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Forced: After Raiding Party engages a player, each player discards the top card of the encounter deck, starting with the first player. Each player who discards an enemy with the ambush keyword must make an engagement check against that enemy.
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While Vicious Tracker is engaged with a player, that player is considered to have +20 threat for purposes of engagement checks only.
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Forced: When Goblin Stalker attacks, deal it 1 additional shadow card.
Forced: When Goblin Stalker is dealt a shadow card with 'PASS' printed in its text box, it gets +2 until the end of the phase.
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While Sentinel of the Deep is engaged with a player, that player cannot draw cards from card effects.
Shadow: Defending player must choose and trigger 1 'Lost:' effect in play.
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Mithril Seeker gets +1 for each resource on it.
Forced: When Mithril Seeker attacks, move 1 resource from each of the defending player's heroes to Mithril Seeker.
"Of what they brought to light the Orcs have gathered nearly all, and given it in tribute to Sauron, who covets it."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Forced: While Durin's Bane has no damage, Servant of Flame gets +2 and +2
Shadow: Search the encounter deck for a treachery card with the Shadow or Flame trait and reveal it, if able. Shuffle the encounter deck.
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Each enemy gets -20 engagement cost.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, attacking enemy cannot take damage this round.
"And some are large and evil: Black Uruks of Mordor." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Bilbo's Magic Ring does not ready during the refresh phase.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3 instead if Bilbo's Magic Ring is exhausted.)
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Progress cannot be placed on the current quest.
Forced: When The Great Goblin attacks, discard the top card of the encounter deck. If it is a Goblin enemy, put it into play engaged with the defending player and deal it a shadow card.
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Goblin Prowler gets -30 engagement cost if The Great Goblin is in the victory display.
Forced: When Goblin Prowler engages you, discard a character you control.
...neither Bilbo, nor the dwarves, nor even Gandalf heard them coming. –The Hobbit
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Forced: When Frenzied Warg-Rider attacks, remove 1 progress from each quest stage.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character (2 damage instead if the current quest has no progress on it).
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Cannot be optionally engaged.
Forced: At the end of the round, if Gundabad Elite is in the staging area, either remove 2 progress from the current quest, or Gundabad Elite makes an attack against the first player.
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Forced: After Isengard Archer enters the staging area, each player at this stage deals 2 damage to a character he controls.
Shadow: Deal 2 damage to an ally you control.
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When Revealed: Discard a randome card from your hand. Assign X damage among characters you control, where X is the cost of the discarded card.
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Forced: After Isengard Tracker destroys a character, move it to the first player's staging area.
Shadow: After this attack, move attacking enemy to the first player's staging area.
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Damage dealt by Orc Saboteur's attacks must be dealt to a Battleground location in play, if able.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, deal 2 damage to a Battleground location in play.
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Forced: When Orc Ravager is dealt a shadow card, it gets +2 until the end of the phase.
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control. Deal attacking enemy another shadow card.
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When Revealed: Either discard 1 villager token from Rescued Villagers, or Orc Raiders makes an immediate attack against the first player.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
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When Revealed: Either discard 1 villager token from Rescued Villagers, or reveal an additional encounter card.
Shadow: Deal attacking enemy 1 shadow card for each villager token on the active location.
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Forced: After Invading Orc attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller returns a location he controls to the staging area.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return a location you control to the staging area.
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Forced: After Orc Trickster is turned faceup as a hidden card, it makes an immediate attack against the engaged player.
Forced: When Orc Trickster would be damaged, a random player takes it facedown as a hidden card in his play area instead.
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Forced: After Uruk Marksman is turned faceup as a hidden card, deal 3 damage to a character controlled by the engaged player and return Uruk Marksman to the staging area.
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Forced: At the end of the round, if Orc Captor is in the staging area, place 1 progress token on To the Tower.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +3 until the end of the combat phase.
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X is the number of progress tokens on To the Tower.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, place 1 progress on To the Tower.
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Forced: After Vigilant Orc enters the staging area, it makes an immediate attack against the first player. If this attack destroys a character, remove 1 time counter from the current quest.
Fierce and shrill rose the yells of the Orcs, and suddenly horn–calls ceased. –The Two Towers
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While Methedras Lookout is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the end of the refresh phase, remove 1 time counter from the current quest."
Shadow: Either exhaust a character you control, or return attacking enemy to the staging area.
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While a player controls 5 or more allies, Bellach's Hunter gets -20 engagement cost.
Forced: When Bellach's Hunter engages a player, that player must either remove all time counters from the current quest or deal 5 damage to a hero he controls.
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When Revealed: Either reduce each player's threat elimination level by 2, or Orc Seeker engages the first player and makes an immediate attack.
Shadow: Reduce each player's threat elimination level by 2 (5 instead if undefended).
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Bellach cannot take damage.
Scour: Heal all damage from Bellach's Bodyguard.
Shadow: Attacking enemy cannot take damage until the end of the phase.
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When Revealed: Trigger Little Snuffler's Scour effect.
Scour: The first player discards a random card from his hand and assigns X damage among locations in the staging area. X is the discarded card's cost.
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Forced: At the end of the round, if Orc Abductor is in the staging area, search the encounter deck, discard pile and victory display for Rescue IĂąrion and reveal it. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to defending character.
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Forced: After Soldier of Angmar attacks and destroys an ally, search the encounter deck, discard pile and victory display for Orc Ambush and reveal it. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2
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Cannot be optionally engaged.
Forced: After Rearguard Ambusher engages you, exhaust each damaged character you control.
His broad flat face was swart, his eyes were like coals, and his tongue was red; he wielded a great spear.
–THe Fellowship of the Ring
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Forced: After a character the engaged player controls is healed, Angmar Raider makes an immediate attack.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 until the end of the phase.
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Forced: After MauhĂșr attacks, increase the pursuit value by 1.
"MauhĂșr and his lads are in the forest, and they should turn up any time now." –UglĂșk, The Two Towers
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Cannot have attachments.
While Host of Isengard is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the end of the round, place 1 progress on the current quest (bypassing any active location)."
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When Revealed: Discard 1 random card from your hand and assign X damage among characters you control. X is the discarded card's printed cost.
"There was no answer, except arrows and stones from the walls." –Merry, The Two Towers
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While Lugdush is engaged with a player, each other enemy cannot take damage.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is unique, it cannot take damage until the end of the round.
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Forced: When Half-orc of Isengard attacks, either discard 1 random card from your hand, or Half-orc of Isengard gets +3 for this attack.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard 1 random card from your hand.
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Forced: After Orc of the White Hand attacks and destroy a character, increase the pursuit value by 1.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, increase the pursuit value by 1.
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Forced: After Jailor Gorn kh enters playt each player searches his captured deck for each hero and captures thme underneath Jailor Gorn kh.
Forced: After a player rescues any number of cards, Jailor Gorn kh attacks that player.
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While you are engaged with Prison Guard, it gainst: "Planning Action: Rescue a random card from underneath Prison Guard. Then, raise each player's threat by X, where X is that card's printed cost. (Limit once per round)."
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Forced: When Orc of Thaurdir attacks you, either discard the top 2 cards of your captured deck, or deal Orc of Thaurdir 2 additional shadow cards.
Shadow: For each damage dealt by this attack, discard the top card of your captured deck.
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Forced: After Orc Wight enters play, deal it 2 shadow cards.
Shadow: If attacking enemy has at least 1 other shadow card currently dealt to it, return it to the staging area after this attack.
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Forced: If there are 3 shadow cards dealt to Thaurdir's Elite discard all shadow cards dealt to it and each player must discard an ally he controls.
Shadow: Either raise your threat by 4, or discard an ally you control.
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When Revealed: Either discard a random card from your hand, or engage Orc of Minas Morgul and reveal an additional encounter card.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2
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Forced: After Under-gate Sentry attacks and destroys a character you control, discard a random card from your hand.
Shadow: Either discard a random card from your hand, or exhaust a character you control.
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When Revealed: Orc of Ered Luin makes an immediate attack against each player that controls at least 1 Loot objective (in turn order).
Shadow: After this attack, attacking enemy engages the next player, then makes an immediate attack.
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Immune to player card effects.
Forced: After Host of Angmar attacks and destroys a character, either remove 2 progress from the main quest, or return Host of Angmar to the staging area.