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Cannot be optionally engaged.
Forced: At the end of the combat phase, easy player deals 1 damage to a hero he controls.
Shadow: Defending character does not count it's
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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.
When Revealed: Each player deals 1 damage to a questing character he controls. Until the end of the phase, each damaged character gets -1
and cannot be healed.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character.
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Forced: After Spider of Dol Guldur attacks and destroys an ally, return it to the staging area.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.
Forced: At the beginning of the staging step, discard Patch of Midnight and reveal the top card of the encounter deck.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.
When Revealed: The opposing team chooses a questing character controlled by each player. Ready each chosen character and remove them from the quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, raise each player's threat by 1.
When Revealed: The opposing team chooses any number of non-unique encounter cards in play. Discard the chosen cards and reveal an equal number of cards from the top of the encounter deck.
Shadow: Either reveal an encounter card, or treat this attack as undefended.
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 If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.
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When Revealed: Each player deals 1 damage to a character he controls.
Shadow: Defending character gets -1 for each damage on it.
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each exhausted character.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending character is damaged).
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Forced: After Ravenous Spider attacks and destroys a character, the defending player exhausts a character he controls.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, exhaust a character you control.
Forest Gate gets +1 for each enemy in the staging area.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each enemy engaged with you.
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Forced: After Venomous Spider attacks and damages a character, that character cannot ready until the end of the round.
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
While Pitch-dark Thicket is in the staging area, enemies in the staging area cannot take damage.
Shadow: If attacking enemy was engaged this round, it cannot take damage until the end of the round.
When Revealed: The opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for one different 0 cost location per player (limit 2) and adds them to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return the active location to the staging area.
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Forced: After Dark Bats attacks and damages a character, reveal the top card of the encounter deck. Then, discard Dark Bats.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Deal it an additional shadow card.
When Revealed: Until the end of the phase, each enemy and location in the staging area gets +2
Shadow: Each enemy engaged with you gets +1 and +1 until the end of the phase.
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When Revealed: Discard the top card of the encounter deck. If that card has the Warg trait, reveal it and add it to the staging area.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if it has the the Warg trait).
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.
When Revealed: Until the end of the round, treat each character's printed text box as if it were blank (except for Traits).
Shadow: Treat the defending character's text box as if it were blank until the end of the phase (except for Traits).
When Revealed: Each player raises his threat by X, where X is 1 more than the stage number of the main quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if your threat is 35 or higher)
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When Revealed: The opposing team chooses a questing character. Remove that character from the quest.
Shadow: Shuffle Black Forest Bats into the encounter deck.
When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls. Until the end of the round, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
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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).
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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.
When Revealed: Each player must choose: either choose 1 card from his hand and discard the rest, or assign X damage among characters he controls, where X is the number of cards in his hand.
Shadow: Discard 1 random card from your hand.
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When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls.
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.
When Revealed: The opposing team looks at each player's hand and discards 1 card from each.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X where X is the stage number of the current quest.
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While Mirkwood Patrol is in the staging area, enemies cannot be optionally engaged.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if it was engaged this round).
While Mountains of Mirkwood is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the end of the round, raise each player's threat by 2."
Shadow: Either raise your threat by 2, or the attacking enemy gets +2
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 Deal it an additional shadow card. That card's shadow effects cannot be canceled.
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X is 1 more than the stage number of the main quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X until the end of the phase, where X is the stage number of the main quest.
When Revealed: Until the end of the phase, each location in the staging area gets +1
Shadow: Each enemy engaged with you gets +1 until the end of the phase.
When Revealed: The opposing team searches the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for a card with cost equal to or less than the stage number of the main quest, sets it aside and shuffles the encounter deck. Then, reveal the set aside card.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.
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When Revealed: The opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for one different 0 cost enemy per player (limit 2) and adds them to the staging area.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.
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Forced: After Wild Wargs is dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect, return it to the staging area.
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
When Revealed: Each player reveals his hand and discards each ally card revealed this way.
Shadow: If this attack is undefended, discard an ally you control.
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Forced: After Wicked Spider engages you, discard an exhausted character you control.
Shadow: Attacking enemy cannot take damage this phase.
When Revealed: Each player must choose: either raise your threat by 1 for each questing character you control, or discard a questing character you control.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, raise each player's threat by 1.
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When Revealed: Ambushing Orcs makes an immediate attack against the first player.
Shadow: Engaged the lowest engagement cost enemy in the staging area and deal it a shadow card.
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.
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Forced: After Savage Werewolf is dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect, it makes an additional attack after this one. (Do not deal it a shadow card.)
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.
Many-pillared Hall gets +1 for each copy of Many-pillared Hall in the staging area.
Shadow: Discard an attachment from the defending character.
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When Revealed: Return each engaged Spider enemy to the staging area.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if it is a Spider).
When Revealed: Until the end of the phase, add X to the staging area, where X is the number of characters controlled by the player with the most characters.
Shadow: Assign X damage among characters you control, where X is the number of enemies engaged with you.
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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.
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.
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When Revealed: Return the active location to the staging area. Each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the 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.