



Action: Until the end of the phase, all characters get +1 . All Gondor characters also get +1
until the end of the phase.
And the tree that was withered shall be renewed,
and he shall plant it in high places,
and the City shall be blessed.
–The Return of the King




Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 when attacking an Orc.
Response: After attached hero attacks and destroys an enemy, place 1 progress token on the current quest.
It was rather splendid to be wearing a blade made in Gondolin for the goblin–wars of which so many songs had sung...
–The Hobbit


Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gains +1 (+2
instead if attached hero is a Dwarf.)
"But keep your bow ready to hand, and I will keep my axe loose in my belt."
–Gimli, The Two Towers




Action: Choose a Dwarf character. Until the end of the phase, that character gets +3 .
Down from the wall leapt Gimli with a fierce cry the echoed in the cliffs. "Khazรขd! Khazรขd!" He soon had work enough.
–The Two Towers




Action: Until the end of the phase, all characters get +1 . All Gondor characters also get +1
until the end of the phase.
And the tree that was withered shall be renewed,
and he shall plant it in high places,
and the City shall be blessed.
–The Return of the King




Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 when attacking an Orc.
Response: After attached hero attacks and destroys an enemy, place 1 progress token on the current quest.
It was rather splendid to be wearing a blade made in Gondolin for the goblin–wars of which so many songs had sung...
–The Hobbit


Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gains +1 (+2
instead if attached hero is a Dwarf.)
"But keep your bow ready to hand, and I will keep my axe loose in my belt."
–Gimli, The Two Towers







While Dรกin Ironfoot is ready, Dwarf characters get +1 and +1
.
"You have not heard of Dain and the dwarves of the Iron Hills?" –Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit






Eagles of the Misty Mountains cannot have restricted attachments. Eagles of the Misty Mountains gets +1 and +1
for each facedown attachment it has.
Response: After another Eagle character leaves play, you may attach that card facedown to Eagles of the Misty Mountains.





While Dรกin Ironfoot is ready, Dwarf characters get +1 and +1
.
"You have not heard of Dain and the dwarves of the Iron Hills?" –Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit

Action: Choose a Dwarf hero. That hero gets +2 +2
and +2
until the end of the round.
A king he was on carven throne
In many–pillared halls of stone
With golden roof and silver floor,
And runes of power upon the door.
–The Fellowship of the Ring





Response: After a Silvan ally enters play, that ally gets +1 +1
and +1
until the end of the round.
"...the lord of the Galadhrim is accounted wisest of the Elves of Middle–earth, and a giver of gifts beyond the power of kings." –Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring


Action: Exhaust a character you control with ranged to immediately declare it as an attacker (and resolve its attack) against an enemy in the staging area. It gets +1 during this attack.
"We live now upon an island amid perils, and our hands are more often upon thr bowstring than upon the harp."
–Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring





While Boromir has at least 1 resource in his resource pool, Gondor allies get +1 .
"By our valour the wild fold of the East are still restrained, and the terror of Morgul kept at bay..." –The Fellowship of the Ring



Attach to a Noble hero. Limit 1 per hero.
Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
if your threat is 40 or higher).
...his sword of steel was valiant...
–The Fellowship of the Ring






Response: After a character leaves play, รomer gets +2 until the end of the round. (Limit once per round.)
"I am named รomer son of รomund, and am called the Third Marshal of Riddermark." –The Two Towers





Response: After Hirgon quests successfully, play a ally from your hand, reducing its cost by 1 (to a minimum of 1). Then, you may raise your threat by 1 to give that ally +1
and +1
until the end of the round.
"Hirgon I am, errand–rider of Denethor, who bring you this token of war."
–The Return of the King


Attach to a or Rohan hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead if attached hero is Eฬomer).
Response: After attached hero attacks alone, exhaust Firefoot to choose a non-unique enemy engaged with you. Excess damage dealt by this attack is assigned to the chosen enemy.


Attach to a Rohan character. Restricted.
Attached character gets +1 (+2
instead if attacking an enemy in the staging area).
Right through the press drove Thรฉoden Thengel's son, and his spear was shivered as he threw down thier chieftan. –The Return of the King



Action: Choose a Dwarf hero. That hero gets +2 +2
and +2
until the end of the round.
A king he was on carven throne
In many–pillared halls of stone
With golden roof and silver floor,
And runes of power upon the door.
–The Fellowship of the Ring


Attach to a Dwarf character. Restricted.
Attached character gets +1
Response: After attached character attacks, deal 1 damage to the defending enemy.
"We make good armour and keen swords, but we cannot again make mail or blade to match those that were made before the dragon came." –Gloin, The Fellowship of the Ring



Action: Choose a character you control. Until the end of the phase, that character gets +3 while attacking an enemy with a higher engagement cost than your threat.


Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.
Attached hero gets +1 for each resource token on another copy of Keeping Count that is above the current number of resource tokens on this card.
Forced: After attached hero attacks and destroys an enemy, place 1 resource token on this card.






While Elrohir is in play, Elladan gets +2 .
Response: After Elladan is declared as an attacker, pay 1 resource from his resource pool to ready him.
"Yes, the Dead ride behind."
–The Return of the King


Response: After a character leaves play, add its to another character's
until the end of the round.
"We have not the time or the tools to bury our comrade fitly, or to raise a mound up over him. A cairn we might build."
–Legolas, The Two Towers


Attach to a Noldor or Silvan character, or to Aragorn. Limit 1 per character.
Attached character gains ranged.
If attached character has the printed ranged keyword, it gets +1 during a ranged attack.






Erebor Battle Master gets +1 for each other Dwarf ally you control. (Limit +4
.)


Action: Exhaust a character you control with ranged to immediately declare it as an attacker (and resolve its attack) against an enemy in the staging area. It gets +1 during this attack.
"We live now upon an island amid perils, and our hands are more often upon thr bowstring than upon the harp."
–Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring






While Boromir has at least 1 resource in his resource pool, Gondor allies get +1 .
"By our valour the wild fold of the East are still restrained, and the terror of Morgul kept at bay..." –The Fellowship of the Ring






Each Outlands character you control gets +1 .
...foremost on the field rode the swan–knights of Dol Amroth with their Prince and his blue banner at their head. –The Return of the King




Attach to a Rohan character. Restricted.
Attached character gets +1 (+2
instead if attacking an enemy in the staging area).
Right through the press drove Thรฉoden Thengel's son, and his spear was shivered as he threw down thier chieftan. –The Return of the King






Response: After a character leaves play, รomer gets +2 until the end of the round. (Limit once per round.)
"I am named รomer son of รomund, and am called the Third Marshal of Riddermark." –The Two Towers






Response: After a Silvan ally enters play, that ally gets +1 +1
and +1
until the end of the round.
"...the lord of the Galadhrim is accounted wisest of the Elves of Middle–earth, and a giver of gifts beyond the power of kings." –Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring


Attach to a or Rohan hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead if attached hero is Eฬomer).
Response: After attached hero attacks alone, exhaust Firefoot to choose a non-unique enemy engaged with you. Excess damage dealt by this attack is assigned to the chosen enemy.


Attach to a Silvan character with the ranged keyword. Restricted.
Attached character gets +1 (+2
instead if attacking an enemy not engaged with you.)
...longer and stronger than the bows of Mirkwood, and strung with a string of elf–hair. –The Fellowship of the Ring








Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.
Booming Ent gets +1 for each damaged Ent character you control.
"...a man that hacks once at an Ent never gets a chance of a second blow." –Merry, The Two Towers



Response: After an Ent character takes any amount of damage, ready it. That character gets +3 until the end of the phase.
"They roared and boomed and trumpeted, until stones began to crack and fall at the mere noise of them." –Merry, The Two Towers


Attach to a Noldor or Silvan hero. Restricted.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to give attached hero +1 until the end of the phase. Limit 3 times per phase.
Their spears and swords shone in the gloom with a gleam of chill flame, so deadly was the wrath of the hands that held them.
–The Hobbit


Lords of the Eldar can only be played from your discard pile.
Action: Place Lords of the Eldar on the bottom of your deck from your discard pile. Then, until the end of the round all Noldor characters get +1 , +1
, and +1
.


Attach to a Dรบnedain or Gondor hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 .
Response: After attached hero participates in an attack that destroys an enemy with 5 or more printed hit points, exhaust Sword of Nรบmenor to add 1 resource to attached hero's resource pool.
...the flowing characters of Nรบmenor glinted like fire upon the blade.
–The Fellowship of the Ring






Fornost Bowman gets +1 for each enemy engaged with you.
To the last battle at Fornost with the Witch–lord of Angmar they sent some bowmen to the aid of the king...
–The Fellowship of the Ring



Action: Exhaust Narya and attached character to choose and ready up to 2 allies. Each of those allies gets +1 and +1
until the end of the phase.
"For this is the Ring of Fire, and with it you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill."
–Cรญrdan, The Return of the King


Response: When a shadow card increases an enemy's by any amount, increase the defending character's
by 3 for that attack. Then, the players as a group may spend 2
resources to ready the defending character and give it +3
for its next attack this phase.
...the tides of fate had turned against them and their doom was at hand.
–The Return of the King












Action: Choose a hero you control. Each hero with lower threat cost than the chosen hero gets +2 until the end of the phase. Then, the players as a group may spend 2
resources to give +2
to each hero with lower threat cost than the chosen hero until the end of the phase.
Wherever he came men's hearts would lift again, and the winged shadows pass from memory.
–The Return of the King


Attach to a Ranger character. Restricted.
Attached character gets +1 (+2
instead when attacking an enemy with an attachment on it).
Two had spears in their hands with broad bright heads. –The Two Towers
'







Attach to a Silvan hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 and +1
.
Legolas had a bow and a quiver, and at his belt a long white knife.
–The Fellowship of the Ring







Response: After Hirgon quests successfully, play a ally from your hand, reducing its cost by 1 (to a minimum of 1). Then, you may raise your threat by 1 to give that ally +1
and +1
until the end of the round.
"Hirgon I am, errand–rider of Denethor, who bring you this token of war."
–The Return of the King


Attach to a Harad character. Restricted.
Attached character gets +1 .
Response: After attached character is declared as an attacker, it gets +3 for this attack. After this attack resolves, discard Haradrim Spear.




Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1

...glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dรบnedain were young...
–The Return of the King








Guardian of Esgaroth gets +1 +1
+1
and +1 hit point for each different player card attachment it has. (Limit +3 to each.)
The men of the lake–town Esgaroth were mostly indoors, for the breeze was from the black East and chill, but a few were walking on the quays, and watching...
–The Hobbit


Attach to a hero or Gandalf. Restricted.
Attached character gets +2 .



Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +2 .
Response: After attach hero destroys an enemy, add 1 resource to attached hero's pool.



Attach to a or Warrior character. Restricted.
Limit 1 per character.
Attached character gets +1 for each enemy engaged with you. (Limit +3
He gripped tighter on the hilt of his sword and went on doggedly.–The Fellowship of the Ring



Attach to a Hobbit hero. Restricted
Attach hero gets +1 , +1
, and +1
.
Response: After attached hero is declared as an attacker or defender against an enemy, deal 1 damage to that enemy.







Pippin gets +2 while attacking an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat.
Response: After you engage an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat, ready Pippin.
"Down on your knees in the road and ask pardon, or I will set this troll's bane in you!"
–The Return of the King

Action: Exhaust The One Ring and raise your threat by 1 to ready the hero with The One Ring Attached. That hero gets +1 , +1
, and +1
until the end of the phase.
“And behold! in our need chance brings to light the Ring of Power.”
–Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring






Attach to a Noble hero. Limit 1 per hero.
Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
if your threat is 40 or higher).
...his sword of steel was valiant...
–The Fellowship of the Ring




Action: Bilbo Baggins gets +2 +2
and +2
until the end of the phase. (You may spend a
resource from Bilbo Baggins' resource pool to play this card even if you do not control Bilbo Baggins.)
“You can say Expert Treasure-hunter instead of Burglar if you like. Some of them do.”
– Glรณin, The Hobbit






While you control at least 5 Dwarf characters, รin gets +1 and gains the
resource icon.
Dwarves can make fire almost anywhere out of almost anything, wind or no wind... –The Hobbit







Response: After you engage an enemy with a higher engagement cost than your threat, ready Sam Gamgee. He gets +1 , +1
, and +1
until the end of the round.
"I'm going with him...and if any of those Black Riders try to stop him, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with" –The Fellowship of the Ring






Merry gets +1 for each Hobbit hero you control.
Response: After Merry participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, ready another character that participated in that attack.
"You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin to the bitter end" –The Fellowship of the Ring


Action: Choose a Hobbit character. That character gets +2 , +2
, and +2
until the end of the phase.
"I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me." –Sam Gamgee, The Fellowship of the Ring


Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2
instead if attacking an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat).
...these blades were forged many long years ago by Men of Westernesse: they were foes of the Dark Lord...
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Restricted.
Attach to a Hobbit hero.
Attached hero gets +1 +1
and +1
.
Response: After attached hero exhausts to defend an attack, discard the top card of the encounter deck. Deal damage to the attacking enemy equal to the discarded card's .

Attach to a Warrior hero or Gandalf. Restricted.
Attached character gets +2 .
Response: After attached character destroys an Orc enemy, draw 1 card.
"...at his side was the elven–sword Glamdring, the mate of Orcrist that lay now upon the breast of Thorin under the Lonely Mountain." –The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a Noble hero or Aragorn. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 +1
and +1
.
Response: After an attack in which the attached hero defended resolves, exhaust Andรบril to target the enemy that just attacked. Declare attached hero as an attacker against that enemy (and resolve the attack).



Attach to a Rohan hero. Restricted.
Reduce the cost to play Herugrim on Thรฉoden by 1.
Response: After attached hero is declared as an attacker, exhaust Herugrim to add attached hero's to its
for this attack.
"Here, lord, is Herugrim, your ancient blade." –Hรกma, The Two Towers


Play only if you control Aragorn.
Quest Action: Choose 3 heroes committed to the quest. Ready those heroes. Until the end of the round, each of the chosen heroes gets +1 , +1
, and +1
.
"We shall makes such a chase as shall be accounted a marvel among the Three Kindreds: Elves, Dwarves, and Men. Forth the Three Hunters!" –Aragorn, The Two Towers






Action: Spend 1 resource and exhaust The One Ring to give Frodo Baggins +2
and +2
until the end of the round.
"It's my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found." –The Two Towers


Response: After a hero you control defends an attack made by an enemy with engagement cost higher than your threat, ready that hero. Until the end of the phase, that hero gets +2 while attacking that enemy.
"We're going on; but we'll settle with you first. Come on, and taste it again!" –Sam Gamgee, The Two Towers



Attach to Aragorn.
While Aragorn is questing, each other questing character you control gets +1
While Aragorn is attacking, each other attacking character you control gets +1
Seven stars were about it, and a high crown above it, the signs of Elendil that no lord had borne for years beyond count.
–The Return of the King




Attach to a Rohan hero. Restricted.
Response: After attached hero is declared as an attacker, exhaust Gรบthwinรซ to give that hero +2 for this attack. If this attack destroys an enemy, return a Rohan ally from your discard pile to your hand.
“Gรบthwinรซ!” cried รomer. “Gรบthwinรซ for the Mark!”
–The Two Towers

Attach to a Hobbit hero. Limit 2 copies of Friend of Friends in play.
While another hero has Friend of Friends attached, attached hero gets +1 +1
+1
and +1 hit point.
"Come, Mr. Frodo!" he cried, "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well"
–Sam Gamgee, The Return of the King


