As an additional cost to play Guardian of Rivendell from your hand, you must discard 2 cards from your hand.

"Indeed there is a power in Rivendell to withstand the might of Mordor, for a while."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a location.

Action: Exhaust a Ranger or Scout character to give attached location -2 until the end of the phase.

"In this high play you may see the two powers that are opposed to one another; and ever they strive now in thought..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Sentinel.

Response: After Gimli is declared as a defender, spend 1 resource from his pool to ready another hero. If that hero is Legolas, he gets +1 until the end of the phase. (Limit once per phase.)

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens...”
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Guardian of Esgaroth gets +1 +1 +1 and +1 hit point for each different player card attachment it has. (Limit +3 to each.)

The men of the lake–town Esgaroth were mostly indoors, for the breeze was from the black East and chill, but a few were walking on the quays, and watching...
–The Hobbit

Attach to a or Scout character. Limit 1 per character.

Encounter Action: Exhaust attached character and discard Grey Cloak to choose a non-unique enemy in the staging area. That enemy does not make engagement checks against you this phase.

Cannot attack or defend.

Response: After Galion enters play, he gets +1 until the end of the round.

"Here am I waiting and waiting down hero, while you fellows drink and make merry and forget your tasks. Small wonder if I fall asleep from weariness!"
–The Hobbit

Response: After Greenwood Defender enters play, it does not exhaust to defend until the end of the round.

...after the coming of Men they took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk.
–The Hobbit

Combat Action: Return Gaffer Gamgee to your hand to choose an enemy with engagement cost higher than your threat. Until the end of the round, that enemy cannot attack you.

"Why? Why's none of my business, or yours."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Play only if you control a unique character with the Istari trait and another unique character with the Eagle trait.

Action: Search the top 5 cards of your deck for an Eagle or Istari ally and put it into play. Shuffle your deck. At the end of the round, if that ally is still in play, return it to your hand.

Action: Pay 1 resource from Gildor Inglorion's resource pool to choose a player to draw 1 card (Limit once per round.)

"Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod. We are Exiles, and most of our kindred have long ago departed..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Pay 1 resource from Gildor Inglorion's resource pool to choose a player to draw 1 card (Limit once per round.)

"Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod. We are Exiles, and most of our kindred have long ago departed..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Gandalf does not exhaust to commit to a quest.

Forced: At the end of the refresh phase, discard Gandalf from play. You may raise your threat by 2 to cancel this effect.

“I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me!” –The Hobbit

Combat Action: Exhaust a Weapon card attached to a hero you control to choose an enemy engaged with you. Deal 2 damage to that enemy. (Deal 3 damage instead if the enemy is an Orc.)

At this point Gandalf fell behind, and Thorin with him. They turned a sharp corner. "About turn!" he shouted. "Draw your sword, Thorin!" – The Hobbit

Attach to a hero or Gandalf. Restricted.

Attached character gets +2 .

Response: After attached character destroys an Orc enemy, draw 1 card.

“This, Gandalf, was Glamdring, Foe-hammer that the king of Gondolin once wore.” –Elrond, The Hobbit

While you control at least 5 Dwarf characters, Glóin gains:

Response: After you play Glóin from your hand, choose a hero. Add 2 resources to that hero's resource pool.

Glóin lit several more torches, and then they all crept out, one by one... – The Hobbit

Attach to a hero with the printed Ranged keyword. Restricted.

Combat Action: Choose an enemy in the staging area. Exhaust Great Yew Bow and attached hero to make a ranged attack against that enemy. Declare attached hero as the attacker. No other attackers can be declared for this attack.

Play with the top card of your deck faceup. Once per phase, you may play the top card of your deck as if it was in your hand. When playing a card this way, Gandalf is considered to have the printed , , , and icons.

"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor." –The Fellowship of the Ring

At the end of the round, discard Galadriel from play.

Response: After you play Galadriel from your hand, search the top 5 cards of your deck for an attachment of cost 3 or less and put it into play. Put the remaining cards back in any order.

Attach to Gandalf. Restricted.

Action: Exhaust Gandalf’s Staff to (choose one):

• choose a player to draw 1 card
• add 1 resource to a hero's resource pool
• discard a shadow card from a non-unique enemy.

...he held his staff aloft, and from its tip there came a feint radiance. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a Warrior hero or Gandalf. Restricted.

Attached character gets +2 .

Response: After attached character destroys an Orc enemy, draw 1 card.

"...at his side was the elven–sword Glamdring, the mate of Orcrist that lay now upon the breast of Thorin under the Lonely Mountain." –The Fellowship of the Ring

Sentinel.

Response: After an enemy is revealed from the encounter deck, ready Gimli.

"Give me a row of orc-necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!"
–The Two Towers

Response: After a Rohan ally you control is discarded from play, exhaust Gamling to return that ally to your hand.

"...we have a thousand fit to fight on foot," said Gamling, an old man, the leader of those that watched the Dike. –The Two Towers

Combat Action: Discard Grimbold to choose an enemy engaged with a player. That enemy cannot attack that player this phase.

Grimbold's men turned aside and passed round to a great gap in the wall further eastward.
–The Return of the King

X is the of the active location.

Travel Action: Discard Ghân-buri-Ghân to travel to a location without resolving its Travel effect.

Ghân-buri-Ghân will not lead you into trap.
—The Return of the King

Attach to a Rohan hero. Restricted.

Response: After attached hero is declared as a defender, exhaust Golden Shield to add attached hero's to its for this attack.

His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an image of the Sun...
–The Return of the King

Attach to a Rohan hero. Restricted.

Response: After attached hero is declared as an attacker, exhaust Gúthwinë to give that hero +2 for this attack. If this attack destroys an enemy, return a Rohan ally from your discard pile to your hand.

“Gúthwinë!” cried Éomer. “Gúthwinë for the Mark!”
–The Two Towers

Gimli gets +1 for each damage token on him.

Galadriel cannot quest, attack or defend. Allies you control do not exhaust to commit to the quest during the round they enter play.

Action: Exhaust Galadriel to choose a player. That player reduces his threat by 1 and draws 1 card. (Limit once per round.)

Action: Pay 1 resource from Glorfindel's pool to heal 1 damage on any character. (Limit once per round.)

Play with the top card of your deck faceup. Once per phase, you may play the top card of your deck as if it was in your hand. When playing a card this way, Gandalf is considered to have the printed , , , and icons.

Action: Ready all character cards in play.

"If there is only one way, then I must take it. What comes after must come." –Frodo Baggins, The Two Towers

Action: Look at the top X cards of any player's deck, add 1 of those cards to its owner's hand, and return the rest to the top of the deck in any order.

"Less welcome did the Lord Denethor show me then than of old, and grudgingly he permitted me to search among his hoarded scrolls and books."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After 1 or more cards are discarded from your hand, draw 1 card. Limit once per round.

"But have they the strength, have we here the strength to withstand the Enemy, the coming of Sauron at the last, when all else is overthrown?"
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Ready all character cards in play.

"If there is only one way, then I must take it. What comes after must come." –Frodo Baggins, The Two Towers

Action: Look at the top X cards of any player's deck, add 1 of those cards to its owner's hand, and return the rest to the top of the deck in any order.

"Less welcome did the Lord Denethor show me then than of old, and grudgingly he permitted me to search among his hoarded scrolls and books."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Ready all characters in play.

"If there is only one way, then I muse take it. What comes after must come."
–Frodo Baggins, The Two Towers

Response: After a character leaves play, add its to another character's until the end of the round.

"We have not the time or the tools to bury our comrade fitly, or to raise a mound up over him. A cairn we might build."
–Legolas, The Two Towers

Action: Discard 2 resources from your hero's resource pool to add 3 resources to that hero's resource pool.

"Nay, my friends, I am the lawful master of the Stone, and I had both the right and the strength to use it..." –Aragorn, The Return of the King

Response: After 1 or more cards are discarded from your hand, draw 1 card. Limit once per round.

"But have they the strength, have we here the strength to withstand the Enemy, the coming of Sauron at the last, when all else is overthrown?"
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.

Attached hero can have 1 additional restricted attachment.

The lady bowed her head, and she turned to Boromir and to him she gave a belt of gold...
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.

Attached hero can have 1 additional restricted attachment.

The lady bowed her head, and she turned to Boromir and to him she gave a belt of gold...
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Encounter. Surge. Ranged. Sentinel.

When Revealed: The first player chooses a player to take control of Ranger of the North. Then, either deal 2 damage to an enemy or place 2 progress tokens on a location.

Encounter. Surge.

Cannot have restricted attachments.

When Revealed: The first player chooses a player to take control of Eagle of the North. The chosen player may choose and discard a non-unique enemy in the staging area.

Guarded (enemy or location).

Attach to a Dwarf hero.

Action: Exhaust Ring of Thrór and discard the top card of your deck to ready attached hero. If the discarded card is an attachment, put it into play.

Encounter. Surge. Ranged. Sentinel.

When Revealed: The first player chooses a player to take control of Ranger of the North. Then, either deal 2 damage to an enemy or place 2 progress tokens on a location.

Encounter. Surge.

Cannot have restricted attachments.

When Revealed: The first player chooses a player to take control of Eagle of the North. The chosen player may choose and discard a non-unique enemy in the staging area.

Guarded (enemy or location).

Attach to a Dwarf hero.

Action: Exhaust Ring of Thrór and discard the top card of your deck to ready attached hero. If the discarded card is an attachment, put it into play.

Sentinel.

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

Attach to a hero.

Attached hero gains the Gondor trait.

Action: Exhaust Steward of Gondor to add 2 resources to attached hero's resource pool.

"It was commanded yesterday."
–Denethor, The Return of the King

Action: Choose a Dwarf hero. That hero gets +2 +2 and +2 until the end of the round.

A king he was on carven throne
In many–pillared halls of stone
With golden roof and silver floor,
And runes of power upon the door.
–The Fellowship of the Ring