When Revealed: Until the end of the round, Morgul Spider gets +1 for each character not currently committed to a quest.

Far and wide her lesser broods, bastards of the miserable mates, her own offspring, that she slew, spread from glen to glen... –The Two Towers

When Revealed: The first player deals 2 damage to a questing hero and removes that hero from the quest.

Shadow: Defending player raises his threat by X where X is the attacking enemy's .

Allies cannot defend against Lieutenant of Mordor.

When Revealed: Resolve the "when revealed" effect on the topmost treachery card in the encounter discard pile, if able. This effect cannot be canceled.

Archery X.

X is the number of different resource icons , , or on heroes in play.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 .

While Orc Vanguard is in the staging area, resources cannot be spent from the resource pools of heroes who have a , or resource icon.

Shadow: Deal the attacking enemy two additional shadow cards.

Any damage that would be dealt to a Captain enemy is dealt to 1 Morgul Bodyguard instead.

Shadow: Attacking enemy engages the next player and makes an immediate attack, if able.

Forced: After any number of progress tokens are placed on To the Tower, deal Morgul Sorcerer a shadow card.

Shadow: Defending player must place 1 progress token on To the Tower or treat this attack as undefended.

Forced: When Morgul Tracker is optionally engaged, place 1 progress token on To the Tower.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . If undefended, place 1 progress token on To the Tower as well.

Forced: After Murzag attacks, reveal the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is an enemy, put it into play engaged with the defending player.

Forced: When Lord Alcaron attacks, place 1 progress token on To the Tower.

Forced: When Lord Alcaron is dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect, he makes an additional attack after this one (deal and resolve another shadow card).

Cannot have attachments.

Reduce any amount of damage dealt to Nazgûl of Minas Morgul to 1.

"Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey!"
–The Witch King, The Return of the King

Each Captain enemy gets +1

Forced: At the end of the round, heal all damage from each Captain enemy in play.

Shadow: Heal all damage from each Captain enemy in play.

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.

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.