Dáin’s DC Duos #162

Well, further comments on the new and improved (?) Sauron are most appreciated, but I’m itching to move forward. So here’s the other Nazgûl. Enjoy!

•Úlairë Cantëa, Keeper of Dol Guldur
Minion • Nazgûl
Strength: 10
Vitality: 3
Site: 3
Fierce. Hunter 1.
When you play Úlairë Cantëa, you may add a threat for each companion with resistance 4 or less.
Each time a Nazgûl wins a skirmish, you may remove a threat to discard a possession borne by a companion in that skirmish.
“Sauron sent three of the Nazgûl to reoccupy Dol Guldur....”
I love it! Cantea possession discarding FOREVER!

The first three versions Decipher made of Cantëa ALL had text that discarded FP possessions. It made him a pretty unique and cool Nazzie, I thought. Then Shadows arrived and Big D forgot all about that, and turned Cantëa into a themeless, run-of-the-mill, boring Nazgûl.

So, like I’m trying to do with many of my cards, I’m taking Cantëa back to his roots, though still trying to keep him "hip and modern" with some resistance-spotting text as well. It took a bit of tweaking, but I’m happy with the result, at least. How about you?

•Úlairë Nertëa, Keeper of Dol Guldur
Minion • Nazgûl
Strength: 9
Vitality: 2
Site: 3
Fierce. Hunter 2.
The site number of each Orc is -1.
While you can spot 3 races in the fellowship, Úlairë Nertëa gains muster.
“...they met their companions, the Nazgûl of Dol Guldur, in the Field of Celebrant.”
Pretty cool. Finally, a strong Nertea.

Here, I took a bit of Ulaire Nertea, Thrall of the One, a dash of Ulaire Nertea, Black Horseman, and mixed it with HIS main theme, which seems to be doing nasty stuff against larger fellowships. Again, I like how it all shook out...how about you?

Notice any themes of the Nazgûl? There will be more once we get to their support cards.

Awesome. Thanks, EL (and everyone else)!

Dáin’s DC Duos #163

Well that’s it for the Nazgûl. I know, kinda small, but they’ll be plenty potent once we get into some support cards. Like the ones below. Enjoy!

•Sword of Amon Lanc
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be Úlairë Khamûl (or a Nazgûl).
While at a forest or mountain site, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Úlairë Khamûl, each time he wins a skirmish, you may remove a threat to wound a companion in that skirmish.
Wow. Pretty powerful card. Under the right circumstances, a companion could easily fall. But it’s okay, really. Good one.

•Never Got Near the Mountain
Condition • Support Area
If the fellowship moves to site 7 [LA] or a forest site, you may take a minion into hand from your draw deck (or two minions if that site is a mountain).
Shadow: Spot your Orc and discard this condition to add a threat (or two threats if you can spot a Nazgûl).
“‘...lots of adventures of a most unpleasant sort he had....’”
A mountain forest? Weird. I think it’s too powerful, myself, the ability to pull a minion of your choice at any forest site. Make it from your discard pile, or drop the shadow ability.

Question: though Khamûl essentially IS Úlairë Attëa, I don’t plan on eliminating Attëa in my sets. So do you think I should make a version of Attëa too? I’ve gone back and forth with the idea, and I can’t decide. I wanted to stick with just 3 Nazzies, since there were only ever implicitly 3 of them at Dol Guldur. What do YOU think, dear reviewer?

Awesome. Thanks, EL (and everyone else)!

Dáin’s DC Duos #163

Well that’s it for the Nazgûl. I know, kinda small, but they’ll be plenty potent once we get into some support cards. Like the ones below. Enjoy!

•Sword of Amon Lanc
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be Úlairë Khamûl (or a Nazgûl).
While at a forest or mountain site, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Úlairë Khamûl, each time he wins a skirmish, you may remove a threat to wound a companion in that skirmish.
just say bearer must be a G nazgul...

•Never Got Near the Mountain
Condition • Support Area
If the fellowship moves to site 7 [LA] or a forest site, you may take a minion into hand from your draw deck (or two minions if that site is a mountain).
Shadow: Spot your Orc and discard this condition to add a threat (or two threats if you can spot a Nazgûl).
“‘...lots of adventures of a most unpleasant sort he had....’”

Question: though Khamûl essentially IS Úlairë Attëa, I don’t plan on eliminating Attëa in my sets. So do you think I should make a version of Attëa too? I’ve gone back and forth with the idea, and I can’t decide. I wanted to stick with just 3 Nazzies, since there were only ever implicitly 3 of them at Dol Guldur. What do YOU think, dear reviewer?

nah
sure

•Sword of Amon Lanc
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be Úlairë Khamûl (or a Nazgûl).
While at a forest or mountain site, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Úlairë Khamûl, each time he wins a skirmish, you may remove a threat to wound a companion in that skirmish.

•Never Got Near the Mountain
Condition • Support Area
If the fellowship moves to site 7 [LA] or a forest site, you may take a minion into hand from your draw deck (or two minions if that site is a mountain).
Shadow: Spot your Orc and discard this condition to add a threat (or two threats if you can spot a Nazgûl).
“‘...lots of adventures of a most unpleasant sort he had....’”

I would consider dropping the shadow ability and lowering the cost to 1. It would just make it a simpler but still useful card, and a bit more balanced.

Awesome. Thanks, EL (and everyone else)!

Dáin’s DC Duos #163

Well that’s it for the Nazgûl. I know, kinda small, but they’ll be plenty potent once we get into some support cards. Like the ones below. Enjoy!

•Sword of Amon Lanc
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be Úlairë Khamûl (or a Nazgûl).
While at a forest or mountain site, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Úlairë Khamûl, each time he wins a skirmish, you may remove a threat to wound a companion in that skirmish.

SoP is right, it would work to just say "bearer must be a Naxgul." I like!

•Never Got Near the Mountain
Condition • Support Area
If the fellowship moves to site 7 [LA] or a forest site, you may take a minion into hand from your draw deck (or two minions if that site is a mountain).
“‘...lots of adventures of a most unpleasant sort he had....’”

How about: "You may take a minion into hand from your discard pile (or from your draw deck if that site is a mountain.)" Right now, it’s overpowered.

Question: though Khamûl essentially IS Úlairë Attëa, I don’t plan on eliminating Attëa in my sets. So do you think I should make a version of Attëa too? I’ve gone back and forth with the idea, and I can’t decide. I wanted to stick with just 3 Nazzies, since there were only ever implicitly 3 of them at Dol Guldur. What do YOU think, dear reviewer?

I would like to see more Nazgul, but not Attea. He is Khamul, and that’s kind of like having Radagast and Radagast Corrupted both in play: legal, but weird.

•Sword of Amon Lanc
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be Úlairë Khamûl (or a Nazgûl).
While at a forest or mountain site, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Úlairë Khamûl, each time he wins a skirmish, you may remove a threat to wound a companion in that skirmish.

•Never Got Near the Mountain
Condition • Support Area
If the fellowship moves to site 7 [LA] or a forest site, you may take a minion into hand from your draw deck (or two minions if that site is a mountain).
“‘...lots of adventures of a most unpleasant sort he had....’”