1
1
1
1 ★
10 
Response: After Gondorian Spearman is declared as a defender, deal 1 damage to the attacking enemy.
More than a thousand were there mustered. Their spears were like a springing wood. –The Two Towers
1
2
3
4 ★
5
Response: When you play Erebor Guard from your hand, discard the top 2 cards of your deck to reduce its cost by 2.
...the fortress of the dwarves could not be taken by surprise. –The Hobbit
1
2
2
3 ★
3
1
1
1
1 ★
10
Response: After Gondorian Spearman is declared as a defender, deal 1 damage to the attacking enemy.
More than a thousand were there mustered. Their spears were like a springing wood. –The Two Towers
1
4
4
6 ★
7
Lower the cost to play Weapon and Armor attachments on Beregond by 2.
"It is over-late to send for aid when you are already besiged." –The Return of the King
1
1
3
3 ★
Guardian of Arnor gets +1 for each enemy engaged with you.
"Travellers scowl at us, and countrymen give us scornful names."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
2
2
3
5 ★
1
2
3
4 ★
Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.
While Derndingle Warrior is defending, it gains:
Action: Deal 1 damage to Derndingle Warrior to give it +3
2
2
3
5 ★
1
Action: Spend 1 
resource to look at a facedown shadow card dealt to an engaged enemy. If that card has a shadow effect, Eldahir gets +2 until the end of the phase. Any player may trigger this action. (Limit once per phase.)
4
4
18
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
The Dream-chaser can always be committed to Sailing tests (even if you are not the first player), and counts as 2 characters when committed to a Sailing test.
If the Dream-chaser is destroyed, the players lose the game.
5
5
19
3
4
16
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Raise your starting threat by 3.
Draw 1 additional card during the resource phase.
If the Dawn Start is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
4
5
18
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Draw 1 additional card during the resource phase.
If the Dawn Start is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
4
3
16
2
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Response: After you play a card with an odd printed cost, add 1 resource to a hero's resource pool. (Limit once per round.)
If the Duskbringer is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
4
3
17
5
Immune to player card effects. Ranged.
Action: Discard the top 2 cards of any deck to deal 1 damage to an engaged non-unique enemy. (Limit once per round.)
If the Glórinaith is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
3
5
16
1
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Reduce the cost of the first ally you play each round by 1.
If the Nárelenya is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
4
6
17
1
Campaign Mode only.
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Reduce the cost of the first ally you play each round by 1.
If the Nárelenya is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
4
2
14
2
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel. Ranged.
Reduce your starting threat by 3.
Each hero you control gets +1
If the Silver Wing is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
6
3
16
2
Campaign Mode only.
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel. Ranged.
Reduce your starting threat by 6. Each hero you control gets +1
If the Silver Wing is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
3
3
5
7 ★
3
Response: After Grimbeorn the Old defends an attack, spend 1 resource from his pool to declare him as an attacker against that enemy (and resolve his attack). The defending enemy gets -2 for this attack.
1
1
1
1 ★
10
Response: After Gondorian Spearman is declared as a defender, deal 1 damage to the attacking enemy.
More than a thousand were there mustered. Their spears were like a springing wood. –The Two Towers
3
2
5
7 ★
7
Response: After Aragorn commits to a quest, spend 1 resource from his resource pool to ready him.
"I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
1
2
2
3 ★
3
Response: After a Silvan ally you control leaves play, ready Defender of the Naith.
"You cannot cross the rivers again, and behind you there are now secret sentinels that you cannot pass."
–Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring
2
2
3
5 ★
6
0
4
1
3 ★
9
Winged Guardian cannot have restricted attachments.
Forced: After an attack in which Winged Guardian defends resolves, pay 1 
resource or discard Winged Guardian from play.
3
1
4
6 ★
7
Sentinel. Landroval cannot have restricted attachments.
Response: After a hero card is destroyed, return Landroval to his owner's hand to put that hero back into play, with 1 damage token on it. (Limit once per game.)
2
2
3
5 ★
6
2
2
2
4 ★
2
They roamed at will southwards, and eastwards even as far as the Misty Mountains; but they were no few and rarely seen.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
1
2
2
3 ★
2
Watcher of the Bruinen does not exhaust to defend.
Forced: After Watcher of the Bruinen defends, either discard it from play or discard 1 card from your hand.
1
4
4
6 ★
7
Lower the cost to play Weapon and Armor attachments on Beregond by 2.
"It is over-late to send for aid when you are already besiged." –The Return of the King
1
2
2
3 ★
3
2
3
4
7 ★
3
While Erkenbrand is defending, he gains:
Response: Deal 1 damage to Erkenbrand to cancel a shadow effect just triggered.
Down from the hills leaped Erkenbrand, lord of Westfold. –The Two Towers
1
3
2
4 ★
3
They now learned to their joy that Erkenbrand had left many men to hold Helm's Gate, and more had since escaped thither. –The Two Towers
2
2
3
5 ★
1
1
2
3
4 ★
8
Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.
While Derndingle Warrior is defending, it gains:
Action: Deal 1 damage to Derndingle Warrior to give it +3
1
1
3
3 ★
5
Guardian of Arnor gets +1 for each enemy engaged with you.
"Travellers scowl at us, and countrymen give us scornful names."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
4
4
18
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
The Dream-chaser can always be committed to Sailing tests (even if you are not the first player), and counts as 2 characters when committed to a Sailing test.
If the Dream-chaser is destroyed, the players lose the game.
4
2
14