lem0nhead

• Cave Troll Of Khazad-Dhum
Minion • Troll
Strength: 18
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 4
Fierce
To play spot 2 orcs.
While at an underground site and you can spot 4 minions this minion is damage +1.
Skirmish: Exert this minion twice to play the Cave Troll’s Hammer from your draw deck or discard pile, it’s twilight cost is -1.
"They have a cave troll..."

Other than a spelling error, and it not being the Cave Troll of Moria, and thus the Cave Troll’s Hammer won’t play on him...tsk, tsk, tsk. Decent, but not top tier.

EL

*Black Land Assault Troll
Minion * Troll
Strength: 17
Vitality: 4
Site: 5
Damage +1. Fierce.
If the this minion kills a companion in a skirmish, the Ring-bearer cannot take the threat wounds.
Skirmish: Exert this minion twice and discard 2 cards from hand to make it damage +1.

Wording is odd, but nice. A little to cheap, I would have made it +.

SoP

Army of Sauron, Numberless Host
Minion • Orc
Strength • 20
Vitality • 4
Site Number • 6
Fierce. Besieger.
To play, spot a engine. When you play this minion, you may remove X besiegers in your discard pile from the game, to make this minion twilight cost -X (limit -4).

Um...siege troop. If you had dropped the spotting requirement, it would be a lot better.

AP

• Ancalagon, The Black
Minion • Dragon
Strength: 18
Vitality: 5
Site Number: 6
Damage +1. Fierce.
While you can spot an Orc, Ancalagon’s twilight cost is –2.
Shadow: Exert Ancalagon twice to play an or minion from your discard pile. That minion is damage +1 until the end of the turn.
Ancalagon was the mightiest of all dragons.

I like it. So, if you have a bunch of twilight, you can drop Sauron, The Lord of the Rings and an Olog-Hai of Mordor on those stupid ents? Urgency now has its use...muahaha

Thranduil

• Troll Horde
Minion • Troll
Str: 17
Vit: 4
Sit: 4
While you can spot 5 Orcs, this minion’s twilight cost is -5.
While you can spot a besieger, this minion is fierce.
While you can spot another Troll, this minion damage +1.
... through them there came striding up, roaring like beasts, a great company of hill-trolls out of Gorgoroth.

Nice. Balanced.

Dain

•Smaug, Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities
Minion • Dragon
Strength: 17
Vitality: 6
Site: 9
Damage +1. Fierce. Hunter 2.
Smaug’s twilight cost is -1 for each site you control.
Smaug may not take wounds during the archery phase (except from special abilities) and may not bear possessions.
Smaug is strength +2 for each threat you can spot (limit +6).
“‘My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!’”

Hm...Maybe a little bit overpowered. I like how it’s site control ability works. The can’t take archery wounds is way overpowered, and the wording should be, Smaug cannot take archery wounds.

LH

•Smaug, Greatest of Calamities
Minion • Dragon
Strength: 20
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 7
Fierce. Damage +1.
While you cannot spot a Hobbit, Smaug cannot take wounds (except during the archery phase).
Skirmish: Exert Smaug to make him strength +1 (or +2 if you can spot a Dwarf).
”’Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality...’”

Um...way OP.

AC

Black Gate Troll
Minion • Troll
Strength: 18
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 6
Damage +1. Fierce. To play, spot a minion.
The twilight cost of this minion is -1 for each Free Peoples culture you can spot.
Each time this minion wins a skirmish, make the Free Peoples player name a culture. You may exert a companion not of the named culture.
"’Like a storm they broke upon the line of the men of Gondor...."

A little cheap. Other than that, nice.

NB

•Morgoth, Orchestrator of Disharmony
Minion • Valar
Strength: 30
Vitality: 7
Site Number: 2
Enduring. Fierce. Damage +2
Sauron is twilight cost -6.
Maneuver: Discard a shadow card from play and remove to add a threat and discard a Free Peoples card from play (except a companion).

Perfect.

lem0nhead

• Cave Troll Of Khazad-Dhum
Minion • Troll
Strength: 18
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 4
Fierce
To play spot 2 orcs.
While at an underground site and you can spot 4 minions this minion is damage +1.
Skirmish: Exert this minion twice to play the Cave Troll’s Hammer from your draw deck or discard pile, it’s twilight cost is -1.
"They have a cave troll..."

the hammer can’t play on him, and the odds of being able to play 2 orcs cave troll of moria and this guy, and then the hammer are slim. you depend on a double move while cave troll of moria is on the table.

EL

*Black Land Assault Troll
Minion * Troll
Strength: 17
Vitality: 4
Site: 5
Damage +1. Fierce.
If the this minion kills a companion in a skirmish, the Ring-bearer cannot take the threat wounds.
Skirmish: Exert this minion twice and discard 2 cards from hand to make it damage +1.

could have been great, but no spotting requirement. that really kills, because even porter troll has a spotting requirement.

SoP

Army of Sauron, Numberless Host
Minion • Orc
Strength • 20
Vitality • 4
Site Number • 6
Fierce. Besieger.
To play, spot a engine. When you play this minion, you may remove X besiegers in your discard pile from the game, to make this minion twilight cost -X (limit -4).

this could have been great also. if all the conditions are right it is twlt: 8 str: 20 vit: 4 and fierce. not bad. but siege troop always has those stats, no fierce, but it has a wicked site control ability. i’d rather have a sure 8 twilight.

it would have been great if it was 10 twilight.

AP

• Ancalagon, The Black
Minion • Dragon
Strength: 18
Vitality: 5
Site Number: 6
Damage +1. Fierce.
While you can spot an Orc, Ancalagon’s twilight cost is –2.
Shadow: Exert Ancalagon twice to play an or minion from your discard pile. That minion is damage +1 until the end of the turn.
Ancalagon was the mightiest of all dragons.

i don’t really understand the tie-in to orcs, but it’s still a decent card.

Thranduil

• Troll Horde
Minion • Troll
Str: 17
Vit: 4
Sit: 4
While you can spot 5 Orcs, this minion’s twilight cost is -5.
While you can spot a besieger, this minion is fierce.
While you can spot another Troll, this minion damage +1.
... through them there came striding up, roaring like beasts, a great company of hill-trolls out of Gorgoroth.

cool.

Dain

•Smaug, Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities
Minion • Dragon
Strength: 17
Vitality: 6
Site: 9
Damage +1. Fierce. Hunter 2.
Smaug’s twilight cost is -1 for each site you control.
Smaug may not take wounds during the archery phase (except from special abilities) and may not bear possessions.
Smaug is strength +2 for each threat you can spot (limit +6).
“‘My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!’”

yeah, i like it.

LH

•Smaug, Greatest of Calamities
Minion • Dragon
Strength: 20
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 7
Fierce. Damage +1.
While you cannot spot a Hobbit, Smaug cannot take wounds (except during the archery phase).
Skirmish: Exert Smaug to make him strength +1 (or +2 if you can spot a Dwarf).
”’Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality...’”

the twilight cost is a little low...

AC

Black Gate Troll
Minion • Troll
Strength: 18
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 6
Damage +1. Fierce. To play, spot a minion.
The twilight cost of this minion is -1 for each Free Peoples culture you can spot.
Each time this minion wins a skirmish, make the Free Peoples player name a culture. You may exert a companion not of the named culture.
"’Like a storm they broke upon the line of the men of Gondor...."

i like this pretty well. throw it in a [souron] deck for some great multi-culture hate. ontop of that, you get great stats for a 8 cost minion. there will always be at least one culture unless you’re up against solo-smeagol.

NB

•Morgoth, Orchestrator of Disharmony
Minion • Valar
Strength: 30
Vitality: 7
Site Number: 2
Enduring. Fierce. Damage +2
Sauron is twilight cost -6.
Maneuver: Discard a shadow card from play and remove to add a threat and discard a Free Peoples card from play (except a companion).