•The City is Rank With it
Event • ???
Spot 2 minions to exhaust a companion (except the ring-bearer). The Free Peoples Player may add 3 burdens to prevent this.
U
[size=9]"Fear, the city is rank with it"[/size=9]

Card Title: 7
Rarity: 7
Twilight Cost: 7
Abilities: 8
Creativity: 8
Flavor Text: 7
Spelling and other Issues: 5
Consistance: 6
Overall: 6,88

This card just has A LOT of issues in my book, I can’t really get the card title (or the flavor text, for that matter), it’s EXTREMELY powerful for just having a spotting requirement, and is ABSURDLY broken considering it’s a card, which means the deck could pack Hate as well. Kinda similar to Can You Protect Me From Yourself, so not very creative here, and undercosted. Definitly sop’s worst card, curious it would come right after his best one.



FINAL GRADE: 7,587

Ok, my pledge is fairly straight forward. I believe that the score on Card Title should be upped, as we were suppossed to get the feelings of differen sets. In the early sets, Bilbo Baggins was entitled just that, Bilbo Baggins, it wasn’t until later sets when it was changed. That’s my pledge.

I believe that the score for flavor text should be increased. The lore comes directly from the books, when Gorbag and Shagrat are conversing. Shagrat received news that spies were feared on the Stairs, and that they were to have "Double Vigilance". The game text keys off of this - it a companion is played, then the Uruks are to harry him. Everything flows together nicely - the title, the ability, and the lore.

That’s my challenge for the round.

- AC

I feel that my mark for flavour text was too low. It is a quote from the movie and the book. It comes at a point where Gollum is at his most desperate because they are right up at Mount Doom so that fit’s with the title. he is also at his most deadly because Frodo and Sam are both beyond exausted. It fit’s in with the ability because Gollum takes strength at this point from the fact that frod and sam have collapsed and chooses to attack them while they are down which fits with the first ability.

OK in return of the king(I am assuming you have seen the movie if you watched it again it would pop right out at you) Gothmog is talking to Advance Captain before the battle and says “Fear the city is rank with it. Let us ease their pain.” Then the catapult the severed heads of Osgiliath soldiers on to the walls. The funny thing is I never knew about that Can you protect me from yourself card. It probably is a little overpowered, but it does cost 3. And you have to spot 2 minions so it is going to take some twilight. In hindsight I should have made it Exert 2 minions. you said that would be my best chance so... I did it. (look at leowyn)

•Dwarven Shield
Possession • Armor
Vitality: +1
Bearer must be a Dwarf.
The Shadow player may not place wounds or exertions on bearer.
Regroup: Discard this possession to heal bearer.
“The shield of a dwarf protect him from all but the greatest of arrows and blows..”
R

Card Title: 10
Rarity: 10
Twilight Cost: 7
Stats: 10
Abilities: 10
Creativity: 9
Flavor Text:
Spelling and other Issues: 7
Consistence: 8
Overall: 8,88

I just think it costs too little for all the benefits. Also, I think you could’ve gone further on this one, making it a Possession • Shield, and adding the wording "bearer can’t bear more than one hand weapon".

• Galadriel, Sister to Nom the Wise
Companion • Elf
Strength: 3
Vitality: 3
Recistance: 6
To play, spot 2 companions.
Skirmish: Exert Galadriel to reveal the top card of your draw deck. If it is an card, wound a minion skirmishing an companion
"...a great witch lives in this forest!"
Rarity R

Card Title: 10
Rarity: 7
Twilight Cost: 9
Stats: 9
Abilities: 8
Creativity: 6
Flavor Text: 10
Spelling and other Issues: 6
Consistence: 6
Overall: 7,89

To be honest, I was disappointed to see corvus open his submission with such a "weak" card. Not a lot of issues on formatting, but the wording on her ability... It basically means that, should you reveal an event, you can reveal the same event over and over again, as long as she has vitality! This ability should either be a one-shot thing, or it should either discard that card or make you shuffle your draw deck. Also, people are sticking too much to old concepts! This galadriel has no means of protecting herself, and is HARSH on the requirements to play (I know this is to justify the ability, but it still doesn’t make it cool), so it could:
-Cost less;
-Have some kind of protection (like being an ally, or being able to be replaced in a skirmish by some means);
-Be an uncommon or;
-Have higher stats.

•Gothmog, High-Chieftain of Angband [Balrog]
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 18
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 5
Fierce. Damage +1. Rallying. (When you play this minion, you may exert it to play another character from the same race from your draw deck or discard pile)
Gothmog is twilight cost -1 for each companion that has a shadow token on it.
Each time a possession is played, you may reveal this card from hand to place a shadow token on a companion (except the Ring-bearer).
R+ (Starter Rare is still a Rare, Celebrimbor. I’ll let it slip this time, only lowering your "Rarity" grade, but do not repeat this mistake again, or you’ll get a 0 on the whole card, for exceeding the given quota for the rarity.)

Card Title: 10
Rarity: 8
Twilight Cost: 10
Stats: 10
Abilities: 10
Creativity: 10
Spelling and other Issues: 9
Consistence: 10
Overall: 9,63

AMAZING card! Creative-wise as it can get! Creating a whole new culture for Balrogs was a VERY nice idea, which no one explored so far! Not to mention, this card would make it one tasty preview card for a new set! Comeback of The Balrog, a new culture, a new ability and new ways to use tokens, creating generic tokens which’ll be able to be spotted for several cards of several cultures, not to mention the fun it’ll be in a multi-player match! Too bad the rarity thing lowered your grade on this one!

Okay my pledge is pretty simple, You didn’t give me a grade for my flavor text. It might have been in your calculations but I don’t see it here.

So that is my pledge.

Also once you get the pledges done it would be great if you could get the requirements for the next challenge up, if possible, before this weekend so we all have time to work on them. Thanks.