The Two Towers

The Two Towers is the second base set of the Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, and the fourth expansion overall. It was released on November 6, 2002. The table below describes the distribution of cards in booster packs; it does not include the two starter-only companions.

	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Total
The One Ring	1	0	1	2
Dunland	15	11	12	38
Dwarven	6	4	7	17
Elven	11	10	9	30
Gandalf	7	5	9	21
Gondor	12	6	9	27
Isengard	30	17	33	80
Raider	15	12	19	46
Rohan	14	10	12	36
Shire	10	5	10	25
Sites	0	41	0	41
Total	121	121	121	363

This set introduced three new cultures: Dunland , Raider , and Rohan . It was also the first set to contain zero cards from already-established cultures: Moria , Ringwraith , and Sauron .

The Two Towers introduced four new loaded keywords:

• Ambush, which appeared in the Southron subculture of the Raider culture
• Ring-bound, which retroactively applied to all versions of Frodo and Sam and was used to create the Ring-bound Ranger subculture in Gondor
• Unbound, which was never written as a keyword on any companions, but meant “not ring-bound”
• Unhasty, which appeared in this set only on the two versions of Treebeard

The Two Towers introduced seven new unloaded keywords:

• Battleground, on sites
• Easterling, on Raider minions
• Ent, a new race in the Gandalf culture
• Machine, on Isengard possessions
• Southron, on Raider minions
• Valiant, on Rohan companions
• Villager, on Rohan allies

The Two Towers introduced several other new mechanics:

• Site control and liberation
• Culture tokens
• Subtitles on possessions, artifacts, and conditions
• Mounts and the term “mounted”
• A new site path, which completely replaced the Fellowship of the Ring sitepath

• The One Ring, The Ruling Ring*** (previously 1C2)
• Elven Bow* (previously 1C41)
• Pathfinder (previously 1C110)
• Others?

Because the Two Towers introduced a completely new site path, the set included some sites very similar to sites previously released in the Fellowship of the Ring block in order to enable the same strategies.

• Eastemnet Downs (punishes large fellowships, similar to East Road)
• The Riddermark (allows you to play Aragorn from your draw deck, similar to The Prancing Pony)
• White Mountains (similar game text to Dwarrowdelf Chamber)
• Hornburg Causeway (similar game text to Anduin Banks)
• King's Room (similar game text to Silverlode Banks)

• The One Ring, Answer To All Riddles
• Aragorn, Wingfoot
• Theoden, Lord of the Mark