Core Set
(x1)
When Revealed: Each enemy and each location currently in the staging area gets 1 Threat until the end of the phase. If there are no cards in the staging area, Driven by Shadow gains surge.
Shadow: Choose and discard 1 attachment from the defending character. (If this attack is undefended, discard all attachments you control.)
Two-Player Limited Edition Starter
(x2)
When Revealed: Each enemy and each location currently in the staging area gets +1 Threat until the end of the phase. If there are no cards in the staging area, Driven by Shadow gains surge.
Shadow: Choose and discard 1 attachment from the defending character. (If this attack is undefended, discard all attachments you control.)
Two-Player Limited Edition Starter
(x2)
When Revealed: Each player returns 1 enemy engaged with him to the staging area. If no enemy was returned to the staging area this way, Surprising Speed gains surge and doomed 1.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
The Hunt for Gollum
(x2)
When Revealed: The first player chooses and shuffles a card with the printed Clue trait back into the encounter deck. If there are no Clue cards in play, False Lead gains surge.
The Hills of Emyn Muil
(x4/x2)
Hazard.
When Revealed: If there is an active location, remove all progress tokens from that location and return it to the staging area. If no location is moved by this effect, this card gains surge.
Khazad-dûm
(x3)
When Revealed: If the players are not on stage 1, shuffle the current quest card into the quest deck, then reveal a new quest card. Otherwise, New Devilry gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack is undefended, raise your threat by The Nameless Fear's Threat.
Khazad-dûm
(x3)
When Revealed: Put the top enemy in the encounter discard pile into play, engaged with the first player. If this effect put no enemies into play, Chance Encounter gains surge.
Shadow: attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. (+3 Attack instead if engaged with the first player.)
Khazad-dûm
(x3)
Hazard.
When Revealed: Remove all progress tokens from the current quest card and active location. If Cave In removed no progress tokens, it gains surge.
Khazad-dûm
(x3)
3
(5)
(5)
Underground.
Dark.
Hazard.
When Revealed: Each player may choose and discard 1 card at random from his hand. If all players did not discard 1 card, Fouled Well gains surge.
The Redhorn Gate
(x2)
When Revealed: Return the top 2 Snow cards in the encounter discard pile to the top of the encounter deck. If this effect returned less than 2 Snow treachery cards, Fell Voices gains surge.
Road to Rivendell
(x3/x1)
When Revealed: The first player (choose 1): deals 1 damage to all allies in play and Followed by Night gains surge, or all enemies engaged with players make an immediate attack, if able.
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after it attacks.
The Long Dark
(x2)
When Revealed: Each player must exhaust 1 character he controls, if able. Then, if any player controls no unexhausted characters, Fatigue gains surge.
Shadow: The defending player must exhaust 1 character he controls, if able.
The Long Dark
(x1/x0)
When Revealed: Attach this card to a location in the staging area with the highest combined threat and remaining quest points. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: 'Each enemy revealed from the encounter deck gains surge.')
Shadow and Flame
(x2/x0)
When Revealed: Each player must discard 1 ally he controls, if able. If Fires in the Deep discarded no allies, it gains surge.
Shadow: The defending player discards 1 ally he controls, if able.
Heirs of Númenor
(x2)
Gondor.
Ranger.
While Ithilien Guardian is in the staging area, he is committed to the current quest.
When Revealed: Add Ithilien Guardian to the staging area and Ithilien Guardian gains surge.
Shadow: Deal 2 damage to the attacking enemy.
Heirs of Númenor
(x2)
When Revealed: Return all Brigand enemies engaged with players to the staging area. If this effect returned no Brigand enemies to the staging area, Lurking in Shadows gains surge.
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after it attacks.
Heirs of Númenor
(x2/x0)
When Revealed: Raise each player's threat by the number of questing characters. (If the current quest has the battle or siege keyword, Watcher in the Wood gains surge.)
Shadow: Each player raises his threat by the number of enemies engaged with him.
The Steward's Fear
(x3/x1)
When Revealed: Randomly select 1 ally controlled by the first player, if able. The first player deals X damage to one of his heroes, where X is that ally's Attack. Then discard that ally. If no ally is discarded by this effect, A Knife in the Back gains surge.
The Drúadan Forest
(x3)
When Revealed: Each hero must pay 1 resource or take 1 damage. If no hero takes damage from this effect, Men in the Dark gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack for each hero the defending player controls with no resources.
Encounter at Amon Dîn
(x3)
(35)
2
3
1
3
3
1
3
Orc.
When Revealed: Discard 1 villager token from the active location. If no villager token is discarded by this effect, Orc Ravager gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. (+2 Attack instead if undefended.)
Encounter at Amon Dîn
(x2)
Doomed 2.
When Revealed: Discard 1 villager token from the active location for each player in the game. If no villager tokens were removed by this effect, Trapped Inside gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard 1 villager token from Rescued Villagers.
Encounter at Amon Dîn
(x2)
When Revealed: Each player must take a villager token from Rescued Villagers and place it on a location in the staging area, if able. If no villager tokens were placed on a location by this effect, Panicked! gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack for each damage token on Dead Villagers.
Assault on Osgiliath
(x2)
When Revealed: Add X to the archery total this round. X is the number of locations the players control. If the players control less than 4 locations, Pinned Down gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, that character's controller must return a location he controls with the highest Threat to the staging area.
The Blood of Gondor
(x2/x0)
When Revealed: Until the end of the phase, Orc enemies engaged with players add their Threat to the staging area. If no Orc enemies are engaged with players, Conflict at the Crossroads gains surge.
Shadow: Take 1 hidden card.
The Morgul Vale
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Raise each players' threat by the number of progress tokens on To the Tower. If there are no progress tokens on To the Tower, The Dead City Looms gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack for each progress token on To the Tower.
The Voice of Isengard
(x2)
When Revealed: The first player draws this card into his hand. Ill Tidings cannot leave that player's hand. Then, if the first player has 5 or more cards in his hand, Ill Tidings gains surge.
The Voice of Isengard
(x2)
When Revealed: Deal each Orc enemy in play a shadow card. Each Orc enemy gets -15 engagement cost until the end of the round. If there are no Orc enemies in the staging area, Orc Hunting Party gains surge.
The Voice of Isengard
(x3)
(30)
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
Dunland.
While any player has 3 or more cards in hand, Dunland Prowler gains surge.
While any player has 5 or more cards in hand, Dunland Powler gets +1 Threat.
The Dunland Trap
(x3)
When Revealed: Each player draws a card. Each player discard each ally from his hand. If no allies were discarded this way, Frenzied Attack gains surge.
Shadow: Until the end of the round, attacking enemy cannot take damage.
The Three Trials
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each non-unique character in play. If the players control 3 Key objectives, Curse of the Wild Men gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 AQttack for each Key objective the players control.
Trouble in Tharbad
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Each player raises his threat by 1 for each ally he controls. Then, if any player's threat is 20 or less, this card gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. (+2 Attack instead if the defending player's threat is 20 or less).
Trouble in Tharbad
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: The enemy in the staging area with the highest Attack engages the first player and makes an immediate attack against Nalir. If there are no enemies in the staging area, Get That Dwarf! gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack is undefended, deal 2 damage to Nalir.
Celebrimbor's Secret
(x3)
When Revealed: Place 3 damage on the active location. If there is no active location, Desecrated Ruins gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. If this attack destroys an ally, place X damage on the active location. X is that ally's cost.
Celebrimbor's Secret
(x2)
When Revealed: Each player must exhaust X characters he controls. X is the number of cards underneath The Orcs' Search. If no characters are exhausted this way, Spies from Mordor gains surge.
Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.
The Antlered Crown
(x3/x2)
When Revealed: Remove 1 time counter from each location in play. Place X time counters on each location in play with no time counters on it. X is the "Time X" value on that location. If there are not locations in the staging area, Raising the Cry gains surge.
The Antlered Crown
(x2)
When Revealed: Remove all progress from each location in the staging area. Increase the total Threat in the staging area by 1 for each progress removed this way. If no progress was removed by this effect, Driven Back gains surge.
The Lost Realm
(x3/x2)
When Revealed: Each player returns 1 enemy engaged with him to the staging area. If no enemy was returned to the staging area this way, Surprising Speed gains surge and doomed 1.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
The Lost Realm
(x3/x2)
3
(3)
(3)
Fornost.
Ruins.
While Haunted Keep is the active location, the first Undead enemy revealed each round gains surge.
Shadow: Defending player discards the top card of his deck. Attacking enemy gets +X Attack where X is the discarded card's printed cost.
The Lost Realm
(x2/x1)
X
(5)
(5)
Arnor.
Hills.
X is the number of quest cards in play.
While there is only 1 quest card in play, Shrouded Hills gains surge.
The Lost Realm
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Each Undead enemy gets +1 Threat, +1 Attack, and +1 Defense until the end of the round. If there are no Undead enemies in play, Restless Evil gains surge.
Shadow: Each Undead enemy engaged with you gets +1 Attack and +1 Defense until the end of the round.
The Treachery of Rhudaur
(x2)
(23)
2
3
3
5
3
3
5
Undead.
Wight.
While the current quest has 1 or more progress on it, Wight of Rhudaur gains surge.
While the current quest has 0 progress on it, Wight of Rhudaur gains doomed 2.
The Battle of Carn Dûm
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Flip Thaurdir. Then, if he is Captain side faceup, Daechanar's Will gains surge.
Shadow: Flip Thaurdir after this attack.
The Grey Havens
(x2)
Doomed 2.
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each Aflame location in play. If less than 3 total damage is dealt by this effect, The Fires Spread gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, deal 1 damage to each Aflame location in play.
The Grey Havens
(x2/x0)
When Revealed: Place 1 resource on each Raider enemy in play. Each engaged non-Ship enemy makes an immediate attack. If there are no engaged non-Ship enemies, Battle-Hardened gains surge.
Shadow: If the attacking enemy is a Raider, place 2 resources on it.
The Drowned Ruins
(x3)
When Revealed: Each player chooses a card type and discards each card in his hand that is not of the chosen type. If no cards are discarded by this effect, Into the Abyss gains surge.
Shadow: If the active location is Underwater, search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Creature enemy, and add it to the staging area.
A Storm on Cobas Haven
(x2)
When Revealed: Choose a Ship enemy that is not currently guarding an objective. Attach that enemy to an unguarded objective in the staging area, guarding it (return that enemy to the staging area if it is engaged). If no Ship enemy is returned to the staging area by this effect, The Raiders' Assault gains surge.
The City of Corsairs
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Add 2 resources to a Raider enemy in the staging area. Each Raider enemy in the staging area gets +1 Threat for each resource on it until the end of the phase. If there are no Raider enemies in the staging area, Foes of Ecthelion gains surge.
The City of Corsairs
(x3/x2)
When Revealed: Add 1 resource to each engaged Raider enemy. Then, each player assigns damage among characters he controls equal to the number of resource tokens on Raider enemies engaged with him. If no damage is assigned by this effect, Fury and Malice gains surge.
Race Across Harad
(x4)
(20)
2
3
2
3
3
2
3
Orc.
Uruk.
When Revealed: Add Uruk Pursuer to the Orc's area. If the players are not at the same stage as the Orcs, Uruk Pursuer gains surge.
Shadow: If the players are not at the same stage as the Orcs, put Uruk Pursuer into play engaged with you.
Beneath the Sands
(x5)
(20)
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
Creature.
Spider.
While On Track is in play, Spider Broodling gains surge.
Shadow: If On Track is in play, put Spider Broodling into play engaged with you and deal it a shadow card.
The Dungeons of Cirith Gurat
(x3)
When Revealed: Each player raises his threat by 1 for each guarded objective he owns. If any player does not own a guarded objective, Tormented by Orcs gains surge.
Shadow: Until the end of the phase, attacking enemy gets +1 Defense (+2 Defense instead if it is guarding an objective).
The Crossings of Poros
(x2)
(34)
2
5
2
3
5
2
3
Creature.
When Revealed: Either place a random enemy from the set aside Desert Creatures set into the encounter discard pile, or Desert Warg gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.
The Crossings of Poros
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Raise each player's threat by X, where X is the printed quest points of the active location. If there is no active location, Mountains of Shadow gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. If this attack destroys a character, raise your threat by 2.
The Wilds of Rhovanion
(x3)
When Revealed: Each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the total Threat of the active location. If X is less than 3, Treacherous Crossing gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack (+2 Attack instead if the defending character is damaged).
The Wilds of Rhovanion
(x3)
When Revealed: Until the end of the phase, each non-objective location in the staging area gets +1 Threat (+2 Threat instead if it has at least 1 progress token on it). If the number of non-objective locations in the staging area is less than the number of players, Vastness of Mirkwood gains surge.
The Wilds of Rhovanion
(x3/x2)
When Revealed: Each player discards each resource from each of his hero's resource pools and raises his threat by 1 for each resource he discarded this way. If no resources were discarded this way, Swarm of Bats gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack (+2 Attack instead if the defending character has an attachment).
The Wilds of Rhovanion
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: The highest Attack enemy in the staging area makes an immediate attack against the first player. If no attack is made this way, Denizen of the Deep gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.
Fire in the Night
(x2)
Doomed 1.
When Revealed: Discard the active location and deal X damage to Hrogar’s Hill, where X is that location’s [Threat]. If no damage is dealt this way, Powerful in Wraith gains surge.
Shadow: Excess damage from this attack must be dealt to Hrogar's Hill.
The Ghost of Framsburg
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Each player resolves the Discover keyword of the active location in turn order. If they cannot, Abandoned Ruins gains surge and doomed 2.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.
A Shadow in the East
(x3)
Easterling.
While attached to an enemy, counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +2 Threat. Forced: At the end of the round, return attached enemy to the staging area."
When Revealed: Attach to the lowest engagement cost Easterling enemy without an Easterling Horse and return it to the staging area. Otherwise, Easterling Horse gains surge.
A Shadow in the East
(x2)
When Revealed: Raise each player's threat by X, where X is the active location's Threat. If there is no active location, Darkness in the East gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack (+2 Attack instead if you raised your threat this round).
A Shadow in the East
(x3/x1)
When Revealed: Place 1 damage token on Tribute to Mordor. Then, either place 1 additional damage token on Tribute to Mordor, or Place of Evil gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. If this attack destroys a character, place 1 damage token on Tribute to Mordor.
A Shadow in the East
(x3/x1)
When Revealed: Thane Ulchor makes an immediate attack against the first player. If no attack is made this way, Ulchor's Rage gains surge.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defening character.
A Shadow in the East
(x2)
Easterling.
While attached to an enemy, counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 Threat, +1 Attack, +1 Defense, and is immune to player card effects."
When Revealed: Attach to the Easterling enemy with the lowest Defense without a copy of Fanaticism. Otherwise, Fanaticism gains surge.
Challenge of the Wainriders
(x4/x3)
(28)
1
4
2
3
4
2
3
Easterling.
Archery 1.
While The Challengers is ahead of the The Wainriders, Aggressive Racer gains surge.
Forced: After Aggressive Racer attacks and destroys a character, place 2 damage on The Wainriders' stage.
The Land of Sorrow
(x4/x3)
(23)
2
3
2
6
3
2
6
Easterling.
While the number of Camp locations in the staging area is less than the number of players, Nurn Slavers gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack for each Camp location in the victory display.
The Land of Sorrow
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Exhaust each damaged character. If no characters are exhausted by this effect, Broken Captives gains surge and Doomed 1.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is a Warden, it makes an additional attack against you after this one.
The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill
(x4)
(33)
2
3
2
3
3
2
3
Goblin.
Orc.
If The Great Goblin is in the victory display, this card gains surge.
Shadow: attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. (+2 Attack instead if The Great Goblin is in the victory display.)
The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill
(x3/x0)
When Revealed: The first player chooses a Troll enemy in the staging area and engages that enemy. If there are no Troll enemies in the staging area, this card gains Surge.
Shadow: Deal 4 damage to each character with a Sack card attached. (The first player may spend 2 Baggins resources to cancel this effect.)
The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill
(x3/x1)
(40)
4
6
3
9
6
3
9
Giant.
While at least one Stone-Giant is in the staging area, the Galloping Boulders card gains surge.
Forced: After Stone-Giant engages a player, that player chooses and discards 1 ally he controls.
The Hobbit: On the Doorstep
(x1)
(50)
X
6
3
8
6
3
8
Goblin.
Orc.
Immune to player card effects.
X is the number of players in the game.Cannot leave the staging area.The first Goblin revealed each round gains surge.
The Hobbit: On the Doorstep
(x2)
When Revealed: Choose a hero to be removed from the quest and make that hero unconscious. If no hero was removed from the quest by this effect, this card gains surge.
The Hobbit: On the Doorstep
(x3)
3
(3)
(3)
Wasteland.
While Desolation of Smaug is the active location, the first treachery card revealed each round gains surge.Burgle: The first player shuffles his deck and reveals the top card. He may discard 2 cards from his hand that match the revealed card's cost.
The Hobbit: On the Doorstep
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Each enemy engaged with a player makes an immediate attack. Do not deal shadow cards for attacks made by this effect. If no attacks were made by this effect, this card gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack immediately after this one.
The Hobbit: On the Doorstep
(x2/x0)
When Revealed: Each character takes damage equal to the number of poison it has. If no characters were damaged by this effect, this card gains surge.
Shadow: Discard an unconscious character you control.
The Black Riders
(x2/x0)
When Revealed: Each engaged enemy makes an immediate attack. If no attack is made this way, The Enemy is Upon Us! gains surge
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, remove all progress from the current quest.
The Black Riders
(x2/x1)
When Revealed: Treat the text box of each character in play as blank (except for Traits) until the end of the round. If there is a Nazgûl enemy in the staging area, The Nine are Abroad gains surge.
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
The Black Riders
(x2/x2)
When Revealed: Return each engaged Nazgûl enemy to the staging area. If no enemies were returned to the staging area by this effect, Rode Like a Gale gains surge.
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
The Road Darkens
(x2)
Weather.
When Revealed: Attach to the active location. (Countss as a Condition attachment with the text, "Limit 1 per location. No more than 3 progress can be placed on attached location each round.") If Snowdrifts is not attached to the active location, it gains surge.
The Road Darkens
(x3/x2)
When Revealed: Either the Warg enemy in the staging area with the highest engagement cost attacks you, or each Warg enemy gets -20 engagement until the end of the round. If no Warg enemy is in the staging area, Storm of Howls gains surge.
The Treason of Saruman
(x2)
When Revealed: The enemy in the staging area with the highest Attack makes an immediate attack against you. If no attack is made this way, Reckless Hate gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.
The Treason of Saruman
(x3)
When Revealed: Trigger the Wizardry effect on the active location. If no Wizardry effect is triggered this way, Machines of Isengard gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. If this attack destroys a character, discard 1 random card from your hand.
The Mountain of Fire
(x3)
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each enemy in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, each enemy gets +1 Threat for each damage on it. If there are no enemies in the staging area, Orcish Howls gains surge.
Shadow: If you are engaged with another enemy, resolve this attack against that enemy.
The Massing at Osgiliath
(x1)
2
(5)
(5)
East Bank.
Highlands.
The first Scout enemy revealed from the encounter deck each round gains surge and doomed 2.
The Massing at Osgiliath
(x2)
When Revealed: Raise the total Threat of the staging area by 1 for each Scout enemy in play. If there are no Scout enemies in play, Dark Pursuit gains surge.
The Battle of Lake-town
(x2)
When Revealed: Choose and shuffle 1 Pier location from the victory display back into the encounter deck. If no location was shuffled into the encounter deck by this effect, Catching Fire gains surge
Shadow: Defending character gets -2 Defense
The Battle of Lake-town
(x1)
3
(4)
(4)
Lake-town.
Burn 2.
When Revealed: Discard X cards from each player's deck. X is the ammount of damage on Lake-town. (If no cards are discarded by this effect, Great Bridge gains surge.)
The Stone of Erech
(x2)
When Revealed: The first player must choose: skip the next travel phase, or each player must pass his hand to the player on his left (discard your hand instead if you are the only player in the game).
Midnight. Groping Horror gains surge.
The Old Forest
(x2)
Peril.
When Revealed: Choose a location in the victory display and return it to the staging area. If no location was returned to the staging area this way, Swaying Without Wind gains surge.
The Ruins of Belegost
(x3)
(25)
1
3
2
3
3
2
3
Orc.
Goblin.
While a Loot objective is attached to a hero, Blue Mountain Goblin gains surge.
Shadow: If you control a Loot objective, put Blue Mountain Goblin into play engaged with you and deal it a shadow card.
Fog on the Barrow-downs
(x2/x0)
When Revealed: Each Wight enemy engaged with a player makes an immediate attack. If no attacks were made this way, I'm Waiting for You! gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack (+3 Attack instead if the defending character is an ally).
Fog on the Barrow-downs
(x2)
When Revealed: Discard all resources in play. Each player raises his threat by 1 for each resource he discarded this way. If no resources were discarded this way, Chill Fog gains surge.
Shadow: Raise your threat by 1 for each damage dealt by this attack.
Attack on Dol Guldur
(x2)
When Revealed: No more than 5 progress can be placed on the current quest this round. If Dol Guldur's city strength is 5 or lower, Fastness of Mirkwood gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack and +1 Defense until the end of the phase (+2 Attack and +2 Defense instead if at least 5 progress is on the quest).
The Wizard's Quest
(x0)
15
When Revealed: The highest Attack enemy in the staging area makes an immediate attack against the first player. If no attack is made this way, Pursued by Shadow gains surge.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is uniquie, it makes an additional attack against you after this one.
The Wizard's Quest
(x1)
16
When Revealed: The opposing team attached Smoking Blood to a Troll enemu. If they cannot, Smoking Blood gains surge.(Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Limit 1 per enemy. Forced: When attached enemy is dealt enough damage to destroy it, cancel the damage and discard Smoking Blood instead.")
The Wizard's Quest
(x1)
21
(11)
1
2
0
2
2
0
2
Creature.
While there is a copy of Eastern Crows in the discard pile, Eastern Crows gains surge.
The Wizard's Quest
(x1)
23
When Revealed: Return each engaged enemy to the staging area. If no enemies were returned this way, Restless Hunters gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.
The Wizard's Quest
(x1)
28
3
(5)
(5)
Forest.
While The Wargs' Glade is in the staging area, the first Warg enemy revealed each round gains surge.
Forced: When The Wargs' Glade is explored, the opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a non-unique Warg enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
The Wizard's Quest
(x1)
28
When Revealed: Exhaust each character with an attachment. If no character is exhausted this way, Weighed Down gains surge.
Shadow: Discard an attachment from the defending character.
The Woodland Realm
(x3)
5
(23)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Orc.
When Revealed: If there is another Orc enemy in the staging area, Wolf Rider gains surge.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is an Orc, put Wolf Rider into play engaged with you.
The Woodland Realm
(x1)
5
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 Threat, +2 Attack, +2 Defense and is immune to player card effects.") If there is no enemy in play, Driven by Shadow gains surge.
The Woodland Realm
(x1)
8
When Revealed: Each engaged enemy makes an immediate attack. If no attacks were made this way, Hatred Rekindled gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack. Deal it an additional shadow card. That card's shadow effects cannot be canceled.
The Woodland Realm
(x2)
14
When Revealed: Each player discards each resource from each of his heroes' resource pools and raises his threat by 1 for each resource he discarded this way. If no resources were discarded this way, Wasted Provisions gains surge.
Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.
The Mines of Moria
(x1)
3
When Revealed: Remove X characters from the quest, where X is the number of Spider enemies in play. If there are no Spider enemies in play, Grabbed by Spiders gains surge.
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
The Mines of Moria
(x2)
4
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 Threat, +1 Attack, +1 Defense and is immune to player card effects.)
The Mines of Moria
(x2)
5
When Revealed: Return the active location to the staging area. Each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the Threat of that location. If no location is returned to the staging area this way, Cave In gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return the active location to the staging area.
The Mines of Moria
(x1)
6
When Revealed: The opposing team chooses and discards an ally. If no ally was discarded this way, Sudden Pitfall gains surge.
Shadow: Either discard an ally you control, or attacking enemy cannot take damage this phase.
The Mines of Moria
(x2)
7
(24)
2
4
2
4
4
2
4
Spider.
When Revealed: Either no more than 4 progress can be placed on the current quest this phase, or Web-spinner gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.
The Mines of Moria
(x2)
8
When Revealed: Discard each resource from each hero's resource pool. Add 1 to the total Threat in the staging area for each resource discarded this way. If no resources were discarded this way, Lurking Malice gains surge.
Shadow: Discard a resource from the resource pool of a hero you control.
The Mines of Moria
(x1)
10
4
(6)
(6)
Underground.
While Stairs of Náin is in the staging area, the first treachery revealed each round gains surge and its 'when revealed' effects cannot be canceled.
Forced: When Stairs of Náin is explored, raise each player's threat by 4.
The Mines of Moria
(x1)
14
When Revealed: Each engaged enemy makes an attack. If no attacks were made this way, Massing in the Deep gains surge.
Shadow: Each enemy engaged with you gets +1 Attack.
Escape from Khazad-dûm
(x2)
23
When Revealed: Raise each player's threat by X, where X is the threat of the active location. If there is no active location, Dark Places gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X Attack, where X is the stage number of the main quest.
Escape from Khazad-dûm
(x1)
25
When Revealed: Exhaust X characters, where X is the number of Uruk enemies in play. If there are no Uruk enemies in play, Orcish Howls gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack (+2 Attack instead if it is an Uruk).
Escape from Khazad-dûm
(x2)
26
When Revealed: The opposing team attaches Vast and Intricate to a non-unique location in the staging area. If there are no non-unique locations in the staging area, Vast and Intricate gains surge. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached location gets +2 Threat and is immune to player card effects.")
Escape from Khazad-dûm
(x2)
27
When Revealed: The highest Attack enemy in the staging area makes an attack against the first player. If no attack is made this way, Chance Encounter gains surge.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is unique, it makes an additional attack against you after this one.
Escape from Khazad-dûm
(x1)
28
When Revealed: The opposing team chooses an attachment controlled by a player and discards it. If no attachment is discarded this way, A Foe Beyond gains surge.
Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.
Journey Along the Anduin Nightmare
(x3)
(26)
2
4
3
5
4
3
5
Troll.
If there is no Hill Troll in play, Anduin Troll Spawn gains surge.
Forced: At the beginning of the combat phase, Anduin Troll Spawn engages a player engaged with a Hill Troll.
Journey Along the Anduin Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Search the victory display and encounter discard pile for the enemy with the most hit points. Return that enemy to the staging area. If no enemy is returned by this effect, Pursuit on the Shore gains surge. (Cannot be canceled.)
Journey Along the Anduin Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: All engaged Troll enemies attack. If no Troll enemies are engaged, Troll Attack gains surge.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is a Troll, resolve this attack against each player. (Attack is undefended against each player not engaged with this enemy.)
Journey Along the Anduin Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Remove all damage from all enemies. Then, each player raises his threat by the amount of just removed from his engaged enemies. If no damage is removed by this effect, Smoking Blood gains surge.
Shadow: Move all damage on this enemy to the defending character. (If undefended, move the damage to the hero damaged by this attack.)
Escape From Dol Guldur Nightmare
(x3)
(28)
3
3
3
6
3
3
6
Creature.
Spider.
Dol Guldur.
If there are any unclaimed objectives in play, Spider of Dol Guldur gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +3 Attack for each unclaimed objective in play.
The Hunt for Gollum Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Search the encounter discard pile for a Clue card and attach it to a Mordor enemy in play, if able. If no card is attached by this effect, The Enemy's Trail gains surge.
Shadow: Search the encounter discard pile for a Clue card and attach it to a Mordor enemy in play, if able.
The Hunt for Gollum Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Attach to the active location and remove all progress from that location. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text:"Limit 1 per location. Attached location contributes its Threat during the quest phase as if it were in the staging area.")
If The Trail Goes Cold does not attach to a location as a result of this effect, it gains surge.
Conflict at the Carrock Nightmare
(x3)
When Revealed: The first player chooses a hero in any player's discard pile and removes that hero from the game. Then, heal all damage from each Troll enemy in play. If no damage is removed from any Troll enemy as a result of this effect, Time for Supper gains surge.
The Dead Marshes Nightmare
(x1)
Corruption.
When Revealed: Return the top X Undead enemies in the encounter discard pile to the staging area, where X is the number of players. If no enemies were returned to the staging area as a result of this effect, Devilry of the Dark Land gains surge.
Escape: 10
Return to Mirkwood Nightmare
(x3)
(33)
3
3
2
5
3
2
5
Creature.
Spider.
When Revealed: The player guarding Gollum must either exhaust a hero he controls or Web-spinner gains surge.
Shadow: The player guarding Gollum must exhaust a character he controls.
Return to Mirkwood Nightmare
(x2)
Tantrum.
When Revealed: Discard all attachments controlled by the player guarding Gollum. Then remove all cards in that player's discard pile from the game. If no attachments are discarded as a result of this effect, Befouled Equipment gains surge.
Shadow: Discard all attachments controlled by the player guarding Gollum.
Road to Rivendell Nightmare
(x3)
4
(4)
(4)
Forest.
While Concealed Woods is the active location, the first enemy with the ambush keyword revealed from the encounter deck each round gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 Attack if engaged with the first player.
Road to Rivendell Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Return each engaged enemy with the ambush keyword to the staging area. Each player makes engagement checks against each enemy in the staging area, as if it were the encounter phase. If there are no enemies with the ambush keyword in play, Tumultuous Assault gains surge.
The Watcher in the Water Nightmare
(x2)
Tentacle.
When Revealed: Deal 3 damage to each character with a Tentacle attachment. If no characters were damaged by this effect, Pulled Under gains surge.
Shadow: If the defending character has a Tentacle attachment, discard that character.
Foundations of Stone Nightmare
(x3)
When Revealed: Each player must either discard his hand, or raise his threat by the number of cards in his hand. If no cards were discarded by this effect, Chill of the Roots gains surge.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is Nameless, attach the top card of the defending player's deck to it.
Into Ithilien Nightmare
(x2)
Doomed 2.
When Revealed: If the current quest has a keyword, until the end of the round, switch that keyword from battle to siege, or siege to battle, if able. If the current quest does not have a keyword, Savage Fray gains surge.
The Drúadan Forest Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Each player must trigger the prowl keyword on each enemy engaged with him, as if that enemy had been revealed from the encounter deck. Then, return each engaged Wose enemy to the staging area. If no enemies are returned to the staging area by this effect, Drums of the Wild Men gains surge.
To Catch an Orc Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Each player discard the top 3 cards of his out-of-play deck. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area. If no enemies are added to the staging area this way, Mugash's Cunning gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +3 Attack and +3 Defense until the end of the round.
Into Fangorn Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: If Mugash is attached to a hero, deal 2 damage to that hero. If Mugash is not attached to a hero, Fangorn's Anger gains surge and doomed 2.
Shadow: After this attack, if Mugash is attached to a hero, attacking enemy engages the player who controls that hero.
The Dunland Trap Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Each engaged enemy makes an immediate attack. If no attacks are made this way, Boar Clan Assault gains surge.
Shadow: Each enemy engaged with you gets +1 Attack until the end of the phase.
The Three Trials Nightmare
(x2)
2
(3)
(3)
Forest.
Hills.
When faced with the option to travel, players must travel to Haunted Pillars, if able.
When Revealed: Either return the active location to the staging area, or Haunted Pillars gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +3 Defense until the end of the phase.
Trouble in Tharbad Nightmare
(x3)
5
(4)
(4)
City.
While Dark Pathway is the active location, the first treachery card without the printed surge keyword revealed during the quest phase gains surge.
Shadow: Either remove 1 time counter from the current quest or treat this attack as undefended.
Celebrimbor's Secret Nightmare
(x3)
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each location in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, each damaged location gets +1 Threat. If there are no locations in the staging area, Hateful Search gains surge.
Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.
Deadmen's Dike Nightmare
(x2)
Sorcery.
Doomed 1.
When Revealed: Each player discards each card in his hand that has the same title as a card in his discard pile. If no cards are discarded by this effect, Curse of Angmar gains surge.
The Battle of Carn Dûm Nightmare
(x3)
Sorcery.
When Revealed: Discard the top 3 cards of each player's deck. Each player discards each attachment he controls that has the same title as a card in his discard pile. If no attachments are discarded from play by this effect, Death and Decay gains surge.
Flight of the Stormcaller Nightmare
(x2)
(44)
4
4
2
9
4
2
9
Corsair.
Ship.
Boarding 1. Cannot have attachments.
While you are off-course (Cloudy, Rainy, or Stormy), Tide-runner is considered to be in the Stormcaller's area and the staging area, regardless of its current location.
When Revealed: Either choose a player to engage Tide-runner, or add Tide-runner to the Stormcaller's area and it gains surge.
Temple of the Deceived Nightmare
(x2)
When Revealed: Until the end of the round, each Undead enemy gets +X Attack and +X Defense. X is the number of locations to the left of the active location (in its row). If X is 0 or 1, Call of the Curse gains surge.
Shadow: Resolve the 'when revealed' effect of Call of the Curse.
The Drowned Ruins Nightmare
(x2)
Hazard.
When Revealed: If the active location is Underwater, choose a number and raise each player's threat by that number. No more than X progress can be placed on Underwater locations this phase, where X is twice the chosen number. If the active location is not Underwater, Sulfur Cloud gains surge.
The Road to Isengard Nightmare
(x3)
When Revealed: Each player assigns X damage among questing characters he controls, where X is the Threat of the active location. If there is no active location, Fire and Foul Fumes gains surge.
Shadow: Assign X damage among characters you control. X is the Threat of the active location.
First Age
(x2)
When Revealed: Each character in play gets -X Attack and -X Defense until the end of the round. X is the number of enemies with the Werewolf trait engaged with the controlling player. If there are no engaged enemies with the Werewolf trait, Foul Vapour gains surge.
Shadow: The defending character gets -1 Defense until the end of the phase.
First Age
(x2)
4
(2)
(2)
Fortification.
Immune to player card effects.
The first enemy with the Werewolf trait revealed each turn gains surge.
First Age
(x1)
10
(10)
(10)
Path.
Immune to player card effects.
This location does not contribute its threat while it is in the staging area.
Forced: The first enemy revealed each round gains surge.
Response: After Pits of Angband leaves play, add Angband Sword to the staging area.
First Age
(x2)
Condition.
When Revealed: Attach to the enemy in play with the lowest Threat. Attached enemy gets +1 Threat, +1 Attack, +1 Defense, and +3 hit points. If there are no enemies in play, Devouring Spirit gains surge.
First Age
(x3)
Noise.
Doomed 2.
When Revealed: Discard an additional encounter card when resolving Sneak tests this round. If there is no active enemy, Clumsy Step gains surge.
First Age
(x3)
When Revealed: Remove 5 damage from Carcharoth and assign it to characters the first player controls. If Carcharoth has no damage, Flame of Anguish gains surge.
Shadow: Remove 5 damage from the attacking enemy.
Trial Upon the Marches
(x1)
When Revealed: Each player must discard an ally from his hand, if able, and discard X cards from the top of his deck. X is the cost of the discarded ally. If any player did not discard an ally, An Ill Fate gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack destroys an ally, discard the top X cards of the defending player's deck. X is the cost of that ally.
Trial Upon the Marches
(x2)
When Revealed: Each player must discard an attachment from his hand. Orc enemies gets +X Attack until the end of the round. X is the attachment with the highest cost discarded in this way. If any player did not discard an attachment, Orcish Mischief gains surge.
Among the Outlaws
(x2)
2
(4)
(4)
Forest.
(Stage 1B) Response: After Forst Clearing is explored, reduce each player's threat by 2.
(Stage 2B): While Forest Clearing is the active location, the first Gaurwaith enemy revealed each round gains surge.
The Betrayal of Mîm
(x3)
When Revealed: Deal 1 Corruption to each character with at least 1 damage. If no Corruption is dealt by this effect, Ill-content gains surge.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, deal X Corruption among heroes the defending player controls (X is equal to the cost of the destroyed character).