When Revealed: The first player must choose: either Wilderland Bear makes an immediate attack against him, or each player discards 1 random card from his hand.
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.
When Revealed: The first player must either deal 2 damage to a hero he controls, or deal 3 damage to Hrogar's Hill.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if Hrogar's Hill has at least 25 damage on it).
X is the tens digit of the first player's threat.
Forced: When Crypt Stalker attacks, raise the defending player's threat by 1.
Shadow: Either raise your threat by 2, or return attacking enemy to the staging area.
Forced: When Evil Spectre is destroyed, shuffle it back into the encounter deck if the active location has the Dark trait.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the active location has the Dark trait.)
While there are 3 or more quest cards in the victory display, Guardian of Gundabad gets +2
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 until the end of the phase.
Dagnir cannot take damage from non-quest effects.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if Dagnir is engaged with you).
Forced: When Deep-dweller engages you, it makes an immediate attack.
Forced: After Deep-dweller take any amount of damage (and survives), return it to the staging area.
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.
Forced: After Warg-rider is dealt a shadow card with no effect, either return it to the staging area or place 1 progress on The Goblins' Assault.
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.
Rider of Rhûn gets -10 enagement cost for each Easterling attachment it has.
When Revealed: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Easterling Horse and attach it to Rider of Rhûn. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Easterling Raider gets +1 and +1 for each Easterling attachment on it.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if it has an Easterling attachment).
Forced: When Warrior of Rh–n attacks, attach the top Easterling treachery in the discard pile to it.
Shadow: Attach the top Easterling treachery in the discard pile to attacking enemy.
When Revealed: Either raise each player's threat by X, where X is the active location's or Messenger from Mordor makes an immediate attack against the first player.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1
Servant of Sauron engages the first player.
Forced: After the engaged player raises his threat, Servant of Sauron makes an immediate attack. (Limit once per phase.)
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.
Treacherous Easterlings gets +1 and +1 for each resource token on it (Limit +3 and +3
Forced: After the engaged player raises his threat, place 1 resource token on Treacherous Easterling.
While Thane of Ulchor is engaged with a player, Ulchor's Guard engages that player.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 until the end of the phase.
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.
Forced: After Easterling Skirmisher attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller must return the location he controls with the highest to the staging area.
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.
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: When The King's Elite attacks, place 1 resource on the main quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
When Revealed: Raise each player's threat by 3.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, raise each player's threat by 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.
When Revealed: Either place 3 damage on The Wainriders' stage, or Chariot Driver makes an attack against the first player.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the the staging area.
While The Challengers is ahead of The Wainriders, Veteran Wainrider gets +2 and cannot leave the staging area.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 if The Challengers is ahead of the Wainriders.
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.
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: After Mordor Cave Troll attacks and destroys a character, discard the top card of your deck for each point of excess damage dealt by this attack.
Forced: After Ash Mountain Werewolf attacks you, discard the top card of your deck (top 2 cards instead if this attack destroyed a character).
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard the top 2 cards of your deck.
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.
When Revealed: Assign X damage among characters in play. X is the current archery total.
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready this round.
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 for each Camp location in the victory display.
Forced: After Soldier of Nurn attacks, place 1 card from your hand facedown under a Castle side quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, place 1 card from your hand facedown under a Castle side quest.
When Revealed: Either reveal an additional encounter card, or no progress can be placed on the current quest this phase.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each Castle side quest in the victory display.
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: After Mordor Olog-hai attacks and destroys a character you control, exhaust a character you control.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2
Forced: After Guard Dogs engages you, deal 1 damage to a character you control.
Shadow: Put Guard Dogs into play engaged with you.
When Revealed: Reveal the top card of the encounter discard pile and add it to the staging area, if able.
Shadow: If this attack deals at least 1 damage, shuffle this card back into the encounter deck.
Goblin Axeman gets +1 for each Cave location in play.
Shadow: Defending character gets -1
Goblin Miners gets +1 for each Cave location in play.
Shadow: attacking enemy gets +1
Shadow: attacking enemy makes an additional attack immediately after this one. (Deal a new shadow card for that attack.)
When Revealed: The first player exhausts 1 character he controls.
Shadow: Defending player exhausts 1 character he controls.
If The Great Goblin is in the victory display, this card gains surge.
Shadow: attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if The Great Goblin is in the victory display.)
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.
Forced: If Great Gray Wolf is dealt a shadow card with a riddle, return all Creature enemies to the staging area at the end of the combat phase.
Riddle: The first player names a card type, sphere and cost, shuffles his deck, then discards the top 3 cards. For each of those cards that matches all three items, place 1 progress token on stage 2.
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.
Forced: At the end of each round, each player must give a hero he controls 1 poison.
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