Interesting concept. I’d make it cost , especially in comparison with the above.

I feel that the skirmish ability is somewhat overpowered. Only for each minion? Maybe make it 1 minion and then more minions if the fellowship is at a certain site (forests, more than likely).

I’d make it an ability. "Archery: If the fellowship is at a forest or any site 7 [LA], you may exert Rinavar to make him an archer until the regroup phase."

Again, perhaps it would be best off as an ability. "Assignment: If the fellowship is at a river or any site 7 [LA], you may spot another Elf and an unbound companion of another culture to heal a Elf or a Man."

I would lower the cost to .

I wouldn’t make it unique, personally.

Dáin’s DC Duos #76

Alright, last couple cards for today. There’s been some questions about what the Elves are all about. These should at least partially answer that question. Enjoy!

Enchanted
Event • Maneuver
Toil 1.
Spot X Elves at a forest site to capture a minion whose vitality is X or less.
“Out went all the lights again and complete darkness fell. If it had been difficult collecting themselves before, it was far worse this time. And they simply could not find the hobbit. Every time they counted themselves it only made thirteen.”

Nice, maybe change it to twilight cost, because then it would be harder to capture Sauron than Shelob.

Oh, and maybe make it harder to pull off or shift the phase to the regroup.

Most capturing cards do so later in the turn, especially during the skirmish phase. Capturing a minion so early is VERY powerful--taking them out of the game before they really have a chance to do anything--hence the high cost. Question: should I make X the minion’s twilight cost instead of its vitality?

Hall of the Elvenking
Condition • Support Area
Response: If a minion is about to be rescued, exert a Elf (or spot Thranduil and another Elf) to prevent that.
“‘There is no escape from my magic doors for those who are once brought inside.’”

Nice

There aren’t many cards like this. Usually, if you take the time to capture a character and that character’s owner has a way to rescue them, it’s just tit for tat and you have to sit back and concede it. Not so with this card. It’s easy to splash in one Elf into a fellowship and keep this card out if you intend to do some capturing, or even better, a Elf-heavy fellowship (with Thranduil, of course) can use it without any exerting at all, all but ensuring captured minions don’t escape from YOUR halls.

Nice, maybe change it to twilight cost, because then it would be harder to capture Sauron than Shelob.

Oh, and maybe make it harder to pull off or shift the phase to the regroup.

Dáin’s DC Duos #77

Well Uncle Dáin is home sick today, so I won’t be posting as much as usual. But I’m a trooper...no flu is going to keep me from posting my Duos!

We’ve had a lot more Elf companions than we have Elf conditions and events thus far. Let’s fix that. Here’s some direct exerting and wounding. You don’t want to mess with those Wood-elves in their domain. Enjoy!

Realm of the Elvenking
Event • Maneuver
If the fellowship is at a forest, exert a Elf to exert a minion (or wound a minion). You may spot 3 companions and exert one of them to return this card to your hand.
“‘It is a crime to wander in my realm without leave. Do you forget that you were in my kingdom, using the road that my people made? Did you not three times pursue and trouble my people in the forest and ’rouse the spiders with your riot and clamour?’”

Aha! We’re getting into dealing with the minions now, eh? Nice. Oh, and rephrase it Exert a companion and spot two other companions. Oh, and in case you didn’t know how it ties in with your other cards, you can repeat this to exert Shelob 4 times, and then capture her with your vitality card, because she only has 4 vitality. Just wondering if you knew that, it would slam NG.

Their familiarity with the minions of Mirkwood make the Wood-elves the perfect weapon to use against such minions. This is only partially effective against all the Spiders, since they (like Shelob) have high vitality. But it can wreak Orcs and even the occasional Nazgûl.

NAZGUL!?!?!?!?!?

Also of note: since the second part of this card isn’t specific to Elves, you can throw in Beorn or companions of other races to help out, too. After all, they know the woods pretty well, and we all know Beorn terrifies Orcs of the mountains and the woods alike.

Pursued Closely
Event • Regroup
To play, spot 2 Elves.
If the fellowship is at a battleground, forest, or underground site, spot X Elf companions to wound X minions.
“Then dismay fell on the Goblins and they fled in all directions....those that came hardly to the Wood-elves’ realm were there slain, or drawn in to die in the trackless dark of Mirkwood.”

Sweet. This card is awesome. Now you definitely have to switch that capturing card to the regroup phase, minion vitality lowering? Killer. Capturing Gollum and Shelob would REALLY throw a wrench into the NG strategy.

This one is notable not so much because of what it does, but because of what sites it does it with. Forests are nothing new for Elves, and they work pretty well with battlegrounds already, too. But underground sites? Elves? This makes a pretty good case for throwing a Elf or two in with your Elves. At least, I HOPE it does!

Maybe more cards later, depending on A.) reviews for these and B.) how I’m feeling.

Aha! We’re getting into dealing with the minions now, eh? Nice. Oh, and rephrase it Exert a companion and spot two other companions. Oh, and in case you didn’t know how it ties in with your other cards, you can repeat this to exert Shelob 4 times, and then capture her with your vitality card, because she only has 4 vitality. Just wondering if you knew that, it would slam NG.

NAZGUL!?!?!?!?!?

Sweet. This card is awesome. Now you definitely have to switch that capturing card to the regroup phase, minion vitality lowering? Killer. Capturing Gollum and Shelob would REALLY throw a wrench into the NG strategy.

Dáin’s DC Duos #77
Realm of the Elvenking
Event • Maneuver
If the fellowship is at a forest, exert a Elf to exert a minion (or wound a minion). You may exert a companion and spot two other companions to return this card to your hand.
“‘It is a crime to wander in my realm without leave. Do you forget that you were in my kingdom, using the road that my people made? Did you not three times pursue and trouble my people in the forest and ’rouse the spiders with your riot and clamour?’”
it sounds like a assignment event to me. Don’t know why, it is probably better the way it is

Pursued Closely
Event • Regroup
To play, spot 2 Elves.
If the fellowship is at a battleground, forest, or underground site, spot X Elf companions to wound X minions.
“Then dismay fell on the Goblins and they fled in all directions....those that came hardly to the Wood-elves’ realm were there slain, or drawn in to die in the trackless dark of Mirkwood.”

Realm of the Elvenking
Event • Maneuver
If the fellowship is at a forest, exert a Elf to exert a minion (or wound a minion). You may exert a companion and spot two other companions to return this card to your hand.
“‘It is a crime to wander in my realm without leave. Do you forget that you were in my kingdom, using the road that my people made? Did you not three times pursue and trouble my people in the forest and ’rouse the spiders with your riot and clamour?’”

Pursued Closely
Event • Regroup
To play, spot 2 Elves.
If the fellowship is at a battleground, forest, or underground site, spot X Elf companions to wound X minions.
“Then dismay fell on the Goblins and they fled in all directions....those that came hardly to the Wood-elves’ realm were there slain, or drawn in to die in the trackless dark of Mirkwood.”

Realm of the Elvenking
Event • Maneuver
If the fellowship is at a forest, exert a Elf to exert a minion (or wound a minion). You may exert a companion and spot two other companions to return this card to your hand.
“‘It is a crime to wander in my realm without leave. Do you forget that you were in my kingdom, using the road that my people made? Did you not three times pursue and trouble my people in the forest and ’rouse the spiders with your riot and clamour?’”

Pursued Closely
Event • Regroup
To play, spot 2 Elves.
If the fellowship is at a battleground, forest, or underground site, spot X Elf companions to wound X minions.
“Then dismay fell on the Goblins and they fled in all directions....those that came hardly to the Wood-elves’ realm were there slain, or drawn in to die in the trackless dark of Mirkwood.”

Pursued Closely
Event • Regroup
To play, spot 2 Elves.
If the fellowship is at a battleground, forest, or underground site, spot X Elf companions to wound X minions.
“Then dismay fell on the Goblins and they fled in all directions....those that came hardly to the Wood-elves’ realm were there slain, or drawn in to die in the trackless dark of Mirkwood.”