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Topic: Enquea, sixth of the nine riders
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 5
Views: 2887
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EL is correct. The spotting requirement is part of the cost. The effect (although it isn’t worded like a traditional effect such as COST to EFFECT) is being able to exert 2 companions (or e...
 Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:28 am
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Topic: Spoiler: Long-stemmed Pipe
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 10
Views: 6233
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That is why you should only use a certain number of pipes and not try to use all of them. I have a fellowship block deck (pipes were pretty worthless after fellowship block) that is surprisingly dura...
 Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:15 am
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Topic: Staff of Saruman, Fallen Istar’s Stave
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 29
Views: 10243
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A lot of assumptions here that aren’t necessarily warranted so the math is a bit sketchy since you would have to also be able to set up the right hands to be able to pull this off and those odds wil...
 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:03 am
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Topic: Staff of Saruman, Fallen Istar’s Stave
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 29
Views: 10243
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Slim to none since it relies on you playing a multi-player game with two players playing with Saruman and a mutual opponent playing Gandalf.
 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:47 am
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Topic: Card funnies, misprints, etc.
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 62
Views: 27760
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ingold55 wrote: Gondorian Merchant is a RotK ally, but his home site is in the TT That isn’t a misprint. By that point, Decipher had pretty much said that they hated allies as they were pr...
 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:42 am
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Topic: X-Lists • R-Lists
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 85
Views: 100702
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As far as Saruman’s Snows is concerned, it went against what the designers of the game were trying to accomplish - get people to play skirmish events. Most decks relied on permanents for their cost...
 Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:39 pm
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Topic: Madril's Fate
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 16
Views: 6232
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Eh, I’d rather see Ithilien Blade banned than Madril. Madril made the deck work for the most part, but IB was the power behind it. Free doubles from 1 to 3 are not good at all.
 Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:06 pm
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Topic: LOTR TCG rules resources
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 7
Views: 22398
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Updated with new CRD link as well as a link to a .pdf of The Hunters Rulebook and the interview where the switch from 8 to 6 players for sanctioning tournaments was discussed.
 Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:36 am
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Topic: Gollum culture count
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 4
Views: 3533
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[quote="yerkamig"]Do Gollum culture cards that specify both Gollum and Smeagol stay active the entire game, once they’re played? I assume when I submit my decklist I have to specifiy which side whic...
 Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:17 am
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Topic: Desperate Defence of the Ring
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Merrick_Hale
Replies: 38
Views: 15774
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I’m not forgetting them. I played them for a while, but they were too conditional... Condition removal destroys them and that can be accomplished with the more generic cards like Sleep Caradhras, G...
 Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:29 pm
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