May be played on your turn during any phase the company is at a site. [CoE IE 2018]
May be used to bring in an additional character during a turn. [CoE IE 2018]
A Lie in your Eyes
@ Card erratum: Change «all cards he controls» to «all non-follower cards he controls» [CoE 2023]
A Malady Without Healing
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«Magic. Shadow‐magic. Playable during the site phase on a non‐Ringwraith, non‐Wizard character at the same site as a shadow‐magic‐using character you control. Target character must make a corruption check modified by ‐1 followed by a body check (modified by +1 if tapped). If target character is a hero and is eliminated by these checks, you receive his kill marshalling points. Unless the shadow-magic-user is a Ringwraith, he makes a corruption check modified by ‐5. May target an opponent’s character.»
[CoE IE 2018]
A Short Rest
This card only allows the extra card draw for moving companies that actually have a site path. It cannot be used with Under-deeps movement, or special movement cards like Belegaer.
A Strident Spawn
Card Erratum: Add «Unique.»
Allows you to play Half-orcs without Bad Company in play.
Abductor
Does not affect Ringwraiths.
Akhôrahil
Card Erratum: Change «…gives -1 penalty to one…» to «…modifies any one character’s body by -1 for the rest of the turn.
Card Erratum: Change «As your Ringwraith, when he uses a magic card…» to «As your Ringwraith, when a magic card used by him has to be discarded…». [CoE IE 2018]
Alatar
Card Erratum: Change «he must tap and make a corruption check immediately following the attack.» to «he must make a corruption check immediately following the attack, and, if untapped, he must tap.»
Alatar can force someone to draw 0 cards when he moves.
When Alatar uses his special ability he must face a strike. Alatar overrides all other effects pertaining to the assigning of strikes.
Alatar must teleport and declare he is facing a strike before any other strikes are assigned.
Allies Alatar controls are discarded when he teleports.
Align Palantír
Card Erratum: Add «May not be duplicated on a given Palantír.»
Align Palantír can be stored.
Ancient Stair
Replacing the site card is considered movement without a movement/hazard phase.
Anduin River
The «otherwise» on this card should be read as «alternatively.»
Angmar Arises
May not be used to play creatures keyed to double Shadow-lands.
This card allows you to key creatures to the mentioned regions by name. It does not change the region type used to judge whether an attack is detainment or not. [CoE 2002]
Arkenstone
Card Erratum (minion version): Change «and all cards he controls» to «and all non-follower cards he controls.
Army of the Dead
Card Erratum: Add «May not be influenced by an opponent.»
Ash Mountains
The «otherwise» on this card should be read as «alternatively.»
Assassin
Card Erratum: Gives 2 MP, not 1.
If an attack from Assassin is given more than one strike, each additional strike becomes an excess strike (-1 prowess modification) against the attacked character. An Assassin can never assign strikes to more than one character.
You may decide to cancel one of the attacks after facing another attack.
As a special case, you may cancel the first attack of an Assassin by tapping a character, after strikes are assigned.
Await the Advent of Allies
Read «is wounded» as «becomes wounded.»
«Playing a resource at the site» means playing a resource that taps the site or a resource that requires the site.
Aware of Their Ways
Consider sites to be unique cards for the play of this card.
-= BBB =-
Baduila
Read «If Baduila is discarded» as «If you choose to discard Baduila.»
Bad Company
Does not allow you to start with a character that says he cannot be in the starting company.
Bade to Rule
Bade to Rule may only be played if you are playing an actual Ringwraith deck, not a Fallen-wizard or Balrog deck.
The Balance of Things
The Balance of Things may be revealed as an on-guard card so long as at least one character in the company during whose site phase The Balance of Things is revealed carries at least one corruption source.
The Balrog
Makes a company overt.
Balrog of Moria
You cannot get the MP from a Balrog of Moria that you played.
Bane of the Ithil-stone
Bane of the Ithil-stone will only cancel effects outside of normal play as outlined in the rules.
If a card has multiple effects, Bane of the Ithil-stone will only cancel those effects that concern searching through decks and discard piles.
Does not receive benefits from itself, although it is affected by other Chill Dousers played previously in the turn on the same company.
Círdan
Cancels creatures keyed by region type, not by name.
Come at Need
Card Erratum: Change «Playable if you have an ally in your hand.» to «Playable if you have an ally able to be attacked in your hand.» [CoE IE 2018]
Corsairs of Umbar
Card Erratum: Add «May also be played at any sites in Elven Shores, Eriadoran Coast, Andrast Coast, Bay of Belfalas, or Mouths of the Anduin.»
Cracks of Doom
Card Erratum: Add «Only playable during the site phase.» Remove «Otherwise, discard The One Ring and its bearer.»
Pledge of Conduct played on the bearer of the One Ring for this check will discard Cracks of Doom without effect.
Creature of an Older World
Makes a company overt.
This card will not put a Ringwraith into Fell Rider mode if there are any other allies in the company.
Crept Along Carefully
When duplicated the three movement restriction stays at the stated three regions and the hazard limit is once more reduced by one. [CoE 2002]
Cruel Caradhras
Card Erratum: Replace «Minas Morgul» with «Imlad Morgul.»
This card can be played on a company using region movement to leave a site in an affected region.
-= DDD =-
Deeper Shadow
Card Erratum: This is a short-event, not a long-event.
Deeper Shadow can cancel hazards by reducing the hazard limit to the point where the hazard resolving is no longer playable. If this is done to an on-guard card, the card is returned to the player’s hand.
The character must be moving to the site to change the site type. This works even though the site is not technically part of the site path. The character must also be moving to lower the hazard limit.
Deep Mines
Card Erratum: Add «Cannot be duplicated on a given Wizardhaven.»
The stage point requirement is checked when Deep Mines is revealed as the new site. If it is not met the company does not move at all, much like missing the roll for moving to an Under-deeps site. [CoE 2002]
Deftness of Agility
The extra strike is dealt with in a separate strike sequence.
Despair of the Heart
The corruption check occurs before the body check.
Dodge
Card Erratum: Replace «his body check is modified by -1.» with «his body is modified by -1 for the resulting body check.»
Double-dealing
You may only play items as listed on the card in front of you, although they may be of the other alignment.
Doubled Vigilance
Can be revealed on-guard.
Dragon’s Blood
If the body check forced by Dragon’s Blood fails, the character is not wounded.
Dragon’s Desolation
Playing Dragon’s Desolation to make a Dragon playable at a Ruins & Lairs does not necessarily require you to play a Dragon later in the turn.
Dragon’s Hunger
Card Erratum: Replace «Otherwise, the attack is canceled.» with «Otherwise, the attack is canceled and the opponent must reveal his hand.»
This card can be played regardless of how much of the hazard limit is used up, and may also be played against an automatic-attack. The opponent must discard a hazard creature from his hand if he has one.
Card Erratum: One «reshuffle the play deck» is sufficient.
Dwarven Ring of Thélor’s/Thrár’s Tribe
Card Erratum: Values in parentheses and brackets apply to a Dwarf bearer. The prowess/body modifications should read: «+2(4)/+1.»
-= EEE =-
Elf-song
When Elf-song saves a character from being discarded it also saves that character’s items.
Elf-song will effectively stop influence attempts against characters.
Elven Cloak
Can cancel a strike keyed to one, two or more Wilderness.
Emerald of the Mariner
Emerald of the Mariner is considered a source of 0 corruption points.
Enchanted Stream
Enchanted Stream stops you from moving in the first place, so effects that keep your company from being returned to their site of origin do not stop it.
Ent-draughts
Card Erratum: Replace «as a minor item» with «in addition to an ally or faction which has been successfully been played at Wellinghall.»
Escape
Cannot be played on a wounded character.
The Evenstar
Can be played even if there are no Wildernesses in play.
Does not affect hazards [CoE 2002]>
Exile of Solitude
@ Card erratum: Change «all cards he controls» to «all non-follower cards he controls» [CoE 2023]
Fate of the Ithil-stone must be tapped before entering Barad-dûr in order to rotate it 180 degrees.
Favor of the Valar
Favor of the Valar requires you to draw eight cards, not to your hand size.
FEAR! FIRE! FOES!
Card Erratum: Change «…playable on a detainment automatic-attack a minion company is facing. The attack becomes normal…» to «…playable on a detainment automatic-attack. Against a minion company the attack becomes normal…». [CoE IE 2018]
Fell Beast
This card can be played and resolved before any Nazgûl is played with it. A Nazgûl must be played as the first declared action in the chain of effects following the resolution of Fell Beast, or else this card is returned to its player’s hand. This card can be played on an existing Nazgûl attack, but the extra playability this card provides would not apply.
Fever of Unrest
Card Erratum: «… with three Wildernesses in her site path.» should be read «… with three Wildernesses in its site path.» [CoE IE 2018]
The Dragon played is not considered keyed to anything.
Flatter a Foe
Against attacks with two of the types listed, use the harder number.
A direct influence bonus against the race of the hazard does apply (for example: Dáin II does get to use his +1 against Men when flattering a Men creature) [CoE 2002]
@ Can be played on an ally. [CoE 2023]
@ The influence check is not affected by Foolish Words. [CoE 2023]
Focus Palantír
Will not allow a Ringwraith to use a palantír.
Foolish Words
All versions cannot be duplicated on a given character.
Card Erratum: Add «Cannot be duplicated on a given character.»
Foul Fumes
Will tap all sites in play that meet the requirements.
Foul Fumes will not continually keep sites tapped; it is only applied once to each site each turn.
Card Erratum: Remove «A company moving to or from Isengard is not considered to be moving through Gap of Isen (including one less Borderland in their site path.)»
Card Erratum: «Cards that give marshalling points are not playable at the site by your opponent in all cases.» should be read «Cards that give marshalling points cannot be played at Isengard by your opponent in all cases.» [CoE IE 2018]
Fortress of the Towers
Card Erratum: Remove «A company moving to or from The White Towers is not considered to be moving through Arthedain (including one less Wilderness in their site path.)»
Card Erratum: «Cards that give marshalling points are not playable at the site by your opponent in all cases.» should be read «Cards that give marshalling points cannot be played at The White Towers by your opponent in all cases.» [CoE IE 2018]
Freeze the Flesh
Freeze the Flesh will stop your opponent from gaining kill marshalling points from a character he eliminated in company vs. company combat.
Cannot be used on your Ringwraith to prevent it from being placed out of play. [CoE 2002]
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«Magic. Shadow-magic. Playable on a character eliminated by a body check, that was eliminated this turn, if you have a shadow‐magic‐using character in play that was in the same company when the character was eliminated. Return the character to the shadow‐magic‐using character’s company and tap him. Target character has -2 mind to a minimum of 1, -1 prowess, and -2 body. The character’s company is now overt. Unless he is a Ringwraith, the shadow-magic-using character makes a corruption check modified by -4.»
[CoE IE 2018]
Fury of the Iron Crown
Orc and Troll characters may use a creature enhanced by Fury of the Iron Crown as a trophy.
A player only gains marshalling points from the creature if he would have received them normally.
-= GGG =-
Galadhrim
Card Erratum: «Each character wounded by this attack…» should be read «Each character wounded by Galadhrim…». [CoE IE 2018]
Gandalf
Must be in the same company as the ring he tests.
Gangways over the Fire
A movement/hazard phase in which the Under-deeps movement failed is still a complete movement/hazard phase. [CoE 2002]
Gates of Morning
Gates of Morning discards hazard environments when it resolves, even if Peril Returned is in play.
Giant
Card Erratum: Add «Giant.»
Girdle of Radagast
Does not affect the regions in starter movement, except for the starting and ending regions.
Gloom
The «playable on …» conditions of the first paragraph do not apply to the second paragraph.
Goldberry
You may tap Goldberry to cancel an effect declared earlier in the same chain of effects that would return Goldberry’s company to its site of origin.
Goldberry cannot prevent a company from returning to its site of origin that failed its roll to move to an adjacent Under-deeps site.
May tap to give +1 prowess to another character facing an attack.
Gollum
The text on Gollum is an ability that you can choose to use.
Gollum’s Fate
This card is considered to target both The One Ring and Gollum. This means it cannot be played on your opponent’s The One Ring or Gollum.
Golodhros
He may use his special influence ability only during an opponent’s movement/hazard phase. His tapping to use his special ability does not count against the hazard limit.
Good Sense Revolts
The «playable on …» conditions of the first paragraph do not apply to the second paragraph.
Gothmog
Gothmog is not keyed to anything, the Orc or Troll he is played after must be keyed to a Shadow-land or Dark-domain.
Govern the Storms
@ You don’t have to choose what type of hazard effect to cancel. This card cancels both types. [Ruled by ICE, added by CoE 2023]
Great Bats
Makes a company overt.
May tap to give +1 prowess to characters in combat.
Card Erratum: «Cannot be duplicated on a given company.» should be read «Cannot be duplicated in a given company.» [CoE IE 2018]
Great Goblin
Card Erratum: «Unique. Orc. One Strike»
Great Lord of Goblin-gate
Card Erratum: «Unique.»
Makes a company overt.
Great-road
Card Erratum: Replace «opponent draws twice» with «opponent draws up to twice»
If you have two movement/hazard phases on the turn you played a Great Road, you return to the Haven at which you started the turn.
Replacing the site card is considered movement, without a movement/hazard phase.
Great Ruse
Cannot be played on sites without a minion counterpart, such as Morannon. [CoE 2002]
Great Secrets Buried There
The item must be normally playable at the Under-deeps site.
Card Erratum: Add «Tap a character in target company during the organization phase to play Great Ship on that company.» Replace «…contains a coastal sea region…» with «…contains a coastal sea region and no consecutive non-coastal sea regions…»
Allows the canceling of one creature or the canceling and discarding of an event that targets the company in question or an entity associated with that company.
Greed
Is triggered by a special ring item being played, but not by items being transferred.
Guarded Haven
Card Erratum: Change text to: «May not be used as a starting stage card.Playable on one of your Wizardhavens other than Isengard, The White Towers, or Rhosgobel. The site is protected. Cards that give marshalling points may not be played at any version of the site by your opponent in all cases. Cannot be duplicated on a given site.»
[CoE IE 2018]
Gwaihir
Card Erratum: Should read «you may discard Gwaihir during the organization phase to allow his company…»
-= HHH =-
Hail of Darts
The effect of Hail of Darts lasts until the end of the turn. [CoE 2002]
Half an Eye Open
The «playable on …» conditions of the first paragraph do not apply to the second paragraph.
Halfling Strength
If used to heal a Hobbit when healing effects affect all characters in a company, Halfling Strength will heal all other wounded characters in the company.
Healing Herbs
Cannot stop a body check.
Card Erratum: «… the bearer can tap and discard this item to untap a character…» should be read «… the bearer can tap and discard this item to untap a character in his company…». [CoE IE 2018]
The «playable on …» conditions of the first paragraph do not apply to the second paragraph.
Card Erratum: Change «after the successful play» to «in response to the play.»
Does not interfere with the playing of the card it is revealed in response to.
Helm of Her Secrecy
You can play multiple Helms of Her Secrecy in one chain of effects. The player should make sure that he does not take the option of playing Éowyn out of his hand until the first copy declared is resolved.
Helm of Fear
Has no effect on a non-Ringwraith.
Here is a Snake
Here is a Snake does not prevent the use of hazards already on the table.
The «playable on …» conditions of the first paragraph do not apply to the second paragraph.
Here, There, or Yonder?
The ally does not have to be chosen or played until after the dice are rolled.
Hermit’s Hill
To play a major item here, Hermit’s Hill must be untapped
Hide in Dark Places
Card Erratum: Replace «… whose company is not moving.» to «… whose company has not declared a new site. The scout’s company may not declare a new site this turn.» [CoE IE 2018]
Hidden Haven
If both players reveal this as a starting stage card, on the same site, at the same time, it is set aside, and may not be played on that site by either player until the game begins.
Hidden Knife
Hidden Knife is effectively an attack.
Hidden Ways
Card Erratum: Replace «… whose company is moving.» to «… whose company has declared a new site.» [CoE IE 2018]
Card Erratum: Add «Playable only at the end of the organization phase.»
Hour of Need
May not be played in the Under-deeps.
If successful Hour of Need taps the site it is played at (not the site associated with the faction) [Van 1999]
Cannot be played at a tapped site [Van 1999]
Will not allow the play of a ‘free’ minor item when played in the organization phase [Van 1999]
The Hunt
The discarding and revealing of the card do not have to be in any specific order.
A Noble Hound does not shield Alatar from the creatures, he is still alone against them. [Van 1999]
Huorn
Card Erratum: Add «Awakened Plant.»
-= III =-
Ice-orcs
Card Erratum: Change the Shadow-hold symbol into a Ruins & Lairs symbol.
Icy Touch
Must target an Undead attack. [CoE 2002]
If two of these are in play, they both trigger at the same time, and the second one is discarded without effect.
Imprisoned and Mocked
@ Followers controlled by the character put off to the side are not discarded. [CoE 2023]
Incite Denizens
When copying an attack put on the site by another card, Incite Denizens will not copy any other effects of the card.
When copying an attack put on the site by another card, the Incite Denizens attack will disappear if the other card is discarded.
In Darkness Bind Them
May not be used to play creatures keyed to double Shadow-lands.
This card allows you to key creatures to the mentioned regions by name. It does not change the region type used to judge whether an attack is detainment or not. [CoE 2002]
In the Heart of his Realm
@The drawing part of this card is an ongoing effect and cannot be responded to. [CoE 2023]
@The sage removing effect is an action caused by a passive condition, and can be responded to. [CoE 2023]
@The spells, light enchantments and rituals restriction is an ongoing effect and cannot be responded to. [CoE 2023]
Indûr Dawndeath
Only one wounded character has to discard an item, and the hazard player chooses which character and which item they bear.
The item being replaced by the Leaf Brooch being discarded must be in play to satisfy any targeting restrictions. When it comes time to discard that item, discard Leaf Brooch instead.
If used to replace a gold ring after a successful test, the bearer of the gold ring item gets the special ring item, not the bearer of the Leaf Brooch.
Leaflock
Allows the canceling of one creature or the canceling and discarding of an event that targets the company in question or an entity associated with that company.
May tap to give +1 prowess to another character facing an automatic-attack, or hazard keyed to his site.
Card Erratum: Playing this card discards its player’s Bade to Rule and prevents him from subsequently playing Bade to Rule.
You may only play this card if none of your opponents are Ringwraiths.
Long Dark Reach
The creature does not count against the hazard limit.
A creature must be played if there is one available.
Long Grievous Siege
There must be an eligible borderhold for this card to be played.
Long Winter
Will tap all sites in play that meet the requirements.
Long Winter will not continually keeps sites tapped, it is only applied once to each site each turn.
Lucky Search
Card Erratum: Replace «Discard all revealed cards except the item.» with «Reshuffle all revealed cards except the item back into the play deck.» Add at the end of the first paragraph «Discard item if the scout is wounded by this attack.»
Successful play does not tap the site. [CoE 2002]
You are not allowed a minor item after the Lucky Search item.
A Noble Hound does not face the attack instead of the character that played Lucky Search, because the strike is never assigned.
Lure of Expedience
Will trigger when a gold ring item is tested and a special item is successfully played.
Will trigger when an item is transferred.
Can be played on-guard and will trigger a corruption check when revealed in response to an item played.
Lure of Nature
Card Erratum: Replace «at the end of each movement/hazard phase» with «after all other hazards have been played.»
Corruption checks from Lure of Nature do not trigger if its bearer’s company returns to its site of origin.
The corruption checks caused by Lure of Nature happen at the end of the afflicted character’s movement/hazard phase. Of course, the character’s player can play resources to modify the corruption checks. The hazard player is allowed to play hazards in response, if the hazard player has enough hazard limit remaining. Hazards so played must directly affect the corruption checks caused by Lure of Nature. The hazard player can play no other hazards, no creature, no new corruption cards, etc.
Lure of Power
If two instances of Lure of Power are in play and are triggered, only force one check at -4, and both are discarded.
Lure of the Senses
The corruption checks happen at the end of the untap phase.
-= MMM =-
Magical Harp
Can be used at the Free Council.
Mallorn
Card Erratum: The first sentence should read: «Playable at Bag End only if Earth of Galadriel’s Orchard is stored there.»
Many Turns and Doublings
If Gates of Morning is in play, Many Turns and Doublings can cancel hazards by reducing the hazard limit to the point where the hazard resolving is no longer playable. If this is done to an on-guard card, the card is returned to the player’s hand.
Marvels Told
May be played during the site phase by a character in another company, as if he were in the company resolving their site phase.
Memories Stolen
This card is played after strikes are assigned, and the skills are lost as long as this card is in play.
Messenger to Mordor
Cards stored with Messenger to Mordor must be storable at a generic Darkhaven, not a specific one.
Mind Ring
May not be used by a Fallen-wizard to play a six mind character.
Mistress Lobelia
May not retrieve minor items unless they are listed as playable on the site or the item.
Misty Mountains
The «otherwise» on this card should be read as «alternatively.»
Morannon
Card Erratum: Should read «This card is used as a Dark-hold site card in the region of Udûn that is moved to…»
Companies at two different copies of Morannon cannot combine [CoE 2002].
The minimum of one strike still applies while Gates of Morning is in play.
More Sense than You
If there is only one character in the company, the attack is discarded without effect, but not canceled. The attack is still considered faced.
Morgul-horse
To bring a Nazgûl permanent-event back into your hand, Morgul-horse must be declared after tapping the Nazgûl is declared and before it resolves.
The alternative effect of this card can be played and resolved before any Nazgûl is played with it. A Nazgûl must be played as the first declared action in the chain of effects following the resolution of the alternative effect of Morgul-horse. If a Nazgûl is not played immediately following the resolution of this card, this card is returned to its player’s hand. This card cannot be played for no effect just to discard it.
Morgul-knife
Must target a Nazgûl attack. [CoE 2002]
The corruption is received immediately following the attack.
Morgul Night
Morgul Night is not discarded if Doors of Night leaves play.
Mountains of Shadow
The «otherwise» on this card should be read as «alternatively.»
Mount Doom
If the site type of Mount Doom changes, creatures may be keyed to the new site type, but not to the old site type.
Card Erratum: Replace entire text with: «Warrior only. An influence check against a faction by a warrior is modified by adding the warrior’s prowess to a maximum modifier of +5.»
Muster Disperses
Muster Disperses cannot be revealed as an on-guard card.
My Precious
Does not count as Gollum for the purposes of Gollum’s Fate or any other card that specifically calls for Gollum.
May not be played as a character.
Does not give -1 MP to minions.
Must be face-up to gain two actions.
His attack is successful if all of the strikes are successful. His attack fails if any of his strikes fail.
-= NNN =-
Narya
Because of the way the timing rules work, characters tapping in support have no effect on the corruption check, since they will be untapped when the support resolves.
May tap to give +1 prowess to another character facing an attack.
New Friendship
The influence bonus from New Friendship applies only to the diplomat, but the corruption check bonus applies to any character in the diplomat’s company.
News Must Get Through
Cards stored with News Must Get Through must be storable at a generic Darkhaven, not a specific one.
News of the Shire
Affects all versions of Bag End.
Night
The bonuses for Men and Dúnedain do not apply to attacks.
No Better Use
@ Followers controlled by the character set aside are not discarded. [CoE 2023]
Noble Hound
Card Erratum: Add the sentence: «If Noble Hound is tapped or wounded, treat it as though it were untapped for the purposes of assigning strikes.»
Nobody’s Friend
The «playable on …» conditions of the first paragraph do not apply to the second paragraph.
No Escape From My Magic
Card Erratum: Change «Playable on any faction in play» to «Playable on any unique faction in play.»
Not at Home
Cannot cancel any attack or automatic-attack except one from a Dragon, Drake, or Troll.
-= OOO =-
Old Cache
Card Erratum: Replace «Playable on a company…» to «Playable during the site phase on a company…». [CoE IE 2018]
Old Forest
Card Erratum: Replace «healing cards» with «healing effects.»
Old Friendship
The influence bonus from Old Friendship applies only to the diplomat, but the corruption check bonus applies to any character in the diplomat’s company.
Old Man Willow
Card Erratum: Add «Awakened Plant.»
Old Road
May be used to influence an opponent’s faction only when you are attempting to bring your copy of the faction into play.
If successful taps the character’s site, not the site of the faction being played. [Van 1999]
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«Tap a character at a Haven during the site phase. The character makes an attempt to bring a faction into play (reveal the faction with the card). The length of the site path from this Haven to the site at which the faction can be played must be two or less (this must be verified by an available site card). The influence check for this attempt is modified by -1 and is not modified by the influencing character’s direct influence.»
[CoE IE 2018]
The Old Thrush
Card Erratum: Add «Cannot be duplicated on a given attack.»
Cannot be used against agents, since none of them have a listed prowess of 13 or greater.
The One Ring
Can be used multiple times in a turn if the corruption checks are successful.
«Starting prowess» refers to the prowess printed on the character card.
If the bearer is a Ringwraith, The One Ring does not provide corruption to the characters in the company.
(Hero version) Card Erratum: Change «…to cancel a strike» to «…to cancel a strike against himself». [CoE IE 2018]
(Minion version) Cannot be played after a test from storing a gold ring.
Open to the Summons
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«Playable on a company. One agent character may be played with target company at a Darkhaven or in your starting company—place this card with the agent. -1 to his mind to a minimum of 1. This card may be played with a starting company in lieu of a minor item. When played as such, reveal it when starting companies are determined as if it were a character. Does not allow you to start with a character that says he cannot be in the starting company. Cannot be duplicated on a given character.»
[CoE IE 2018]
Does not allow you to start with a character that says he cannot be in the starting company.
Allows minions / Fallen-wizards to play an Agent as a starting character. [CoE 2002]
Does not allow a Fallen-wizard to play a 6-mind character. [CoE 2002]
Orc Mail
Cannot be played on a company with allies in it, as there are no Dwarf or Hobbit allies.
-= PPP =-
Padding Feet
Card Erratum: Replace the first sentence with: «Playable during the site phase on a lone scout minion (no other characters or allies in his company) at the same site as an opponent hero company containing a hobbit.»
Palantír of Amon Sûl
Discard immediately if its company contains less than two characters while moving.
Palantír of Elostirion
Card Erratum: This item does not give MPs to a Fallen-Wizard regardless of other cards in play.
Palantír of Orthanc
Cannot be used on site cards.
Card Erratum: This item does not give MPs to a Fallen-Wizard regardless of other cards in play.
Palantír of Osgiliath
Discard immediately if its company contains less than four characters while moving.
Only copies tapping effects of other Palantíri, not continuous effects.
The Pale Sword
The corruption is received immediately following the attack.
You must control both the Pale Sword and the Nazgûl it is played on.
Pallando
Can only see the top card of an opponent’s discard pile.
A Panalopy of Wings
The Radagast bonus applies if you have a character manifestation of Radagast in play, or if you have declared you are playing Fallen-Radagast.
The effect of discarding this card lasts till the end of the turn. [CoE 2002]
Parsimony of Seclusion
May be used to fetch a Dragon faction. [CoE 2002]
Paths of the Dead
Card Erratum: Replace «Playable only at the end of the organization phase.» to «Playable only at the end of the organization phase on a company containing Aragorn II at Dunharrow.» [CoE IE 2018]
Peril Returned
Will not stop Gates of Morning from forcing the discard of hazard environments when Gates of Morning resolves.
Piercing all shadows
@ You don’t have to choose what type of hazard effect to cancel. Tapping the ranger cancels for both types. [Ruled by ICE, added by CoE 2023]
Plague
Card Erratum: Change «At the end of the target’s movement/hazard phase» to «At the end of your opponent’s turn.»
Praise to Elbereth
Nazgûl events discarded by Praise to Elbereth have no effect.
Which characters are tapping to discard which events must be declared when Praise to Elbereth is declared.
Nazgûl permanent-events that are targeted by Praise to Elbereth may not be tapped in response to its play.
Press-gang
@ Followers controlled by the character placed off to the side are not discarded. [CoE 2023]
Promptings of Wisdom
@ You don’t have to choose what type of hazard effect to cancel. Tapping the ranger cancels for both types. [Ruled by ICE, added by CoE 2023]
Prophet of Doom
«Number of regions between» includes the region of Pallando’s site and the region the faction is played in.
Pûkel-men
Card Erratum: Add «Pûkel-creature.»
-= QQQ =-
Quiet Lands
Card Erratum: Replace «is reduced to half its original prowess (rounded up).» with «is reduced by half (rounded up).»
Quickbeam
May tap to give +1 prowess to another character facing an automatic-attack, or hazard keyed to his site.
-= RRR =-
Radagast’s Black Bird
This is a two mind ally.
Can cancel strikes against himself as often as you want. [Van 1999]
Rats
Only an unwounded character may be wounded by this card.
Reaching Shadow
May not be used to play creatures keyed to double Shadow-lands.
This card allows you to key creatures to the mentioned regions by name. It does not change the region type used to judge whether an attack is detainment or not. [CoE 2002]
Ready to his Will
Note that effects of cards like Rank Upon Rank are applied as actions caused by a passive condition, declared once an attack of the right type is faced. Therefore you can play and successfully resolve Ready to His Will in response to the declaration of Rank Upon Rank’s effect. [CoE IE 2018]
Rebuild the Town
Card Erratum: Replace «Playable on» with «Playable during the site phase on.»
Card Erratum: This cards gives 2 marshalling points, not 3. Add «You receive the marshalling points for this card only when it is stored.»
Returned Beyond All Hope
Returned Beyond All Hope «un-eliminates» a hazard creature, allowing any manifestation of that character to be played.
This card may target creatures still in play as trophies.
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«
As a short-event bring one hazard creature of the following type from your discard pile to your hand: Maia, Elf, Dwarf, or Dúnedain.
Alternatively, as a short-event bring a Maia permanent-event from active play to your hand.
Alternatively, as a permanent-event make a roll (draw a #)-if the result is greater than 8, bring an eliminated Elf or Maia hazard creature to its owner’s discard pile and place this card in your opponent’s marshalling point pile, otherwise, discard this card.
»
[CoE IE 2018]
Revealed to All Watchers
Is not stopped by Bane of the Ithil-stone, as drawing cards is different from searching / looking. [CoE 2002]
Rhosgobel
Card Erratum: Remove «A company moving to or from Rhosgobel is not considered to be moving through Southern Mirkwood (including one less Dark-domain in their site path.)»
Card Erratum: Replace «healing cards» with «healing effects.»
Ride Against the Enemy
Hazards have no effect on the attack, and any resource effects that benefit the attack are cancelled. The attack may still be cancelled.
You may not use a Wizard your opponent has played Sacrifice of Form on.
The character gets any appropriate combat bonuses list on his card.
Ringlore
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«Sage only. Playable only during the site phase if a sage is untapped at an untapped site where «Information» is playable, and only if a character in his company has a Gold Ring. Tap the sage and the site. Test the Gold Ring, no roll (or draw) is used, the player may discard the Gold Ring and play any ring to replace it (except for The One Ring).»
[CoE IE 2018]
The Ring Will Have But One Master
@ Card Erratum: Change «all cards played with him» to «all non-follower cards played with him». [CoE 2023]
The Ring’s Betrayal
The ring must be chosen at time of declaration if the character bears more than one.
River
Card Erratum: Should read «Playable on a site. If a company that has moved to this site this turn does not tap a ranger, it must do nothing during its site phase.»
You have until the beginning of the site phase to tap a ranger, and you may tap the ranger at the beginning of the site phase without entering the site. You must tap one ranger for each river played on the site.
Röac the Raven
Card Erratum: Replace «no modifications to the influence check are required.» with «treat this influence check as if it was made by a diplomat.»
His special ability may only be used during the site phase.
He can make the attempt by himself.
Using this ally to make an influence attempt does not tap a site, and may be done if his company is at a tapped site.
The Roving Eye
@ Card Erratum: Change «all cards played with him» to «all non-follower cards played with him». [CoE 2023]
Rumor of Wealth
Can be played on-guard.
Rumours of Rings
Rings played on this card cannot be discarded to satisfy Rolled Down to the Sea; discarding is not playing. [Van 1999]
Ruse
If Ruse is played by a scout who is the only character in the company, the attack has no effect. If there is a creature card it is discarded. The attack is considered faced but not canceled.
-= SSS =-
Sable Shield
A bearer who did not tap while facing a strike will not tap if the strike is successful.
A detainment strike will not discard the Sable Shield.
Other strikes without wounding effects will not discard the Sable Shield either. [CoE 2002]
Sack over the Head
Affects any Hobbit or Dwarf wounded by the attack, not just those wounded by the Troll.
Sacrifice of Form
Card Erratum: Replace «-3 to any body checks» with «+3 to any body checks.»
After Sacrifice of Form is played, you may not play a different Wizard and your opponent may not play the Wizard you sacrificed.
Cannot be countered by Withdrawn to Mordor as the agent is already discarded upon declaration of Seek without Success. [CoE 2002]
Sentinels of Numenor
Sentinels of Numenor will not give an extra marshalling point to Army of the Dead.
Siege
Card Erratum: Change the Border-land symbol in the first line to a Border-hold symbol.
Goes away when the site it was played on is discarded.
If you move to a site with Siege played on it, any effect which can give you a second movment/hazard phase that turn will allow you to avoid the effects of Siege.
@ The company has to face the attack from Siege before they decide whether they want to enter the site or not. [CoE 2023]
Shadowfax
Card Erratum: «an additional site card may be played and an additional movement/hazard phase.»
Cannot use his special ability if another ally is in the company.
Shelob
Card Erratum: Replace «… when Doors of Night leaves play.» with «… if Doors of Night is not in play.» [CoE IE 2018]
Silent Watcher
Card Erratum: Gives 1 marshalling point, not 0. Add «Pûkel-creature.»
Skinbark
May tap to give +1 prowess to another character facing an automatic-attack, or hazard keyed to his site.
Card Erratum: Gives 2 marshalling points, not 0. Add «Slayer.»
Only one attack can be canceled by tapping a character.
All of the strikes will go against the same character.
Sly Southerner
This is a two mind character.
Smoke Rings
@ Targets the card it is moving. [CoE 2023]
Snaga-hai
Can be influenced at any site they can be played at.
Sneakin’
Will still affect the company if its size rises above two after resolution.
Something Has Slipped
The -2 applies for each character that is wounded.
Wounding an ally triggers this card.
You cannot «become wounded» if you are already wounded before the strike.
So You’ve Come Back
If two companies join, and both companies have a So You’ve Come Back played on them, the hazard player chooses which one to discard.
A character in a company with just allies is by himself for the purposes of this card.
Spider of the Morlât
Spider attacks from Spider of the Morlât played as a permanent-event are considered detainment vs. minion companies.
Spies Feared
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«Scout or Ranger only. Playable on a Shadow-hold if one of your scouts is there or on a Ruins & Lairs if one of your rangers is there. An automatic-attack is created at all versions of the site against minion companies: Orcs—5 strikes with 8 prowess (detainment). Additionally, automatic-attacks at all versions of the site are duplicated (including the new one) against all companies. Discard when site is discarded or returned to your location deck.»
[CoE IE 2018]
Spying Out the Land
Your opponent can play as many copies of revealed hazards as he is able. [CoE 2002]
Squint-eyed Brute
This is a two mind character.
Star of High Hope
Does not affect hazards. [CoE 2002]
Stay Her Appetite
Card Erratum: Change «plus two» to «plus five.»
If Stay Her Appetite is played on an ally with no prowess, there is no attack, but all other affects of the card apply.
Stealth
Prevents the revealing of a creature on-guard.
Strider
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«Unique. Manifestation of Aragorn II. You may bring Aragorn II into play with Striderʹs company, removing Strider from the game and automatically transferring all cards on Strider to Aragorn II. +3 direct influence against the Rangers of the North faction. Tap Strider to search your discard pile for any one item, ally, or faction playable at his current site. You may bring it to your hand. The site must be in Arthedain, Cardolan, Rhudaur, or The Shire.»
[CoE IE 2018]
Sudden Call
You may not shuffle Sudden Call into your deck while you are drawing cards. Drawing cards is an indivisible action.
@ When playing as Hero or Fallen Wizard, it’s considered a hazard for all purposes. [CoE 2023]
Summons from Long Sleep
Card Erratum: Change «When the reserved creature is played, another Dragon or Drake may be reserved.» to «Discard this card after the reserved creature attacks.»
Reserving the creature does not count against the hazard limit.
A creature on Summons from Long Sleep cannot be discarded to satify Dragon-feuds; discarding is not playing. [CoE 2002]
Sun
Does not affect attacks.
Swarm of Bats
Does not help an attacking company in company vs. company combat.
-= TTT =-
They Ride Together
Company size is still limited to seven.
Thing Stolen
Playing the item will tap the site if it is not already tapped.
Thong of Fire
The prowess requirement only applies when transfering or playing Thong of Fire, and includes modifications to the character’s prowess.
Thorough Search
Card Erratum: Replace «…to play any item normally found at its current site.» with «…to play a minor, major, or gold ring item normally found at its current site.»
Thrall of the Voice
Does not allow starting with a character that specifies it may not be in the starting company.
Can be duplicated on the play of a given character, but that does not lift the maximum of 6 mind. [CoE 2002]
Threats
For this card, your prowess is calculated when it resolves.
Tidings of Bold Spies
Tidings of Bold Spies only copies attacks, not effects that allow certain creatures to become automatic-attacks.
Token of Goodwill
Card Erratum: «… and make a roll…» should be read «… to make a roll…». [CoE IE 2018]
Tolfalas
Card Erratum: Should read: «Playable: Items (minor, major, greater*) *Scroll of Isildur only.»
Tom Bombadil
Card Erratum: Change «that targets a company» to «that targets a company, or an entity associated with a company.»
Traitor
Card Erratum: Replace the last paragraph with «This card is discarded when a character fails his corruption check.»
Two instances in play of Traitor have no extra effect and are both discarded with the next failed corruption check.
Traitor cannot be revealed as an on-guard card.
This is an attack with the same race as the character attacking, and a normal prowess of ten plus the character’s prowess.
Characters facing a Traitor when it is not their turn may not play resources, but may still tap for full prowess.
Treason the Greatest Foe
@ Card erratum: Change «all cards he controls» to «all non-follower cards he controls» [CoE 2023]
Treebeard
Card Erratum: Replace «Redhorn Gap» with «Redhorn Gate.»
May tap to give +1 prowess to another character facing an automatic-attack, or hazard keyed to his site.
True Fána
Combat modifiers that modify prowess only against a strike do not count when determining the Wizard’s prowess.
When this spell is used against an agent, the agent does not receive the two 6-sided dice bonus.
Card Erratum: Add «This card may be played at any time during any player’s turn.»
Can target a card that has not yet resolved.
Can be played as a resource during your opponent’s turn.
«Two-headed» Troll
Makes a company overt.
-= UUU =-
The Under-galleries
You cannot play Morannon at The Under-galleries. However, you can play Ancient Stair from Morannon, move to The Under-galleries, and zip back to Morannon at the end of the turn.
The Under-leas (hero version)
Card Erratum: «Gundabad» should be read «Mount Gundabad». [CoE IE 2018]
Usriev of Treachery
You may not use this item to assign a third strike to the character.
Use Palantír
Card Erratum: Change text to «Sage only. Tap sage to enable him to use one Palantír he bears for the rest of the turn.»
Use Your Legs
All strikes by the entire company count for capturing Hobbits.
The characters placed off to the side are not considered prisoners for MP purposes.
-= VVV =-
Veils Flung Away
Card Erratum: Each body check is modified by -1, not +1.
Vilya
Card Erratum: Vilya should now read: «Playable on Elrond only. +4 prowess, +2 body, +6 direct influence until the end of the turn. If Elrond is at Rivendell and your play deck has at least 5 cards in it, you may take 3 resource cards of your choice from your discard pile and shuffle them into your play deck. Elrond makes a corruption check modified by -3. Cannot be duplicated on a given turn.»
Voices of Malice
May be played during the site phase by a character in another company, as if he were in the company resolving their site phase.
-= WWW =-
We Have Come to Kill
You must have enough influence to control the character to play this card.
We Have Come to Kill may be used to bring in agents, but not Ringwraiths or Fallen-wizards. [Van 1999]
May be played on your turn during any phase the company is at a site. [CoE IE 2018]
May be used to bring in a Ringwraith follower. [CoE IE 2018]
Weigh all Things to a Nicety
@ Targets the card it is moving. [CoE 2023]
Were-worm
Wounding an ally discards an item.
Where There’s a Whip
Only characters with a mind and prowess less than the Whip bearer’s will untap.
The body check will discard Orcs and Trolls.
Whispers of Rings
Rings played on this card cannot be discarded to satisfy Rolled Down to the Sea; discarding is not playing. [Van 1999]
White Mountains
The «otherwise» on this card should be read as «alternatively.»
The White Tree
Card Erratum: Change text to:
«Unique. Sage only at Minas Tirith. Playable only if you discard a Sapling of The White Tree borne by one of your characters at Minas Tirith, or one from your Marshalling Points pile stored at Minas Tirith. Minas Tirith becomes a Haven for the purposes of healing and playing hazards.»
[CoE IE 2018]
Will of Sauron
Long-events are only discarded if Will of Sauron ceases to be in play, not if one particular card leaves play.
Card Erratum: Replace «… when Doors of Night leaves play…» with «… if Doors of Night is not in play…» [CoE IE 2018]
The Windlord Found Me
Can be used to recover a Wizard discarded with Sacrifice of Form.
You can play your Wizard at the Haven when you store this card even if Saw Further and Deeper is in play.
Card Erratum: Add «If you do not place this card with a character after the attack, discard it.»
You must tap a character after facing the attack or The Windlord Found Me is discarded.
Although he becomes a long-event when tapped, he is discarded when the effect resolves just like other Nazgûl. The long-event effect will remain until the appropriate time.
To discard an on-guard card with Withdrawn to Mordor you must do so before the card is revealed.
The «playable on …» conditions of the first paragraph do not apply to the second paragraph.
Wizard’s Laughter
Card Erratum: Change «Wizard only.» to «Wizard only during opponent’s site phase.»
Wizard’s Myrmidon
Can be played wiht another card, like Squire of the Hunt, that reduces the influence required to control the character. Use the lower number to control the character.
Wizard’s Ring
Card Erratum: Replace «Ignore any effect that would discard this item» with «Cannot be stored, stolen, or transferred.»
This is not a ring item.
Wizard’s Trove
@ Ignore the Unique keyword when playing The White Tree with it. [Ruled by ICE, added by CoE 2023]
Wolf-riders
The «playable on …» conditions of the first paragraph do not apply to the second paragraph.
