Forced: After Hummerhorns engages you, deal 5 damage to a single hero you control.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to each character the defending player controls. (2 damage instead if this attack is undefended.)

Forced: After Forest Spider engages a player, it gets +1 until the end of the round.

Shadow: Defending player must choose and discard 1 attachment he controls.

Forced: After Gret Spider engages you, exhaust a character you control.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to an exhausted character you control.

Forced: After Hummerhorns engages you, deal 5 damage to a single hero you control.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to each character the defending player controls. (2 damage instead if this attack is undefended.)

Forced: After Forest Spider engages a player, it gets +1 until the end of the round.

Shadow: Defending player must choose and discard 1 attachment he controls.

Forced: After Ungoliant's Swarm engages a player, that player must choose and exhaust 2 characters they control.

Shadow: Put Ungoliant's Swarm into play engaged with you.

Surge.

Forced: After Mirkwood Bats engages a player, deal 1 damage to each character controlled by the player guarding Gollum.

While Knees of the Mountain is in the staging area, it gains:

Forced: After an enemy engages a player, it gets +1 until the end of the round.

Ambush (After this enemy enters play, each player makes an engagement check against it.)

Forced: After Goblin Taskmaster engages a player, that player deals 2 damage to 1 character he controls.

Ambush (After this enemy enters play, each player makes an engagement check against it.)

Forced: After Orc Raiders engages a player, that player discards 2 attachments he controls, if able.

Ambush (After this enemy enters play, each player makes an engagement check against it.)

Forced: After Wild Bear engages a player, it makes an immediate attack.

When Revealed: The first player draws 1 card. Then, that player must choose and discard 4 cards from his hand, if able.

Forced: After Cave Spider engages a player, that player must choose and discard 1 card from his hand, if able.

Forced: After Goblin Sneak engages a player, discard the top card of the encounter deck. If it is a treachery card, Goblin Sneak engages the next player, if able.

Shadow: Add Goblin Sneak to the staging area.

Forced: After Nameless Thing engages a player, attach the top 2 cards of that player's deck to it.

X is the printed cost of all attached cards on this card. If there are no cards attached, X is 3.

Forced: After Elder Nameless Thing engages a player, attach the top 3 cards of that player's deck to it.

X is the printed cost of all attached cards on this card. If there are no cards attached, X is 4.

Forced: After Orc Ambusher engages you, discard 1 non-objective ally you control, if able.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3 instead if undefended.)

Forced: After Orc Skirmisher engages a player, that player must either deal 3 damage to a character he controls, or remove 1 time counter from the current quest.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 .

Surge.

Forced: After Orc Hound engages a player, that player must exhaust a character he controls.

Forced: After Dunland Raider engages a player, that player must deal X damage divided among characters he controls where X equals the number of cards in his hand.

Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.

Forced: After Dunland Chieftain engages a player, discard X cards from the top of the encounter deck where X is the number of cards in the engages player's hand. Put the topmost Dunland enemy discarded this way into play engaged with that player.

Cannot have attachments. Cannot leave play.

Chief Turch engages the first player.

Forced: After an enemy engages a player, remove 1 time counter from the current quest.

Forced: After Raven Warrior engages a player. remove X time counters from locations in play. X is the number of cards in engaged player's hand.

Shadow: Defending player discards an attachment he controls.

Forced: After Cornered Orc engages a player, it makes an immediate attack.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending character is damaged).

Forced: After Thaurdir's Damned engages you, discard the top 2 cards of your deck and assign X damage among characters you control. X is the combined printed cost of the discarded cards.

"I saw them; grim faces and evil..." –Frodo, The Two Towers

Forced: After Dead Lord engages you, put the topmost Undead enemy in the discard pile into play engaged with you.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . If this attack destroys a character, reveal 1 encounter card.

Cannot have attachments.

Cannot be optionally engaged.

Forced: After Pack Leader engages you, exhaust a character you control for each Warg enemy engaged with you.

Forced: After White Warg engages you, deal 1 damage to a character you control (2 damage instead if it is Night).

Shadow: If it is Night, attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.

Forced: After Coldfell Giant engages you, deal 1 damage to 3 different characters you control.

Shadow: If the defending character has at least 1 damage token on it, attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.

Carrior Birds gets -1 engagement cost for each damaged character in play.

Forced: After Carrion Bird engages you, discard a damaged character you control.

X is the tens digit of the temperature.

Forced: After Were-worm engages you, it makes an immediate attack. (Do not deal it a shadow card.)

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the temperature is 40 or higher).

Forced: After Southron Soldier engages you, either remove 2 progress tokens from the main quest, or Southron Soldier makes an immediate attack.

Shadow: Choose an enemy in the staging area. Engage it and deal it a shadow card.

Archery 2.

Forced: After Southron Archer engages you, either remove 2 progress tokens from the main quest, or discard an ally you control.

Forced: After The Serpent's Guard engages you, either remove 2 progress from the main quest, or enemies engaged with you cannot take damage until the end of the round.

Shadow: Either remove 2 progress from main quest, or attacking enemy cannot take damage this round.

Forced: After Jailer of Cirith Gurat engages you, attach an ally you control to it.

Shadow: If attacking enemy's is greater than defending ally's attach defending ally to attacking enemy. Then, cancel this attack.

Forced: After Southron Outrider engages you, either place a random enemy from the set aside Harad Soldiers set into the encounter discard pile, or Southron Outrider gets +3 this round.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

Forced: After Ravenous Spider engages you, it makes an immediate attack.

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

Immune to player card effects.

Urdug cannot take damage.

Forced: After Urdug engages a player, Tiny engages that player.

Forced: After The Dragon's Thrall engages you, either deal 3 damage to Hrogar's Hill or it makes an immediate attack against you.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, deal 3 damage to Hrogar's Hill.

Forced: After Urdug's Elite engages you, either exhaust a character you control, or place 1 progress on The Goblins' Assault.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

Forced: After Fierce Vanguard engages you, either it gets +2 until the end of the round, or place 1 progress on the The Goblins' Assault.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 and +2 until the end of the phase.

Surge.

Forced: After Easterling Outrider engages a player, either place 1 resource on Easterling Pursuit, or Easterling Outrider makes an immediate attack.

Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.

The shadow of Mordor is on the servants of the Enemy, and they inspire fear in your companions. Only a stout heart can stand against them.

Surge.

Forced: After an enemy engages a player, that player raises his threat by 1.

Response: When Shadow of Fear is defeated, reduce each player's threat by 3.

Forced: After Rh–n Backstabber engages you, either raise your threat by 2, or discard an ally you control with printed cost 2 or higher.

Shadow: Raise your threat by 1 for each enemy engaged with you.

Forced: After a non-unique enemy engages a player, that enemy cannot take damage until the end of the round.

...here the Dark Power, moving its armies like pieces on the board, was gathering them together.
–The Return of the King

Forced: After Champion of Rh–n engages you, either return a location you control to the staging area, or Champion of Rh–n makes an attack.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to defending character.

X is 1 more than the number of resources on the main quest.

Forced: After Ulfast Sentry engages you, either place 1 resource on the main quest or Ulfast Sentry makes an attack.

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.

X is 1 more than the number of quest cards in play.

While Torech Gorgor Patrol is in the staging area, no more than 5 progress can be placed on the main quest each round.

Forced: After Torech Gorgor Patrol engages a player, it makes an attack.

Surge.

Forced: After Guard Dogs engages you, deal 1 damage to a character you control.

Shadow: Put Guard Dogs into play engaged with you.

Players cannot play attachment cards on Troll enemies.

Forced: After Bert engages a player, sack 1.

Forced: Return Bert to the staging area at the end of the combat phase. The engaged player may raise his threat by 1 to cancel this effect.

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.

Troll enemies can only be attacked by one character at a time.

Forced: After Tom engages a player, sack 1.

Forced: Return Tom to the staging area at the end of the combat phase. The engaged player may raise his threat by 1 to cancel this effect.

Troll enemies not engaged with a player cannot take damage.

Forced: After William engages a player, sack 2.

Forced: Return William to the staging area at the end of the combat phase. The engaged player may raise his threat by 1 to cancel this effect.

When Revealed: Either exhaust a hero you control, or engaged Crebain from Dunland.

Forced: After Crebain from Dunland engages a player, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

While Underground Armoury is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After an enemy engages a player, deal it a shadow card."

Wizardry: Each player exhausts a character he controls.

The shafts ran down by many slopes and spiral stairs to caverns far under; there Saruman had treasuries, store–houses, armouries, smithies, and great furnaces. –The Two Towers

Forced: After Man of Harad engages you, discard 1 random card from your hand.

Shadow: Discard 1 random card from your hand.

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.

While The Under-way is in the staging area, each Orc enemy gets -5 engagement cost and gains:"Forced: After this enemy engages a player, deal it a shadow card."

Shadow: Deal the attacking enemy 2 additional shadow cards.

Cannot have attachments or take more than 3 damage each round.

Forced: After Oliphaunt engages you, exhaust each ally you control.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +3

Forced: After Haradrim Soldier engages you, it makes an immediate attack.

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

X is the number of players in the game.

Forced: After Haradrim Archer engages you, assign X damage among characters you control.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character.

Forced: After Dead Man of Dunharrow engages you, either attach a set aside Overcome by Fear to your threat dial, or raise your threat by 2.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: After Gorbag engages you, it makes an immediate attack.

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

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.

Forced: After Orc Captain engages you, make a Fortitude test. If you fail this test, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

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

Forced: After Big Uruk engages you, either raise your threat by 4, or Big Uruk makes an immediate attack against you.

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Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each ally you control.

Forced: After Orc of Mordor engages you, exhaust a character you control.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

Forced: After Snaga Archer engages you, deal 2 damage to a character you control.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending character is damaged).

Forced: After Uru Soldier engages you, raise your threat by 2.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.

Forced: After Grasping Root engages a player, that player must assign X damage among characters he controls. X is the number of locations in the victory display.

...a great tree–root seemed to be over him and holding him down... –The Fellowship of the Ring

Surge.

Forced: After Army of Flies engages a player, that player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.

Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.

Immune to player card effects.

While Combe Storehouse is in the victory display, each Suspect gains:

Forced: After this enemy engages a player, it makes an immediate attack.

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

Surge.

Forced: After Warg of Carn D–m engages you, either remove 1 progress from the main quest, or exhaust a character you control.

Up from the dark plain below came the crying of fell voices, and the howling of many wolves
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Archery 1.

Forced: After Angmar Warg-rider engages you, either remove 2 progress from the main quest, or it makes an immediate attack.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

Archery 2.

Forced: After Amon Lanc Archer engages you, either remove 2 progress from the main quest, or deal 2 damage to an ally you control.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

Surge.

Forced: After Battle Warg engages you, either remove 1 progress from the main quest or discard an attachment you control.

Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.

Forced: After Necromancer's Warg engages you, deal 1 damage to a character you control.

Shadow: If you are engaged with an Orc enemy and a Warg enemy, discard a character you control.

Forced: After Dol Guldur Beastmaster engages you, the opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a Necromancer's Warg and puts it into play engaged with you. Shuffle the enconter deck.

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.

Cannot have non-objective player card attachments or take non-combat damage.

Forced: After Chieftain Ufthak engages you, the opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an Orc enemy of cost 1 or less and puts it into play engaged with you. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Forced: After Spiders of Mirkwood engages you, exhaust a character you control.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if it has the Spider trait).

Forced: After Wicked Spider engages you, discard an exhausted character you control.

Shadow: Attacking enemy cannot take damage this phase.

Forced: After Spider Broodling engages you, remove 2 progress from the main quest.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, remove 2 progress from the main quest.

Goblin Follower cannot be optionally engaged.

While Goblin Follower is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After an enemy engages a player, Goblin Follower engages that player.

Forced: After Hobgobling engages a player, it cannot take damage until the end of the round.

Shadow: Attacking enemy cannot take damage this phase.

Forced: After Orc Raider engages a player, deal it a shadow card.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Deal it an additional shadow card.

Immune to player card effects.

Engaged player cannot attack the Dreadnaught.

Forced: After Descendant of Castamir engages you, put the top 2 cards of the Corsair deck into play engaged with you and deal each of them 1 shadow 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.

Forced: After Gret Spider engages you, exhaust a character you control.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to an exhausted character you control.

Forced: After Wild Wargs engages you, discard the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is a Goblin enemy, put it into play engaged with you.

“Where the Warg howls, there the Orc prowls.”

Forced: After Stalking Goblin engages you, search the encounter deck, discard pile, and your collection (in that order) for a Goblin Sniper and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Shadow: Add Stalking Goblin to the staging area.

Forced: After you engage Ungoliant's Brood, your cards cannot ready for the remainder of the round.

Shadow: If this attack is undefended, exhaust all characters you control.

Forced: After you engage Forest Flies, deal 1 damage to each exhausted character you control.

Shadow: If attacking enemy is an Insect deal it 2 additional shadow cards.

Forced: After Marsh-wight engages a player, that player makes an escape test, dealing 3 cards from the encounter deck. If this test is failed, place 2 resources on Gollum and Marsh-wigth makes an immediate attack.

"But all foul, all rotting, all dead. A fell light is in them." –Frodo, The Two Towers