






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







Action: Exhaust Denethor to look at the top card of the encounter deck. You may move that card to the bottom of the deck.
"And the lord Denethor is unlike other men: he sees far."
–Beregond, The Return of the King



Attach to a hero. Attached hero gets -1
Response: Exhaust Dark Knowledge to look at 1 shadow card that was just dealt to an enemy attacking you.
'Go on then!' said Frodo. 'What do you know?'
'Too much; too many dark things,' said Strider grimly.
–The Fellowship of the Ring







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






Forced: After Dúnedain Hunter enters play, search the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for a non-unique enemy and put it into play engaged with you. If no enemy enters play by this effect, discard Dúnedain Hunter. Shuffle the encounter deck.







Setup: Add 2 resources to Denethor's resource pool.
Action: Move 1 resource from Denethor's resource pool to another Gondor hero's resource pool. (Limit once per round.)
"...why should I sit here in my tower and think, and watch, and wait, spending even my sons? For I can still wield a brand."
-The Return of the King














While Dáin Ironfoot is defending, he gains,"Action: Discard the top card of your deck to give Dáin Ironfoot +1 for this attack. (Limit 3 times per phase.)"
"The time of my thought is my own to spend."
–The Fellowship of the Ring






Reduce the cost to play Item attachments on Descendant of Girion by 1.
–Glóin, The Fellowship of the Ring

Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 .
Response: After a non-unique enemy is added to the staging area, exhaust Dragon-slayer to engage that enemy. It makes an immediate attack against you.













Action: Exhaust Denethor to look at the top card of the encounter deck. You may move that card to the bottom of the deck.
"And the lord Denethor is unlike other men: he sees far."
–Beregond, The Return of the King



Attach to a hero. Attached hero gets -1
Response: Exhaust Dark Knowledge to look at 1 shadow card that was just dealt to an enemy attacking you.
'Go on then!' said Frodo. 'What do you know?'
'Too much; too many dark things,' said Strider grimly.
–The Fellowship of the Ring














Response: Discard Dúnedain Lookout to cancel the 'when revealed' effects of an enemy just revealed from the encounter deck.
"Travellers scowl at us and countrymen give us scornful names."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring







Response: Discard Dúnedain Watcher from play to cancel the shadow effects of a card just triggered.
"If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they will be, and we must be secret to keep them so. That has been the task of my kindred, while the years have lengthened and the grass has grown." –Strider, The Fellowship of the Ring







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







Denethor gets -1 for each damaged hero you control.
Discard Denethor if his is 0 or less.
"Denethor is of another sort, proud and subtile, a man of far greater lineage and power, though he is not called a king." –Gandalf, The Return of the King







Forced: After Dúnedain Hunter enters play, search the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for a non-unique enemy and put it into play engaged with you. If no enemy enters play by this effect, discard Dúnedain Hunter. Shuffle the encounter deck.







Setup: Add 2 resources to Denethor's resource pool.
Action: Move 1 resource from Denethor's resource pool to another Gondor hero's resource pool. (Limit once per round.)
"...why should I sit here in my tower and think, and watch, and wait, spending even my sons? For I can still wield a brand."
-The Return of the King














Forced: After this ally enters play, search the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for a non-unique location and add it to the staging area. If no location enters play by this effect, discard Dúnedain Pathfinder. Shuffle the encounter deck.







Response: Discard Dúnedain Lookout to cancel the 'When Revealed' effects of an enemy just revealed from the encounter deck.
"Travellers scowl at us, and countrymen gives us scornful names."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring







Defender of Cair Andros gets +X where X is the tens digit of your threat. (Limit +4
Valour Response: After Defender of Cair Andros is declared as a defender, deal 1 damage to the attacking enemy.







While Dáin Ironfoot is defending, he gains,"Action: Discard the top card of your deck to give Dáin Ironfoot +1 for this attack. (Limit 3 times per phase.)"
"The time of my thought is my own to spend."
–The Fellowship of the Ring







Reduce the cost to play Item attachments on Descendant of Girion by 1.
–Glóin, The Fellowship of the Ring







Response: After Dale Messenger enters play, choose a player. That player heals 1 damage from each character he controls with a player card attachment.
"We discover that messengers have come also to King Brand in Dale..."
–Glóin, The Fellowship of the Ring







Response: After a hero is assigned any amount of damage, exhaust Dori to place that damage on Dori instead.
'I can't always be carrying burglars on my back,' said Dori, 'down tunnels and up trees! What do you think I am? A porter?' –Dori, The Hobbit










Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gains +1 (+2
instead if attached hero is a Dwarf.)
"But keep your bow ready to hand, and I will keep my axe loose in my belt."
–Gimli, The Two Towers

Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead when attacking an Undead enemy).
Response: After you play Daechnar's Brand, search the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for a Sorcery treachery and add it to the victory display. Shuffle the encounter deck.


Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead if attacking an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat).
...these blades were forged many long years ago by Men of Westernesse: they were foes of the Dark Lord...
–The Fellowship of the Ring



Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gains +1 (+2
instead if attached hero is a Dwarf.)
"But keep your bow ready to hand, and I will keep my axe loose in my belt."
–Gimli, The Two Towers



Attach to a Dwarf character. Restricted.
Attached hero gains +1
Response: After attached character attacks, deal 1 damage to the defending character.



Attach to a Dwarf character. Restricted.
Attached character gets +1
Response: After attached character attacks, deal 1 damage to the defending enemy.
"We make good armour and keen swords, but we cannot again make mail or blade to match those that were made before the dragon came." –Gloin, The Fellowship of the Ring



Action: Each player draws 2 cards.
"His knowledge is deep, but his pride has grown with it..." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring



Attach to a Dwarf hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 .
Response: After attached hero takes damage from an enemy attack, exhaust Dwarven Shield to add 1 resource to attached hero's pool.
...each of them had also a short broad sword at his side and a round shield slung at his back.
–The Hobbit



Attach to a hero. Attached hero gets +2
Response: After attach hero attacks and destroys an enemy, deal 1 damage to an enemy engaged with you.



Action: Each player may ready a characer he controls.
"Go back to the Shadow!"
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring



Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead if attacking an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat).
...these blades were forged many long years ago by Men of Westernesse: they were foes of the Dark Lord...
–The Fellowship of the Ring







Dúnhere can target enemies in the staging area when he attacks alone. When doing so, he gets +1 .
Captains rode to meet him at the ford, bearing messages from Gandalf. Dúnhere, chieftain of the folk of Harrowdale, was at their head.
–The Return of the King










Action: Exhaust Daughter of the Nimrodel to heal up to 2 damage on any 1 hero.
"Here is Nimrodel! Of this stream the Silvan Elves made many songs long ago, and still we sing them in the North...I will bathe my feet, for it is said that the water is healing to the weary." –Legolas, The Fellowship of the Ring