





Action: Take control of the first player token and draw 1 card.
"Come! I will lead you now!"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring



Action: Return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to reduce your threat by X where X is the printed cost of the ally returned to your hand.
"...we dare not by our own trust endanger our land. We live now upon an island amid many perils..."
–Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring







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



Action: Search your deck for a side quest and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.
"I called for the help of the Dúnedain, and their watch was doubled..."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring


Play only if you control 2 or fewer heroes.
Action: Until the end of the phase, if your threat is higher than 20, treat your threat as if it is 20.
"I see now little hope, if we do not soon vanish from sight for a while, and cover our trail."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring



Resource Action: Exhaust a Noble hero you control to add 2 resources to that hero's resource pool.
...in these days men are slow to believe that a captain can be wise and learned in the scrolls of lore and song, as he is, and yet man of hardihood and swift judgement in the field.
–Beregond, The Return of the King



Attach to a location with no progress tokens on it.
While attached location is the active location, reduce its quest point value to 1.
It was a path made by strong arms and heavy feet.
–The Fellowship of the Ring



Attach to an ally.
Attached ally does not exhaust to quest.
–The Hobbit



Action: Each player whose threat is 40 or higher readies all characters he controls.



Action: Reduce the cost of the next card you play by 1 for each Pipe you control.
Merry smiled. "Well then," he said, "if Strider will provide what is needed, I will smoke and think."
–The Return of the King



Action: Exhaust a hero you control to shuffle the encounter deck and look at its top card. Place progress tokens on the current quest equal to the revealed card's . Then, put that card back on top of the encounter deck.
As they worked the ravens brought them constant tidings. –The Hobbit



Action: Choose a character in play (other than Bilbo Baggins). Add Bilbo Baggins' total ,
, and
to that character's
and
respectively until the end of the phase.
"I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number."
–Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit



Action: Choose a Hobbit character. That character gets +2 , +2
, and +2
until the end of the phase.
"I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me." –Sam Gamgee, The Fellowship of the Ring

Permanet. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead if it has 2 or more resources in its resource pool).

Permanet. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +2 (+3
instead if it has 2 or more resources in its resource pool).
Response: When attached hero defends against an enemy, exhaust Parrying Cutlass to move 1 resource from that enemy to attached hero's resource pool.

Permanent. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead if it has 2 or more damage on it).

Permanent. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +2 (+3
instead if it has 2 or more damage on it).
Action: Either deal 1 damage to an enemy, or toss Throwing Axe. If it travel at least two feet across the playing area and stops on any enemies, deal 4 damage to one of them. Reattach Throwing Axe to its hero. (Limit once per game.)


Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +2 .
Response: After attach hero destroys an enemy, add 1 resource to attached hero's pool.



Attach to a Hobbit hero. Restricted
Attach hero gets +1 , +1
, and +1
.
Response: After attached hero is declared as an attacker or defender against an enemy, deal 1 damage to that enemy.

Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +2 and collects an additional resource during the resource phase.
...the necklace of Girion, Lord of Dale, made of five hundred emeralds green as grass, which he gave for the arming of his eldest son...–The Hobbit

Attach to a hero.
Each unique character you control gains +1 .
Action: Reduce your threat by 2 to attach The Arkenstone to a hero controlled by another player and raise that player's threat by 2. (Limit once per round.)


Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +2 and collects an additional resource during the resource phase.
...the necklace of Girion, Lord of Dale, made of five hundred emeralds green as grass, which he gave for the arming of his eldest son...–The Hobbit


Attach to a hero.
Each unique character you control gains +1 .
Action: Reduce your threat by 2 to attach The Arkenstone to a hero controlled by another player and raise that player's threat by 2. (Limit once per round.)



Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +2 .
Response: After attach hero destroys an enemy, add 1 resource to attached hero's pool.



Attach to a Hobbit hero. Restricted
Attach hero gets +1 , +1
, and +1
.
Response: After attached hero is declared as an attacker or defender against an enemy, deal 1 damage to that enemy.



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.



Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 when attacking an Orc.
Response: After attached hero attacks and destroys an enemy, place 1 progress token on the current quest.
It was rather splendid to be wearing a blade made in Gondolin for the goblin–wars of which so many songs had sung...
–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.
Action: Discard Healing Herbs and exhaust attached hero to heal all damage on 1 character.



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. Restricted.
Limit 1 per hero.
Attached hero gains +1 . (+2
instead if attached hero has the Gondor trait.)
There flowered a White Tree, and that was for Gondor...
–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



Attach to a or Rohan hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead if attached hero is Éomer).
Response: After attached hero attacks alone, exhaust Firefoot to choose a non-unique enemy engaged with you. Excess damage dealt by this attack is assigned to the chosen enemy.



Limit 1 per deck. Attach to a Gondor hero.
Attached hero gets +1
Valour Response: After attached hero quests successfully, add The Red Arrow to the victory display to search the top 5 cards of your deck for an ally and put it into play.
"The Red Arrow has not been seen in the Mark in all my years!"
–Théoden, The Return of the King



Attach to a character. Limit 1 per character. Restricted.
Attached characters gets +1 for each attachment it has with the restricted keyword.
"Gimli Glóin's son, have you your axe ready?"
–Éomer, The Return of the King



Attach to a or Rohan hero. Restricted.
Response: After attached hero participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, exhaust Rohan Warhorse to ready attached hero.
Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean–limbed... –The Two Towers




Attach to a Noldor or Silvan hero. Restricted.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to give attached hero +1 until the end of the phase. Limit 3 times per phase.
Their spears and swords shone in the gloom with a gleam of chill flame, so deadly was the wrath of the hands that held them.
–The Hobbit






Discard 2 cards from your hand to put Elven Jeweler into play from your hand, under your control.
"...to the Elven–smiths they were but trifles..." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring


Attach to a Hobbit hero. Restricted.
Quest Action: If attached hero is not committed to the quest, exhaust Hobbit Pony and attached hero to commit attached hero to the quest.
He was riding a pony, and a scarf was swathed round his neck and over his chin to keep out the fog. —The Fellowship of the Ring


Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Response: After a card is discarded from your hand, exhaust Silver Harp to return that card to your hand.
Elrond wore a mantle of grey and had a star upon his forehead, and a silver harp was in his hand... –The Return of the King




Attach to a Dúnedain or Healer character.
Action: Discard Athelas and exhaust attached character to heal all damage on a character. You may discard a Condition attachment from that character.
"...it is a healing plant that the Men of the West brought to Middle–earth. Athelas they named it..." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring


Attach to a Ranger character. Limit 1 per character.
While attached character is commited to the quest, Weather-stained Cloak gains:
Response: Exhaust Weather-stained Cloak to cancel 1 point of damage just dealt to attached character.
They were clad in warm raiment and heavy cloaks...
–The Return of the King

Attached character gets +1
Response: Add Iârion's Pendant to the victory display to cancel the 'when revealed' effects of a card that was just revaled from the encounter deck, or to cancel a shadow effect just triggered.
"That is just what the Rangers are: the last remnant in the North of the great people."
–Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

Attach to a hero. Restricted.
While attacking or defending against an enemy, attached hero gets +1 and +1
if that enemy shares a Trait with an enemy in the victory display.
Response: After attached hero attacks and destroys an enemy, add that enemy to the victory display. (Limit once per game.)

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 Gondor hero.
Action: Spend 2 resources from attached hero's resource pool to draw 1 card.
"The last Steward of Gondor begs leave to surrender his office." And he held out a white rod.
–The Return of the King



Attach to a character.
Quest Action: Discard Grappling Hook and exhaust attached character to commit attached character to the quest, using its instead of its
(or instead of its
if the current quest has the siege keyword).