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| Thranduil |
![]() Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:09 pm |
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As a reminder, this is part of the first of 3 sets:
H1 - The Hobbit (300 cards, 110C 100U 90R)
H2 - The Battle of the Five Armies (200 cards, 70C 70U 60R)
H3 - The White Council (200 cards, 70C 70U 60R)
And it’s more or less complete, I just need the approval of the talented DCers of the cobracards forum!
Here is a (very brief) summary of the block mechanics featured in the first set:
Terror X (Each time this character is assigned to skirmish an opponent’s character, they may make that opponent exert X of their characters.)
Winged (This character can only take 1 wound per phase, regardless of its source.)
Locked - (A card that is Locked has blank game text, unless it is Unlocked. An ability or keyword that is Locked is nonexistent unless it is Unlocked.)
Unlocked - (A card can only be Unlocked if a card allows it to be. A card with no Locked text cannot be Unlocked.)
A seriously detailed description of the last two can be found at this link: http://lotrtcgdb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=4434 (below the  cards)
Here’s the culture break down, and clicking on finished cultures will take you to their card lists.
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 • Abominable Threads
Possession • Support Area
Each Spider is strength +1 for each Shadow card borne by a companion they are skirmishing.
Regroup: Spot a Spider to transfer a possession from your support area to a companion. Discard all tokens and cards on that possession. Discard this possession.
The nastiest things they saw were the cobwebs: dark dense cobwebs with threads extraordinarily thick...
H1 R 215
 Black Night
Event • Shadow
Lock a Spider until the regroup phase to reinforce 2 or tokens.
Bilbo tried flapping his hand in front of his nose, but he could not see it at all.
H1 C 216
 Bulbous Eyes
Event • Maneuver
Make a Spider gain terror 1 (each time this minion is assigned to a skirmish, you may make the Free Peoples player exert 1 companion) until the regroup phase (or terror 2 if you can spot 6 companions).
And sometimes they would gleam down from the branched just above him, and that was most terrifying.
H1 U 217
Dim Shadows
Event • Response
This event’s twilight cost is -1 at a forest site.
If a special ability is used, spot 2 Spiders and remove a threat (or spot 6 companions) to Lock (the ability is cancelled) it until the end of the turn.
The entrance to the path was like a sort of arch leading to a gloomy tunnel...
H1 U 218
Evil Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Exert this minion or remove a threat to heal a Spider.
’Kill ’em, I say... kill ’em now and hang ’em dead for a while.’
H1 C 219
Fat-Bodied Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 6
Vit: 3
Sit: 6
When you play this minion, you may discard a card from play to add (or  if that card was a Spider).
It had thought of starting the feast while the others were away, but Mr Baggins was in a hurry.
H1 R 220
Froth and Rage
Event • Shadow
Play a Spider from your discard pile. Then, you may exert it and remove to add a threat.
’Now we see you, you nasty little creature!’
H1 U 221
Gathering Gloom
Event • Assignment
Remove a threat to assign a spider to an unbound companion. You may repeat this for each companion over 5.
It was not long before they grew to hate the forest as heartily as they had hated the tunnels of the goblins.
H1 R 222
Giant Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Spot another Spider and exert this minion to add a threat.
’Insect eyes,’ he thought, ’not animal eyes, only they are much too big.’
H1 U 223
• Huge and Horrible
Condition
Str: +3
Vit: +1
Bearer must be a spider.
Bearer is Locked (their game text is blank)
Shadow: Exert this minion and spot another Spider to add a threat. The Free Peoples player may Lock (cancel their game text) a companion until the regroup phase to prevent this.
He could only see the thing’s eyes, but he could feel its hairy legs...
H1 R 224
Hunting and Spinning
Event • Maneuver
Spot a Spider to exhaust a character bearing a possession.
With that he turned and found that the last space between two tall trees had been closed with a web...
H1 U 225
Mirkwood Ambusher
Minion • Spider
Str: 6
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Remove a threat and spot a Spider to play this minion from your discard pile.
The spiders had caught them pretty easily the night before, but that had been unawares and in the dark.
H1 R 226
Mirkwood Hunter
Minion • Spider
Str: 9
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Skirmish: Remove a threat to make another Spider strength +2 (or +3 at a forest site).
... at once the whole lot of them came hurrying after the hobbit... hairy legs waving, nippers and spinners snapping, eyes popping, full of froth and rage.
H1 C 227
Mirkwood Scuttler
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Remove 2 threats and exert this minion to add  .
... the creatures, whatever they were, were careful never to let their bodies show in the little flicker of the flames.
H1 C 228
Mirkwood Scuttler
Minion • Spider
Str: 5
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
To play, spot a Spider.
Shadow: Remove a threat to add (or if the current site is a forest).
Then the great spider, who had been busy tying him up while he dozed, came from behind him and came at him.
H1 C 229
Mirkwood Spinner
Minion • Spider
Str: 9
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Spot another Spider and exert this minion to add . The Free Peoples player may add a threat to prevent this.
’Old fat spider spinning in a tree! / Old fat spider can’t see me!’
H1 C 230
Muffled Yelp
Event • Skirmish
This event’s twilight cost is -1 at a forest site.
Make a companion skirmishing a Spider strength -1 and Lock (their game text is cancelled) him or her until the end of the turn.
But the cries of the others got steadily further and fainter...
H1 U 231
Now We See You!
Event • Skirmish
Spot a Spider to make a Spider strength +2 (or +3 at a forest site).
’I am far more sweet than other meat, / But still they cannot find me!’
H1 C 232
Patch of Midnight
Event • Shadow
Spot 2 Spiders to replace the current site with a forest site from your adventure deck.
... not what you call pitch-dark, but really pitch: so black that you really could see nothing.
H1 C 233
Quick As Lightning
Event • Shadow
Remove a threat to play a Spider from your discard pile. You may then exert it to play a possession from your discard pile.
But there were still five dwarves hanging at the end of the branch when the spiders began to come back, more full of rage than ever.
H1 R 234
• Shadow of the Necromancer
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot a or  card.
Shadow: Play a minion to add a threat. Discard this condition at the start of the maneuver phase.
’... and even you, Bilbo, won’t need me to tell you tales of that black sorceror.’
H1 R 235
• Smaug, Wicked Worm
Minion • Dragon
Str: 21
Vit: 5
Sit: 6
Fierce. Damage +1. Winged. (This minion can only take 1 wound per phase)
At the end of the shadow phase, discard all other minions.
Archery: Exert Smaug to exert a companion.
There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; a thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and whisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber.
H1 R 236
• Spider-Colony
Condition • Support Area
At a forest site, each Spider gains toil 1.
Shadow: Discard this condition to heal a spider.
... he saw that it was made by spider-webs one behind and over and tangled with one another.
H1 U 237
Spider Venom
Possession • Support Area
Skirmish: Transfer this possession to a companion skirmishing a Spider.
Each time bearer heals, you may add a threat.
... it was trying to poison him to keep him quiet, as small spiders do to flies...
H1 C 238
 Spider Swarm
Minion • Spider
Str: 12
Vit: 3
Sit: 6
Toil 1
Skirmish: Remove a threat to Lock (cancel the game text) all characters in this skirmish until the regroup phase.
As quick as lightning they came running and swinging towards the hobbit, flinging out their long threads in all directions.
H1 U 239
Spider’s Web
Possession • Support Area
Skirmish: Remove a threat to transfer this possession to a companion skirmishing a Spider.
Bearer is Locked. (their game text is cancelled)
It took him ages to get the beastly stuff out of his eyes and eybrows, and as for his beard, he had to cut most of it off.
H1 C 240
The Lost Path
Condition • Support Area
Shadow: Play a Spider to add a token here.
Regroup: Spot a Spider and remove 3 tokens from here to play the fellowship’s next site.
’Good-bye! Be good, take care of yourselves - and DON’T LEAVE THE PATH!’
H1 U 241
• Waving Snares
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot a Spider.
Each time a spider is Locked, you may discard this condition to Lock a companion until the regroup phase.
... already some spiders were in the trees above them and throwing down their long clinging threads.
H1 U 242
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Last edited by Thranduil on Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:14 pm; edited 15 times in total'We do what we do because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves.'
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| sickofpalantirs |
![]() Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:11 pm |
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Thranduil wrote:
• Smaug, Wicked Worm
Minion • Dragon
Str: 21
Vit: 5
Sit: 6
Fierce. Damage +1. Flyer. (This minion can only take 1 wound per phase)
At the end of the shadow phase, discard all other minions.
Archery: Exert Smaug to exert a companion.
There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; a thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and whisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber.
H1 R 236
Thranduil
interesting. up his cost to 14 (see balrog) |
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| DáinIronfoot |
![]() Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:12 pm |
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sickofpalantirs wrote: Thranduil wrote:
• Smaug, Wicked Worm
Minion • Dragon
Str: 21
Vit: 5
Sit: 6
Fierce. Damage +1. Flyer. (This minion can only take 1 wound per phase)
At the end of the shadow phase, discard all other minions.
Archery: Exert Smaug to exert a companion.
There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; a thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and whisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber.
H1 R 236
Thranduil
interesting. up his cost to 14 (see balrog)
Agreed. I think then he’ll be balanced...barely. |
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| Thranduil |
![]() Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:45 am |
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Now we’ll be leaving Smaug far behind and delving into the depths of Mirkwood with some gribbly spiders.
You may remember that the Dwarves of this set love adding threats for their cards and get stronger the more threats you have. Those of you that have read the Hobbit will also know that the spiders of Mirkwood would have completely slaughtered and eaten the Dwarves if not for Bilbo. Hence, the spiders also love threats, which can be a serious pain in the side of a deck.
Mirkwood Scuttler
Minion • Spider
Str: 5
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
To play, spot a Spider.
Shadow: Remove a threat to add (or if the current site is a forest).
Then the great spider, who had been busy tying him up while he dozed, came from behind him and came at him.
H1 C 229
Evil Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Exert this minion or remove a threat to heal a Spider.
’Kill ’em, I say... kill ’em now and hang ’em dead for a while.’
H1 C 219
Giant Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Spot another Spider and exert this minion to add a threat.
’Insect eyes,’ he thought, ’not animal eyes, only they are much too big.’
H1 U 223
Mirkwood Ambusher
Minion • Spider
Str: 6
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Remove a threat and spot a Spider to play this minion from your discard pile.
The spiders had caught them pretty easily the night before, but that had been unawares and in the dark.
H1 R 226
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Last edited by Thranduil on Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:18 pm; edited 1 time in total'We do what we do because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves.'
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| menace64 |
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| I’ll get to the spiders a bit later, but I’d like to suggest changing Flyer (sounds weird for a keyword) to Winged. It’s more Lotr-ish. |
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| lem0nhead |
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Thranduil wrote: Now
Mirkwood Scuttler
Minion • Spider
Str: 5
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
To play, spot a Spider.
Shadow: Remove a threat to add (or if the current site is a forest).
Then the great spider, who had been busy tying him up while he dozed, came from behind him and came at him.
H1 C 229
Yeah i like this guy hes cool and useful.
Evil Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Exert this minion or remove a threat to heal a Spider.
’Kill ’em, I say... kill ’em now and hang ’em dead for a while.’
H1 C 219
Is that really of much use in the shadow phase?
Gaint Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Spot another Spider and exert this minion to add a threat.
’Insect eyes,’ he thought, ’not animal eyes, only they are much too big.’
H1 U 223
Fair enough.
Mirkwood Ambusher
Minion • Spider
Str: 6
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Remove a threat and spot a Spider to play this minion from your discard pile.
The spiders had caught them pretty easily the night before, but that had been unawares and in the dark.
H1 R 226
Awesome. Simple as.
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| sickofpalantirs |
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Thranduil wrote:
Mirkwood Scuttler
Minion • Spider
Str: 5
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
To play, spot a Spider.
Shadow: Remove a threat to add (or if the current site is a forest).
Then the great spider, who had been busy tying him up while he dozed, came from behind him and came at him.
H1 C 229
make it when you play this minion you may remove...IMHO
Evil Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Exert this minion or remove a threat to heal a Spider.
’Kill ’em, I say... kill ’em now and hang ’em dead for a while.’
H1 C 219
works
Gaint Spider
Minion • Spider
Str: 7
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Spot another Spider and exert this minion to add a threat.
’Insect eyes,’ he thought, ’not animal eyes, only they are much too big.’
H1 U 223
cool! but misspelled giant
Mirkwood Ambusher
Minion • Spider
Str: 6
Vit: 2
Sit: 6
Shadow: Remove a threat and spot a Spider to play this minion from your discard pile.
The spiders had caught them pretty easily the night before, but that had been unawares and in the dark.
H1 R 226
it works, but cut cost to 2 |
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| Thranduil |
![]() Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:21 pm |
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menace64 wrote: I’ll get to the spiders a bit later, but I’d like to suggest changing Flyer (sounds weird for a keyword) to Winged. It’s more Lotr-ish.
Okay, thanks - I’ll go with it. 
I really think Mirkwood Ambusher has to be , otherwise it could be utterly lethal, but any other opinions on it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reviews so far. Anyone else?
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| sickofpalantirs |
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| winged does sound MUCH better. |
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| Thranduil |
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Let’s have a solid condition to develop the strategy and give lem0n another reason for healing spiders:
• Spider-Colony
Condition • Support Area
At a forest site, each Spider gains toil 1.
Shadow: Discard this condition to heal a spider.
... he saw that it was made by spider-webs one behind and over and tangled with one another.
H1 U 237
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