Surge.

While attached, counts as a Weapon attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 Excess damage dealt by attached enemy must be placed on The Wainriders' stage."

When Revealed: Attach to a non-unique Easterling enemy without a Wainrider Chariot attached.

Forced: When Nameless Beast attacks you, discard the top card of your deck. Nameless Beast gets +X for this attack, where X is that card's cost.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X where X is the cost of the top card of your discard pile.

Surge.

Forced: After Spawn of Shelob engages you, either discard the top card of your deck, or Spawn of Shelob gets +2 until the end of the round.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

Forced: After The Storehouse becomes the active location, add the enemy under it to the staging area. That enemy gets +3 and -30 engagement cost until the end of the round.

Forced: When The Storehouse is explored, the first player gains control of the objective ally it was guarding.

Goblin Axeman gets +1 for each Cave location in play.

Shadow: Defending character gets -1

Forced: If Wild Wargs is dealt a shadow card with a riddle, it gets +2.

Riddle: The first player names a card type, shuffles his deck, and discards the top 2 cards. For each of those cards that matches, place 1 progress token on stage 2.

Venom.

This enemy gets +3 while engaged with a player who controls at least 1 poisoned character.

Shadow: Defending character gets 1 poison. (Give 2 poison to a character you control if undefended.)

This enemy gets +1 , +1 , and +1 for each quest stage in play with no progress on it.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, remove all progress from the current quest.

While Northern Slopes is in the staging area, each Goblin enemy gets +1 and +1 .

While Northern Slopes is the active location, it gains: "Forced: When a character leaves play, remove 1 progress from the current quest, if able."

While Chetwood is in the staging area, Spy enemies get +1 and +1

Shadow: Defending player discards 1 random card from his hand.

On the third day out from Bree they came out of the Chetwood. –The Fellowship of the Ring

While The Troll's Camp is the active location, each hero gets +1 +1 and +1 .

"We are forgetting our family history! These must be the very three that were caught by Gandalf, quarrelling over the right way to cook thirteen dwarves and one hobbit."
–Frodo, The Fellowship of the Ring

Surge.

When Revealed: Attach to a Nazgûl enemy in play, if able. (Counts as a Weapon attachment with the text: "Limit 1 per enemy. Attached enemy gets +1 and cannot take non-combat damage.")

...in their haggard hands were swords of steel.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Surge. Toughness 1. Archery 1.

Uruk-hai Tracker gets +2 against characters with 2 or fewer printed hit points.

Shadow: Discard a non-objective attachment you control.

When Revealed: Remove all damage from each enemy at this stage. Each enemy at this stage gets +1 +1 and +1 until the end of the round.

Shadow: If the defending character has fewer printed hit points than the attacking enemy, this attack is considered undefended.

While Postern Door is the active location, each hero gets +1

Forced: When Postern Door is explored, until the end of the round, players cannot declare attacks.

There was a small postern–door that opened in an angle of the burg–wall on the west, where the cliff stretched out to meet it. –The Two Towers

While Helm's Gate is the active location, if any player is not engaged with an enemy, the first player reveals an encounter card at the end of each staging step.

Forced: When Helm's Gate is explored, each enemy gets -20 engagement cost and +2 until the end of the round.

Forced: After Captain of Harad engages you, each Harad enemy gets +1 and -10 engagement cost until the end of the round.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.

Immune to player card effects.

While The Cleft of Cirith Ungol is in the victory display, Shelob gets +2 loses the Indestructible keyword, and gains: "Shelob engages the first player."

Travel: Place 1 resource on Shelob to travel here.

The Cleft, Cirith Ungol, was before him, a dim notch in the black ridge... -The Two Towers

When Revealed: Shelob gets +2 until the end of the phase. Then, she makes an immediate attack against each player in turn order.

Shadow: If attacking enemy is Shelob, she makes an additional attack against you after this one.

If the active location is a Ship Corsair of Umbar gets +2 and +2

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the active location is a Ship).

Surge.

When Revealed: Attach to a Nazgûl enemy. Limit 1 per enemy. (Counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 +1 +1 and -10 engagement cost.Forced: At the end of the round, return attached enemy to the staging area.

...horrible as carrion–fowl yet greater than eagles, cruel as death. –The Return of the King

Wounded Uruk enters play with 2 damage on it.

Forced: After Wounded Uruk engages you, it gets +2 until the end of the round.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each damage on it.

Peril.

When Revealed: Either search the encounter deck, discard pile, and victory display for a Nazgûl enemy and add it to the staging area, or attach Hell-hawk to a Nazgûl enemy in play. (Counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Limit 1 per enemy. Attached enemy gets +2 +2 +2 and is immune to play card effects.")

If the players have crossed the Anduin, Uruk Vanguard gets +3 .

Shadow: attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if players have crossed the Anduin).

When Revealed: If Smaug is in play, he gets +2 , +2 , -2 and gains the text: "Allies cannot be declared as defenders." This effect lasts until the end of the round.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, resolve all burn damage on locations in play.

Spectral.

Dusk. Shadow Host Captain gets +1 and +1

Midnight. Shadow Host Captain gets +2 and +2

Loot. Restricted.

If unattached, the first player claims Sword of Belegost and attaches it to a hero he controls.

Attached hero gets +4

Response: Exhaust Sword of Belegost to cancel a shadow effect just triggered.

While Stone Ring is in the staging area, each Wight enemy engaged with a player gets +1 and +1 and applies the first sentence of its game text to each player at this stage as if it were engaged with him.

Stone rings grinned out of the ground like broken teeth in the moonlight. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Immune to player card effects.

While Chetwood Campsite is in the victory display, each Suspect gets +1 , +1 , and +1 .

Travel: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Chetwood Outlaw and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

While engaged with a player with threat 35 or higher, Lawless Ruffian gets +2

Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.

Surge.

When Revealed: Attach to a Brigand enemy without a copy of Hired Muscle attacked and return that enemy to the staging area. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 , +1 , +1 , and gains:'Forced: When attached enemy is defeated, look at the bottom of the Investigation deck.'")

Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.

Forced: When Bane of Amon Lanc attacks you, discard a random card from your hand. Bane of Amon Lanc gets +X for this attack, where X is that card's printed cost.

Dol Guldur Marauder gets +1 and +1 for each resource on it.

Forced: When Dol Guldur Marauder attacks, either remove 1 progress from the main quest or place 1 resource on Dol Guldur Marauder.

Forced: After Hunting Warg engages a player, it makes an immediate attack. If Hunting Warg is dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect for this attack, it gets +2 until the end of the phase.

While The Goblins' Caves is in the staging area, each Orc enemy gets +1

Forced: When The Goblin's Caves is explored, the opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a non-unique Orc enemy and adds it to the staging area.

When Revealed: The opposing team attaches Driven by Shadow to an enemy and returns it to the staging area. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Limit 1 per enemy. Attached enemy gets +2 +2 +2 and is immune to player card effects.") If there is no enemy in play, Driven by Shadow gains surge.

Beast of Taur-nu-Fuin gets +1 for each damage on it.

Forced: When Beast of Taur-nu-Fuin is dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect, deal 1 damage to it and the defending character.

When Revealed: The opposing team attaches Denizen of the Deep to a non-unique enemy and returns it to the staging area. If there are no non-unique enemies in play, Denizens of the Deep gains surge. (Counts as Condition attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 +1 +1 and is immune to player card effects.)

While Goblin Tunnels is in the staging area, each Goblin enemy gets +1

Forced: When Goblin Tunnels is explored, the opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a Goblin enemy with cost 1 or less and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Forced: When Cave Spider attacks, either remove 2 progress from the main quest, or Cave Spider gets +2 for this attack.

Shadow: Either remove 2 progress from the main quest or attacking enemy gets +2

Forced: When Unspeakable Thing attacks you, discard the top card of your deck. Unspeakable thing gets +X for this attack, where X is the discarded card's printed cost.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1

While Black Uruks is attacking, it gets +1 for each shadow card dealt for this attack.

Shadow: The opposing team searches the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for a card and deals it to attacking enemy as a shadow card.

Forced: After Nameless Thing enters play, the first player attaches the top card of his deck to it faceup as a guarded attached. Nameless Thing gets +X +X and +X where X is that card's printed cost. When Nameless Thing leaves play, discard that card.

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: After Ramming Ship engages you, it gets +4 until the end of the round.

Shadow: Put the top card of the Corsair deck into play engaged with you and deal it 1 shadow card.

Immune to player events.

While Morris is in the victory display, each Troll enemy gets +1 and gains "Immune to player events.".

While Labyrinthine Woods is in the staging area, Creature enemies get +1 and +1

Shadow: After this attack, attacking enemy engages the next player and makes an immediate attack.

Orc Interceptor gets +1 and +1 for each resource token on it.

Forced: After a location leaves play as an explored location, place a resource token on Orc Interceptor.

Cannot be optionally engaged.

If the active location is a Dark location, Goblin Lurker gets +3 and -40 engagement cost.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3 instead if the active location is a Dark location.)

Overseer Maurûl gets +X +X and +X where X is the highest number of resources on a Goblin enemy in play.

The Players cannot win the game unless Overseer Maurûl is in the victory display.

Each Goblin enemy gets +1 for each resource on it. This ability does not stack with other copies of Goblin Skirmisher.

Shadow: Deal X damage to the defending character. X is the number of resources on attacking enemy.