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Gimli gets +1 for each damage token on him.
"Men need many words before deeds. My axe is restless in my hands."
–The Two Towers
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While Thalin is committed to a quest, deal 1 damage to each enemy as it is revealed by the encounter deck.
There hammer on the anvil smote,
There chisel clove, and graver wrote;
There forged was blade, and bound was hilt;
The delver mined, the mason built.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
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Action: Pay 1 resource from Glorfindel's pool to heal 1 damage on any character. (Limit once per round.)
"You saw him for a moment as he is upon the other side: one of the mighty of the firstborn."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Combat Action: Choose an enemy engaged with a player. That enemy cannot attack that player this phase.
A few brave men were strung before them to make a feint of resistance, and many there fell before the rest drew back and fled to either side. –The Hobbit
Action: Exhaust a character you control to immediately declare it as an attacker (and resolve its attack) against any eligible enemy target.
"...for he that strikes the first blow, if he strikes it hard enough, may need to strike no more." –Gandalf, The Two Towers
Action: Choose a player. That player may declare any number of his eligible characters as defenders against each enemy attacking him this phase.
...and when the task was done, there they would come to an end, alone, houseless, foodless in the midst of a terrible desert. There could be no return. –The Return of the King
Action: Reduce one player's threat by 6, or reduce each player's threat by 2.
"Welcome to Caras Galadhan!" he said. "Here is the city of the Galadhrim where dwell the Lord Celeborn and Galadriel the Lady of Lórien."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Response: Cancel a shadow effect just triggered during combat.
'The hasty stroke goes oft astray,' said Aragorn. 'We must press our Enemy, and no longer wait on him for the next move.'
–The Return of the King
Action: Choose a player. Shuffle that player's discard pile back into his deck. Remove Will of the West from the game.
"If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising."
–Legolas, The Return of the King
Action: Choose an ally with a printed cost of X in any player's discard pile. Put that ally into play under your control. (The chosen ally can belong to any sphere of influence.)
"...we will fight on." –Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring
Quest Action: Choose an enemy in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, that enemy does not contribute its 
"Radagast is, of course, a worthy Wizard, a master of shapes and changes of hue; and he has much lore of herbs and beasts, and birds are especially his friends." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Quest Action: Choose a location in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, that location does not contribute its
...Beorn advised them to take this way; for at a place a few days' ride due north of the Carrock was the gate of a little–known pathway through Mirkwood... –The Hobbit
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At the end of the round, discard Gandalf from play.
Response: After Gandalf enters play, (choose 1):
- draw 3 cards
- deal 4 damage to 1 enemy in play
- reduce your threat by 5.
Only one copy of Mendor's Support can be played each round.
Action: Mendor gets +2 , +2 , and +2 until the end of the round.
When playing this card, choose one:
Quest Action: Remove No Time to Waste! from the game and from the Campaign Pool to reduce each player's threat by 3. Reveal the top card of the encounter deck.
Quest Action: Draw 1 card.
When playing this card, choose one:
Action: Remove Ranger Sense from the game and from the Campaign Pool to look at the top 4 cards of your deck. Add 1 to your hand and put the rest back in any order.
Action: Draw 1 card.
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While Dáin Ironfoot is ready, Dwarf characters get +1 and +1 .
"You have not heard of Dain and the dwarves of the Iron Hills?" –Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit
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Response: After Ered Nimrais Prospector enters play, discard the top 3 cards of your deck. Then, choose and shuffle 1 card from your discard pile back into your deck.
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At the end of the round, discard Gandalf from play.
Response: After Gandalf enters play, (choose 1):
- draw 3 cards
- deal 4 damage to 1 enemy in play
- reduce your threat by 5.
Action: Exhaust 2 allies you control to shuffle your deck and discard the top 5 cards. Put up to 2 allies discarded by this effect into play under your control. The total cost of the allies put into play cannot exceed the total cost of the allies exhausted to pay for this effect.
“I was coming over the mountains with a friend or two...” –Gandalf, The Hobbit
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Action: Exhaust Zigil Miner and name a number to discard the top 2 cards of your deck. If at least one of those cards has cost equal to the named number, choose a hero you control. For each card that matches the named number, add 1 resource to that hero's resource pool.
Attach to a Dwarf character. Limit 1 per character.
Response: After a card is discarded from your deck, exhaust Dwarf Pipe to place that card on the bottom of your deck.
He held a small pipe with a wide flattened bowl...
–The Two Towers
Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero and 1 per deck.
Action: Exhaust Magic Ring and raise your threat by 1 to (choose 1): heal 1 damage from attached hero, add 1 resource to attached hero's pool, or ready attached hero.
"In Eregion long ago many Elven–rings were made, magic rings as you call them, and they were, of course, of various kinds..."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Combat Action: If you have not engaged an enemy this round, exhaust Haldir of Lórien to declare him as an attacker (and resolve his attack) against an enemy not engaged with you. Limit once per round.
"We allow no strangers to spy out the secrets of the Naith..." –The Fellowship of the Ring
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Response: After Galadhrim Minstrel enters play, search the top five cards of your deck for an event card and add it to your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
...the language was that of Elven-song and spoke of things little known on Middle-earth. -The Fellowship of the Ring
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Response: After Galadriel's Handmaiden enters play, choose a player. That player reduces his threat by 1.
Her maidens stood silent about her, and a while she looked upon her guests. -The Fellowship of the Ring
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At the end of the round, discard Gandalf from play.
Response: After Gandalf enters play, (choose 1): draw 3 cards, deal 4 damage to 1 enemy in play, or reduce your threat by 5.
Attach to a hero.
Action: Exhaust O Lorien! to lower the cost of the next Silvan ally played this phase by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
"I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and
leaves of gold there grew:
Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the
branches blew." -Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: If you control a unique Noldor character, give another character +1 until the end of the phase and lower your threat by 3.
"Believe rather that it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the world."
–Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
Combat Action: Return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to choose an enemy engaged with a player. That enemy cannot attack that player this phase.
"The three of us could not challenge a hundred, so we went ahead and spoke with feigned voices, leading them on into the wood." -Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: Return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to search the top 5 cards of your deck for a Silvan ally. Put that ally into play and shuffle the other cards back into your deck. You can only play 1 copy of The Tree People each phase.
No folk could they see, nor hear any feet upon the paths; but there were many voices, about them, and in the air above. –The Fellowship of the Ring
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Attach to Elrond. He gains a 
resource icon.
Action: Exhaust Elrond and Vilya to reveal the top card of your deck. You can immediately play or put into play the revealed card for no cost, if able. Otherwise, move the revealed card to the bottom of your deck.
...mightiest of the Three. –The Return of the King
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Response: After a character leaves play, ready Prince Imrahil. (Limit once per round.)
But beyond, in the great fief of Belfalas, dwelt Prince Imrahil in his castle of Dol Amroth by the sea, and he was of high blood, and his fold also, tall men and proud with sea-grey eyes. –The Return of the King.
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Response: After Soldier of Gondor enters play, seach the top 5 cards of your deck for a Gondor ally and add it to your hand (any number of Gondor allies instead if your threat is 40 or higher). Shuffle your deck.
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Lower the cost to play Citadel Custodian by 1 for each Gondor ally in play.
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At the end of the round, discard Gandalf from play.
Response: After Gandalf enters play, (choose 1):
- draw 3 cards
- deal 4 damage to 1 enemy in play
- reduce your threat by 5.
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Attach to a Noble hero.
Response: After attached hero gains any number of resources from a card effect, exhaust Heir of Mardil to ready attached hero.
"...in my turn I bore it, and so did each eldest son of our house, far back into the vanished years before the failing of the kings..."
–Denethor, The Return of the King
Attach to a Noble hero. Limit 1 per hero.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2 if your threat is 40 or higher).
...his sword of steel was valiant...
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Combat Action: Choose an enemy engaged with a player. That enemy cannot attack that player this phase.
A few brave men were strung before them to make a feint of resistance, and many there fell before the rest drew back and fled to either side. –The Hobbit
While your threat is less than 40, reduce the cost to play Pillars of the Kings by 4.
Action: Set your threat to 40. If this effect raised your threat, draw a card (draw 4 cards instead if it raised your threat by 10 or more).
"Behold the Argonath, the Pillars of the Kings!"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
Play Ranger Spikes into the staging area unattached.
If unattached, attach Ranger Spikes to the next eligible enemy that enters the staging area.
Players do not make engagement checks against attached enemy. Attached enemy gets -2 .
Limit 1 per deck.
Action: Choose a hero you control and discard all tokens from it. Select a different non-
, non-
hero from your collection with a threat cost less than or equal to the chosen hero. Swap those heroes, moving all eligible attachments to the hero from your collection.
