargs, but they also appear in other cultures. Wraith culture has a handful of black horses and Fell Beast (6U83) s, Raider Southrons have their Mûmak (5C73) il, Orc culture has its own wargs like Relentless Warg (17R89) that play on any relatively low-strength orc, and Gothmog's Warg (10R89) is an odd wolf out.

Mounts have had a number of shared gimmicks over the years. Fellowship Block mounts like Black Steed (1R208) are largely strength boosters, but are discarded at Underground sites. In that block, most site 4s and the only site 5 (The Bridge of Khazad-dûm (1C349) ) are underground, making these cards somewhat unreliable, limiting their popularity.

Mounts were a larger part of Towers Block, with the addition of Rohan culture. Most of the Free Peoples mounts in that Block were Rohan culture, such as Rider's Mount (4C287) , but some of them, like Brego (4U263) and Horse of Rohan (4C283) , could be played on characters of any culture, as long as they were a race that is tall enough to ride. Almost every Free Peoples mount in this block exerts enemy minions at the start of a skirmish. In this block, this includes mounts of other cultures, such as Shadowfax (4R100) . (In later sets, exerting at the start of a skirmish is an exclusive quality of Rohan mounts in particular.) Rohan cards often interact directly with mounts, either by granting bonuses to mounted characters (Rider's Spear (4C288) ) or taking advantage of those exertions (Éowyn, Lady of Ithilien (10R72) and Éomer, Third Marshal of Riddermark (4R267) ).

Warg-riders were also introduced in Towers Block, as a Isengard orc subculture. Warg-riders are mostly unremarkable minions, and each of them is relatively cheap, relatively weak, and Fierce while not exhausted. Most of them are fairly low-quality, but Warg (5C65) , War-warg (5U64) , or Sharku's Warg (5R59) are powerful Warg possessions that can only be played on warg-riders. Those three mounts give large strength and vitality increases, making the warg-riders strong and difficult to kill. Warg-riders were not an especially successful experiment; except for Sharku, Vile Marauder (6R74) , all warg-riders and cards which directly support warg-riders appear in Battle of Helm's Deep. In later sets, wargs can be played on any orc minion of the appropriate culture. This starts with Gothmog's Warg (10R89) in Mount Doom, and continues with the Orc-culture wargs like Relentless Warg (17R89) .

Battle of Helm's Deep introduced another enduring design for Shadow mounts, with Mûmak (5C73) and War Mûmak (5R78) , cards for the Raider Southron subculture. Mumakil grant large strength bonuses and the Fierce keyword, turning the relatively middling-strength minions of that subculture into dangerous skirmishers. Southrons were not as focused on Mumakil as warg-riders were, but the greater variety of Southron minions, appearing in all of the sets of Tower Block and King Block, made those mounts generally more useful. This design persisted when Raider culture was converted to Men culture, with cards like Beast of War (17U40) . Plus, later Wraith mounts, generally (but did not always) followed the Mumakil model, giving strength bonuses and Fierce to Nazgul.

After Towers Block, most Free Peoples mounts granted a potpourri of different abilities, often but not always including a strength bonus. Most of these mounts are Rohan culture or different versions of Shadowfax. The main exception is Bloodlines, which added a a cycle of Free Peoples mounts in each culture that interact with Culture Tokens.

Not to be confused with Mount Doom or Mount Doom (15R193) .

List of Cards with the Mount Item Class

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Arod, Rohirrim Steed (13R1)	Dwarven	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Dwarf. When you play Arod, you may reinforce a token. Response: If bearer is about to take a wound during a skirmish, remove 2 tokens to prevent that.
	Asfaloth (1U31)	Elven	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be an Elf. When played on Arwen, Asfaloth’s twilight cost is -2. While at a plains site, bearer is strength +2. Discard Asfaloth when at an underground site.
	Asfaloth, Elven Steed (7R17)	Elven	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be an Elf. Skirmish: If bearer is Arwen, exert her to make each minion skirmishing her strength –2.
	Asfaloth, Swift Blossom (13R10)	Elven	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be an Elf. When you play Asfaloth, you may reinforce an token. Skirmish: Remove 2 tokens to heal bearer (or heal bearer and heal another Elf if bearer is in a fierce skirmish).
	Shadowfax (4R100)	Gandalf	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be Gandalf. Discard any hand weapon he bears. Gandalf may not bear a hand weapon. At the start of each skirmish involving Gandalf, each minion skirmishing him must exert.
	Shadowfax, Greatheart (8R21)	Gandalf	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be Gandalf. At the start of each skirmish involving Gandalf, each minion skirmishing Gandalf must exert. Skirmish: Add a threat to make Gandalf strength +1.
	Shadowfax, Unequaled Steed (11U40)	Gandalf	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be Gandalf. Each time Gandalf is about to take a wound, you may add a burden to prevent that.
	Shadowfax, Roaring Wind (13R40)	Gandalf	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Wizard. When you play Shadowfax, you may reinforce a token. Skirmish: Remove 2 tokens to wound a minion skirmishing bearer.
	Shadowfax, Greatest of the Mearas (17R24)	Gandalf	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Wizard. Discard all other possessions on bearer and bearer may not bear a hand weapon. Fellowship: Add a threat to remove a burden.
	Knight's Mount (8C40)	Gondor	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a knight. Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may wound a minion who is not assigned to a skirmish.
	Gondorian Steed (12U49)	Gondor	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a knight. Bearer is damage +1. Each time the fellowship moves from a mountain site, add .
	Brego, Loyal Steed (13R63)	Gondor	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a companion. When you play Brego, you may reinforce a token. Maneuver: Exert bearer and remove 2 tokens to wound a minion.
	Brego (4U263)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	To play, spot a Man. Bearer must be a Man, Elf, or Wizard. When you play Brego, you may heal bearer. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert.
	Firefoot (4R274)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. If bearer is Éomer, he is defender +1. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert.
	Horse of Rohan (4C283)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	To play, spot a Man. Bearer must be a Man, Elf, or Wizard. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert.
	Rider's Mount (4C287)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert.
	Firefoot, Eomer's Steed (7R232)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. Regroup: If bearer is Éomer, exert him to discard a condition. Any Shadow player may remove to prevent this.
	Snowmane (7R250)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. Regroup: If bearer is Théoden, exert him to liberate a site. Any Shadow player may remove to prevent this.
	Swift Steed (7C253)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. While at a plains site, bearer takes no more than 1 wound during each skirmish. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert.
	Windfola (7R260)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. Skirmish: If bearer is Éowyn, exert her twice to wound a fierce minion she is skirmishing.
	Rohirrim Mount (11U156)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. While bearer is at a plains site, he or she is defender +1.
	Firefoot, Mearas of the Mark (13R126)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. When you play Firefoot, you may reinforce a token. At the start of the maneuver phase, if bearer is Éomer, you may remove 2 tokens to make him defender +1 and strength +1 until the regroup phase.
	Snowmane, Noble Mearas (13R136)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. When you play Snowmane, you may reinforce a token. Skirmish: If bearer is Théoden, you may remove 2 tokens to exhaust a minion he is skirmishing.
	Horse of Great Stature (15U129)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert. Skirmish: Exert bearer to make a Man strength +1.
	Rider’s Mount (15C133)	Rohan	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, each minion skirmishing bearer must exert.
	Bill the Pony, Dearly-loved (13R143)	Shire	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit. When you play Bill the Pony, you may reinforce a token. Regroup: Spot 2 minions and remove 2 tokens to make a Shadow player discard a minion from play.
	Sharku's Warg (5R59)	Isengard	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a warg-rider. If bearer is Sharku, he is damage +1. Response: If a skirmish special ability is used in a skirmish involving bearer, exert bearer to cancel that action.
	War-warg (5U64)	Isengard	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a warg-rider. Response: If a skirmish special ability is used in a skirmish involving bearer, exert bearer to cancel that action.
	Warg (5C65)	Isengard	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a warg-rider. Response: If a skirmish special ability is used in a skirmish involving bearer, exert bearer to cancel that action.
	Messenger’s Mount (12R72)	Men	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be The Mouth of Sauron. He is fierce. Response: If a minion is about to take a wound, remove to prevent that.
	Beast of War (17U40)	Men	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Man. While you can spot a threat, bearer is fierce. While you can spot 3 threats, bearer is damage +1. While you can spot 5 threats, you may play this from your discard pile.
	Relentless Warg (17R89)	Orc	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be an Orc with strength 10 or less. Bearer is fierce. When you play this possession, spot a race. While bearer is skirmishing a companion of that race, bearer is strength +3 and damage +1.
	Threatening Warg (17U91)	Orc	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Orc with strength 10 or less. Bearer is fierce. When you play this, you may spot 2Orcs that are not bearing mounts to play anmount from your draw deck.
	Vicious Warg (17C92)	Orc	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be an Orc with strength 9 or less. Bearer is fierce.
	Gothmog's Warg, Leader's Mount (18R81)	Orc	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be an Orc with strength 9 or less (or bearer must be Gothmog). Bearer is fierce. While bearer is Gothmog, he is damage +1 in fierce skirmishes.
	Mûmak (5C73)	Raider	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Southron. Bearer is fierce. Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may add .
	War Mûmak (5R78)	Raider	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Southron. Bearer is fierce. Each time bearer overwhelms a character, you may add .
	Mûmakil (8U64)	Raider	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Southron. Bearer is fierce. While you have initiative or can spot 4 threats, bearer is damage +1.
	Black Steed (1R208)	Ringwraith	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Nazgûl. While at a plains site, bearer is strength +2. Discard this possession when at an underground site.
	Fell Beast (6U83)	Ringwraith	Possession • Mount	To play, discard 2 cards from hand. Bearer must be a Nazgûl. Bearer is fierce.
	Winged Mount (8U83)	Ringwraith	Possession • Mount	To play, discard 2 cards from hand. Bearer must be a Nazgûl. Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, remove a threat to prevent that wound.
	Shadowy Mount (12R171)	Ringwraith	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Nazgûl. While bearer is at a battleground or forest site, he is fierce. Assignment: Make the Free Peoples player assign bearer to an unbound companion bearing a condition.
	Steed of Mordor (12C172)	Ringwraith	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Nazgûl. Bearer gains muster. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.) Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may draw 2 cards.
	The Witch-king’s Beast, Fell Creature (12U184)	Ringwraith	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Nazgûl. If bearer is The Witch-king, after all skirmishes and fierce skirmishes have been resolved, you may exert him twice to make him participate in one additional assignment and skirmish phase.
	Gothmog's Warg (10R89)	Sauron	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Orc. For each site you control, bearer is strength +1 (or +2 if bearer is Gothmog). ​

List of Cards that Interact with the Mount Item Class

This does not list cards that deal with the Mounted pseudo-keyword; see that article for a list of such cards.

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Duinhir, Tall Man of Blackroot Vale (14R8)	Gondor	Companion • Man	While you can spot a mount, Duinhir is damage +1. Each time Duinhir wins a skirmish, if you can spot more minions than companions, you may exert him to discard a minion that has strength 7 or less.
	Blood Has Been Spilled (6U91)	Rohan	Condition	Skirmish: Discard a mount borne by a Man to prevent that Man from being overwhelmed unless his or her strength is tripled.
	Riding Like the Wind (11C155)	Rohan	Condition • Support Area	To play, exert a Man. While you can spot 2 mounts, the move limit is +1. Each of your companions that is not mounted is strength –1.
	Éomer, Heir to Meduseld (13R123)	Rohan	Companion • Man	While Éomer bears a mount, he is damage +1. While no other companion is assigned to a skirmish, Éomer is strength +1 for each other companion you can spot.
	Haleth, Son of Hama (15U128)	Rohan	Companion • Man	While you can spot 2 mounts, Haleth is strength +2. While you can spot 3 mounts, Haleth is damage +1. While you can spot 4 Free Peoples mounts, those mounts can not be discarded by a Shadow player.
	Uruk Spear (4C196)	Isengard	Possession • Hand Weapon	Bearer must be an Uruk-hai. Maneuver: Exert bearer to discard a Free Peoples mount.
	Sharku, Warg-captain (5R58)	Isengard	Minion • Orc	Warg-rider. While Sharku is not exhausted, he is fierce. Each time you play an mount, you may make the Free Peoples player exert a companion (except a Hobbit).
	Warg-master (5C66)	Isengard	Minion • Orc	Warg-rider. When you play this minion, you may play an mount from your discard pile. While this minion is not exhausted, he is fierce.
	Mûmakil Commander, Bold and Grim (18R71)	Men	Minion • Man	While at a battleground, this minion is strength +2. Each mounted Man is strength +1. Regroup: Shuffle any number of your mounts in play into your draw deck.
	Orkish Cavalry (17R74)	Orc	Minion • Orc	Each time you play anmount, you may draw a card. Assignment: If this minion is mounted, exert it twice to assign it to a companion of strength 9 or more.
	Orkish Flanker (17C77)	Orc	Minion • Orc	Each time this minion wins a skirmish, if it is mounted, exert a companion. Shadow: Exert 3 minions and spot an mount to discard a condition.
	Orkish Rider (17R82)	Orc	Minion • Orc	Each mounted Orc is strength +1. Shadow: Discard an card from your hand to play an mount from your discard pile.
	Orkish Traveler (17C85)	Orc	Minion • Orc	Each mount is twilight cost -1. Skirmish: Remove to make a mounted Orc strength +2.
	Orkish Veteran (17R86)	Orc	Minion • Orc	Each time you play an mount, you may reinforce an token. Regroup: Exert Orkish Veteran to make the Free Peoples player wound a companion.
	Orkish Warg-master (17R87)	Orc	Minion • Orc	Each time a mounted minion wins a skirmish, you may make the Free Peoples player place a card from his or her hand on top of his or her deck. Shadow: Exert bearer to play an mount from your discard pile.
	Threatening Warg (17U91)	Orc	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Orc with strength 10 or less. Bearer is fierce. When you play this, you may spot 2Orcs that are not bearing mounts to play anmount from your draw deck.
	Army of Haradrim (5R70)	Raider	Minion • Man	Southron. Skirmish: Remove to play a mount from your discard pile.
	Army of Haradrim (5R126)	Raider	Minion • Man	Southron. Skirmish: Remove to play a mount from your discard pile.
	Mûmak Chieftain (10R45)	Raider	Minion • Man	Southron. When you play this minion, you may play a mount on him from your discard pile. Its twilight cost is –2.
	Black Dart (8U69)	Ringwraith	Condition • Support Area	Archery: Spot your enduring or mounted Nazgûl to transfer this condition from your support area to an unbound companion. Discard a mount borne by that companion. Bearer cannot heal.
	Mastered By Madness (8U73)	Ringwraith	Event • Skirmish	Make a Nazgûl strength +2. If that Nazgûl wins this skirmish, you may discard a Free Peoples mount.
	Echo of Hooves (12C164)	Ringwraith	Event • Shadow	Toil 2. (For each character you exert when playing this, its twilight cost is –2.) Spot your Nazgûl at a battleground or forest site to play a mount on him from your draw deck.
	Úlairë Lemenya, Black Enemy (12U176)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	When you play Úlairë Lemenya, you may play a mount from your discard pile.
	Úlairë Nertëa, Black Horseman (12C178)	Ringwraith	Minion • Nazgul	The twilight cost of each mount is –1. While Úlairë Nertëa is mounted, each Nazgûl is strength +1 and has muster. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.)
	They Came From Mordor (13U181)	Ringwraith	Condition • Support Area	When you play this, you may add a token here for each card in your support area. Shadow: Discard this from play or remove 2 tokens from here to play a mount from your draw deck on your minion.
	Horse-country (4U326)	Site	Site	Plains. While you can spot a mount at Horse-country, the move limit is +1 for this turn.
	Stables (4U339)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Exert a Man to play a mount from your draw deck (limit once per turn).
	Stables (11S259)	Site	Site	At the start of your fellowship phase, you may exert a Man to play a mount from your draw deck. ​

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