Play Ambush into the staging area unattached. If unattached, attach Ambush to the next eligible enemy that enters the staging area.

Combat Action: The engaged player discards Ambush to declare an attack against the attached enemy.

"But we have a new errand on this journey: we come to ambush the Men of Harad." –Mablung, The Two Towers

Play only if you control at least 1 Ent character.

Attach to a character. Limit 1 per character.

Attached character gets +2 hit points.

The effect of the draught began at the toes, and rose steadily through every limb, bringing refreshment and vigour as it coursed upwards, right to the tips of the hair. –The Two Towers

Permanent.

Setup: Attach to a Healer hero.

Action: Exhaust attached hero and Hands of a Healer to heal up to 3 damage from a hero.

"Life to the dying
In the king's hand lying!"
–Herb–master, The Return of the King

Permanent.

Setup: Attach to a Ranger hero.

Response: After attached hero is declared as a defender against a non-unique enemy, exhaust Forewarned to discard 1 shadow card from that enemy.

"Faint and far are the feet of our enemies."
–Aragorn, The Two Towers

Play only if you control the Ring-bearer.

Planning Action: Brace of Coneys to the victory display to (choose 2): heal up to 2 damage from a hero, add 2 resources to a hero's pool, draw 2 cards, or reduce a player's threat by 2.

“'Sméagol always helps,' he said. 'He has brought rabbits, nice rabbits.'”
—Gollum, The Two Towers

The first player gains control of Aragorn. If Aragorn leaves play, the players lose the game.

While Aragorn has an Artifact attached, he gains sentinel and does not exhaust to quest.

"I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself..."

-The Return of the King

Reduce the cost to play Halbarad by 1 for each enemy engaged with you.

Each enemy engaged with you gets

"Halbarad Dunadan, Ranger of the North I am..."

-The Return of the King

Response: After Éomer commits to the quest, spend 1 resource from his resource pool to immediately declare him as an attacker (and resolve his attack) against an enemy in the staging area.

...he was young, and he was king; the lord of a fell people.

-The Return of the King

While you are engaged with an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat, the first Hobbit ally you play each round does not require a resource match.

Response: After a Hobbit ally enters play, it gets +2 Attack until

Action: Spend 1 resource from a Rohan hero's resource pool to put Elfhelm into play from your hand under your control. At the end of the phase, discard Elfhelm if

"...my lord sends word that we must set ourselves in readiness; orders may come for a sudden move."

-The Return of the King

Response: After Théodred commits to a quest, choose a hero committed to that quest. Add 1 resource to that hero's resource pool.

"Not all is dark. Take courage, Lord of the Mark..."
–Gandalf, The Two Towers

Ranged.

Response: After Legolas participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, place 2 progress tokens on the current quest.

"I can walk this path, but others have not this skill."
–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 Beravor to choose a player. That player draws 2 cards. Limit once per round.

But in the wild lands beyond Bree there were mysterious wanderers. The Bree-folk called them Rangers, and knew nothing of their origin.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Son of Arnor enters play, choose an enemy card in the staging area or currently engaged with another player. Engage that enemy.

...and the North-realm they made in Arnor, and the South-realm in Gondor above the mouths of Anduin.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Longbeard Orc Slayer enters play, deal 1 damage to each Orc enemy in play.

Five dead Orcs lay there. They had been hewn with many cruel strokes, and two had been beheaded. The ground was wet with their dark blood.
–The Two Towers

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: Beorn gains +5 until the end of the phase. At the end of the phase in which you trigger this effect, shuffle Beorn back into your deck. (Limit once per round.)

"I don't need your service, thank you...but I expect you need mine." –The Hobbit

Response: After Northern Tracker commits to a quest, place 1 progress token on each location in the staging area.

"What roads would any dare to tread, what safety would there be in quiet lands, or in the homes of simple men at night, if the Dúnedain were asleep, or were all gone into the grave?"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a hero.

Attached hero gains +1 .

"You are indeed high in the favor of the Lady!"
–Unnamed Elf of Lórien,
The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a hero.

Action: Exhaust Unexpected Courage to ready attached hero.

"Here am I, naughty little fly;
you are fat and lazy.
You cannot trap me, though you try,
in your cobwebs crazy."
–Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit

Attach to an enemy engaged with a player.

Attached enemy cannot attack.

"We shall have it like a coney in a trap. Then we shall learn what kind of thing it is."
–Unidentified Man of Gondor,
The Two Towers

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

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.

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.

Response: After you play Andrath Guardsman from your hand, choose a non-unique enemy engaged with you. That enemy cannot attack you this round.

They forgot or ignored what little they had ever known of the Guardians...
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Forced: At the end of the round, discard Dwarven Sellsword unless the players as a group spend 1 resource.

...he did not altogether approve of the dwarves and their love of gold...
–The Hobbit

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.

Attach to a hero.

Action: Exhaust Unexpected Courage to ready attached hero.

"You cannot trap me, though you try,
in your cobwebs crazy."
–Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit

Attach to a hero.

Action: Discard Cram to ready attached hero.

If you want to know what cram is, I can only say that I don't know the recipe; but it is biscuitish, keeps good indefinitely, is supposed to be sustaining, and is certainly not entertaining...
–The Hobbit

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.

Ranged.

Response: After Legolas participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, draw 1 card.

"He stands not alone," said Legolas, bending his bow and fitting an arrow with hands that moved quicker than sight.
–The Two Towers

Response: After Sarn Ford Sentry enters play, draw 1 card for each enemy engaged with you.

"Lonely men are we, Rangers of the wild, hunters but hunters ever of the servants of the Enemy..."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

Ranged.

Response: After Galadhon Archer enters play, deal 1 damage to an enemy not engaged with you.

"...you breathe so loud that they could shoot you in the dark."
–Legolas, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to the active location. Attached location gets +1 quest point.

Response: After attached location leaves play as an explored location, the first player puts 1 ally into play from his hand.

Play only if you control a Noldor or Silvan hero.

Attach to a hero.

Action: Discard Lembas to ready attached hero and heal 3 damage from it.

Attach to a quest card in play. Limit 1 per quest.

Response: After attached quest is defeated, each player either draws 2 cards or heals up to 5 damage from among characters he controls.

"...through the ages of the world we have fought the long defeat."
–Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to an ally.

Action: Discard Born Aloft from play to return attached ally to its owner's hand.

"Very well," said Gandalf. "Take us where and as far as you will!" –The Hobbit

Radagast collects 1 resource each resource phase. These resources can be used to pay for Creature cards played from your hand.

Action: Spend X resources from Radagast's pool to heal X wounds on any 1 Creature.

"I have an urgent errand. My news is evil."

Response: After Keen-eyed Took enters play, reveal the top card of each player's deck.

Action: Return Keen-eyed Took to your hand to discard the top card of each player's deck.

Then something Tookish woke up inside him...
–The Hobbit

While Elfhelm is ready, he gains:

Response: After your threat is raised as the result of questing unsuccessfully, or by an encounter or quest card effect, reduce your threat by 1.

"But my lord sends word that we must set ourselves in readiness: orders may come for a sudden move." –The Return of the King

Attach to a Dwarf or Hobbit character.

Limit 1 Boots from Erebor per character.

Attached character gets +1 hit point.

The Hobbits of that quarter, the Eastfarthing, were rather large and heavy-legged, and they wore dwarf-boots in muddy weather.
—The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a hero.

Attached hero gains a resource icon.

If attached hero is Aragorn, each character you control gets +1 .

"For the Sword that was Broken is the Sword of Elendil that broke beneath him when he fell."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Háma is declared as an attacker, return a event from your discard pile to your hand. Then, choose and discard 1 card from your hand. (Limit 3 times per game for the group.)

"Yet in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom." –The Two Towers

Erebor Battle Master gets +1 for each other Dwarf ally you control. (Limit +4 .)

Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.

Response: After a Song card is played, exhaust Love of Tales to add 1 resource to attached hero's resource pool.

"I listened because I couldn't help myself, if you know what I mean. Lor bless me, sir, but I do love tales of that sort."
–Sam Gamgee, The Fellowship of the Ring

Limit 1 per deck. Attach to a location.

Heroes do not exhaust to attack, defend, or commit to a quest while attached location is the active location.

"However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses!"
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a Gondor or Dúnedain hero.

Action: Spend 1 resource from attached hero's resource pool to give attached hero +1 for each resource in its resource pool until the end of the phase. (Limit once per phase.)

"Believe not that in the land of Gondor the blood of Numenor is spent, nor all its pride and dignity forgotten." –Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a Gondor or Outlands hero.

If each hero you control has a printed resource icon, Lord of Morthond gains:

Response: After you play a ally, ally or ally, draw 1 card.

"The Captains of the Outlands are expected up the South Road ere sundown. Come with us and you will see." –Bergil, The Return of the King

Attach to a Gondor ally.

Attached ally gains the Outlands trait.

The Morthond Valye made a great bay that beat up against the sheer southern faces of the mountains.
–The Return of the King