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As a reminder, this is part of the third of 3 sets:
H1 - The Hobbit (300 cards, 110C 100U 90R)
H2 - The Battle of the Five Armies (200 cards, 70C 70U 60R)
H3 - The White Council (200 cards, 70C 70U 60R)
And it’s more or less complete, I just need the approval of the talented DCers of the cobracards forum!
Here is a (very brief) summary of the block mechanics featured in the first set:
Terror X (Each time this character is assigned to skirmish an opponent’s character, they may make that opponent exert X of their characters.)
Winged (This character can only take 1 wound per phase, regardless of its source.)
Locked - (A card that is Locked has blank game text, unless it is Unlocked. An ability or keyword that is Locked is nonexistent unless it is Unlocked.)
Unlocked - (A card can only be Unlocked if a card allows it to be. A card with no Locked text cannot be Unlocked.)
A seriously detailed description of the last two can be found at this link: http://lotrtcgdb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=4434 (below the cards)
There are also a couple more that feature in this set that weren’t in the last, but I’ll get onto them later.
Here’s the culture break down, and clicking on finished cultures will take you to their card lists.
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- 26
- 33
- 1
- 4
- 21
- 16
- 12
- 50
- 12
Astonishing Enthusiasm
Event • Fellowship
Spot 2 Men to choose one: reinforce 2 tokens; or remove a token to remove a threat, draw a card, or discard a card from hand.
A large house was given up to Thorin and his company... and crowds sat outside and sang songs all day...
H3 C 52
Banished From the World
Event • Regroup
Spell.
Play a White Councillor from your discard pile to discard each minion.
’Ere long now,’ Gandalf was saying, ’the Forest will grow somewhat more wholesome.’
H3 U 53
• Bard, Heir of Girion
Companion • Man
Str: 6
Vit: 3
Res: 7
While you can spot another Man, Bard is an archer.
While you can spot an Elf, Bard is strength +2.
While you can spot a Dwarf, Bard is damage +1.
’I am Bard, and by my hand was the dragon slain and your treasure delivered...’
H3 R 54
Bear of the North
Follower
Str: +1
Vit: +1
Aid - Discard a card from hand.
To play, spot Beorn or Grimbeorn.
If you can spot 4 companions when this follower transfers, exert each companion.
Bearer gains terror 1 and each time they are assigned to a skirmish you may reinforce a Free Peoples token.
There were many of them, and they were brave and well-armed...
H3 R 55
Bears’ Meeting
Event • Fellowship
If you cannot spot 4 companions, spot Beorn to play a follower from your draw deck.
’I should say there were little bears, large bears, ordinary bears, and gigantic big bears, all dancing outside from dark to nearly dawn.’
H3 C 56
Beorning
Follower
Str: +2
Aid - Discard a card from hand.
To play, spot Beorn or Grimbeorn.
When transferred to Beorn or Grimbeorn, you may heal him.
In spite of the dangers of this far land bold men had of late been making their way back into it from the South...
H3 C 57
• Black Arrow
Artifact
Bearer must be Bard.
Each time a minion is played, you may discard 2 cards from hand to take Black Arrow into hand from your discard pile.
You may exert a Man to play Black Arrow any time you could play a maneuver or archery event.
Archery: Discard Black Arrow from play to wound a minion.
’You have never failed me...’
H3 R 58
Chance-Meeting
Event • Regroup
Spot X Free Peoples cultures and play Gandalf from your discard pile for -X twilight cost. Then, you may discard 2 cards from hand to remove [X].
’But that has been averted - because I met Thorin Oakenshield one evening on the edge of spring not far from Bree.’
H3 C 59
Cram
Possession
To play, spot a Man.
Bearer must be a companion.
Regroup: If bearer is a Man, Hobbit or Wizard, discard this possession to heal them.
Regroup: If bearer is a Dwarf, discard this possession to remove a threat.
Regroup: If bearer is an Elf, discard this possession to draw 2 cards.
’... such as the Dalemen make...’
H3 U 60
[X] Endless Patience
Event • Maneuver
To play, discard Gandalf and spot X Free Peoples cultures.
Spot up to X Elves to exert the same number of minions.
Spot up to X Men to draw the same number of cards.
Spot up to X Dwarves to remove the same number of threats.
Spot up to X Hobbits to remove the same number of burdens.
H3 R 61
Freed From Horror
Event • Regroup
Spell.
Add 2 threats and play a White Councillor from your discard pile to remove 2 burdens and heal 2 companions.
’But Saruman has long studied the arts of the enemy himself, and thus we have often been able to forstall him.’
H3 R 62
• Gandalf, Olorín
Companion • Wizard
Str: 7
Vit: 4
Res: 7
White Council. Terror 1.
At the start of each skirmish involving Gandalf, you may spot 3 White Councillors to Lock or Unlock a card until the end of the regroup phase.
... but his joy, and his swift wrath, were veiled in garments as grey as ash, so that only those that knew him well glimpsed the flame that was within.
H3 R 63
• Girion, Lord of Dale
Companion • Man
Str: 7
Vit: 4
Res: 6
While you can spot a Dwarf and a Man, Girion’s twilight cost is -2.
At the start of each skirmish involving Girion and a wounded minion, you may reinforce a token (or 2 tokens if Girion bears an artifact).
’... in your hoard is mingled much of the wealth of his halls and towns...’
H3 R 64
Great Bear
Follower
Vit: +1
Aid - Discard a card from hand.
To play, spot Beorn or Grimbeorn.
When transferred to a non- companion, exert bearer twice.
Bearer is defender +1 and damage +1.
’There must have been a regular bears’ meeting outside here last night...’
H3 U 65
Laketown Boat
Possession • Boat
To play, exert a Man.
Bearer must be a Man.
Maneuver: Spot a culture and exert bearer to take into hand a possession of that culture from your discard pile.
... boats and rowers were put at their service...
H3 U 66
Laketown Boatman
Companion • Man
Str: 6
Vit: 3
Res: 6
Fellowship: If you have exactly 6 cards in hand, discard a card from hand to reinforce a token.
Regroup: Remove a token to draw a card.
... when Dale in the North was rich and prosperous, they had been wealthy and powerful, and there had been fleets of boats on the waters...
H3 C 67
• Laketown Rower
Companion • Man
Str: 7
Vit: 3
Res: 6
To play, spot 2 Men.
At the start of each skirmish involving Laketown Rower, you may reinforce a token for each wound on each minion he is skirmishing.
They were making a raft of barrels, and the raft-elves would soon be steering it all down the stream to the Lake-town.
H3 U 68
• Landroval, Noble Eagle
Companion • Eagle
Str: 7
Vit: 3
Res: 8
Winged (Landroval can only take 1 wound per phase).
Landroval’s twilight cost is -1 for each Eagle you can spot.
Skirmish: Play this companion from hand into a skirmish involving a companion, replacing any characters in that skirmish.
... they were proud and strong and noble-hearted.
H3 U 69
• Man of Dale
Companion • Man
Str: 4
Vit: 3
Res: 6
To play, spot a Dwarf.
Man of Dale’s twilight cost is -1 for each card with a token on it.
Man of Dale is strength +1 for each , and artifact you can spot.
Bard had rebuilt the town in Dale and men had gathered to him from the Lake...
H3 C 70
[X] Many-Stranded Web
Event • Maneuver
To play, discard Gandalf.
Spot X Free Peoples cultures to make one companion of each of those cultures strength +X until the regroup phase.
’Great as you affairs may seem to you, they are only a small strand in the great web.’
H3 U 71
• Market Place
Condition • Support Area
When you play this condition, you may spot a Man to add a token here.
Each time you play a Man, you may add a token here.
Fellowship: Remove 2 tokens from here or discard this condition to take a event into hand from your discard pile.
H3 C 72
• Masters of Magic
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot 3 White Councillors.
Each time a spell is played and you cannot spot 3 cards stacked here, you may stack it here.
Skirmish: Discard a card stacked here to make a companion strength +1 or resistance +1.
’Who made the flood?’ ’Elrond commanded it...’
H3 U 73
• Meneldor, Keen-Eyed Eagle
Companion • Eagle
Str: 7
Vit: 3
Res: 8
Winged (Meneldor can only take 1 wound per phase).
Meneldor’s twilight cost is -1 for each Eagle you can spot.
You may play Meneldor any time you could play a maneuver event.
When Meneldor is played, you may reveal a Shadow player’s hand.
... though he could not see the people in the trees, he could make out the commotion among the wolves...
H3 U 74
Power of Spell
Event • Maneuver
Spell.
Spot a White Councillor to reveal the top card of your draw deck. You may Lock X cards until the end of the regroup phase, where X is the twilight cost of the card revealed.
... Saruman knew in his heart that the Grey Wanderer had the greater strength... even though he hid his power...
H3 C 75
• Race of Dale
Condition • Support Area
Each time your hand size goes below 5 cards, you may spot Girion to make each companion bearing an artifact resistance +1 until the regroup phase.
Each time your hand size goes below 3 cards, you may spot Bard to exert a minion.
Each time your hand size goes below 1 card, you may spot Brand to heal a Dwarf or Man.
H3 U 76
• Radagast, Aiwendil
Follower
Res: -2
White Council.
Aid - exert a minion.
Radagast can only be borne by a White Councillor.
Locked: Skirmish: Make a minion skirmishing bearer strength -1 for each wound on that minion. Discard Radagast.
Radagast was the friend of all beasts and birds...
H3 C 77
Sudden Inspiration
Event • Regroup
Spot X Free Peoples cultures and play Gandalf from your discard pile to Unlock X Free Peoples cards until the end of the turn. Then, you may add a threat to Lock X Shadow cards until the end of the turn.
’Suddenly in my mind these three things came together...’
H3 U 78
• Trusty and Valiant Race
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot Beorn and Grimbeorn. If you can spot 4 companions, discard this condition.
Each time Beorn wins a skirmish, you may heal Grimbeorn.
Each time Grimbeorn wins a skirmish, you may make Beorn strength +2 until the regroup phase.
At the start of the regroup phase, you may transfer a follower from a companion to your support area to remove .
H3 U 79
Up My Sleeve
Event • Fellowship
Each time Gandalf is played, you may add to take this event into hand from your discard pile.
Spot Gandalf to Unlock a card (and all cards borne by that card) until the end of the regroup phase.
’And I kept them, though without any design of my own, until the moment when they would prove most useful.’
H3 C 80
Watchful Peace
Event • Response
If a minion is played, spot Gandalf to Lock each keyword on that minion and make it strength -X until the end of the turn, where X is the number of Free Peoples cultures you can spot.
But at length the Shadow returned and its power increased.
H3 R 81
• Warm Welcome
Condition • Support Area
When you play this condition, you may spot a Man to add a token here.
Each time you play a non- companion, you may add a token here.
Fellowship: Remove 2 tokens from here or discard this condition to heal a companion.
H3 C 82
• Warriors In Armour
Condition • Support Area
When you play this condition, you may spot a Man to add a token here.
Each time a Free Peoples card adds one or more threats, you may add a token here.
Skirmish: Remove 2 tokens from here or discard this condition to make a Man (or Dwarf) bearing a possession or artifact strength +2.
H3 U 83
• White Oars
Condition • Support Area
When you play this condition, you may spot a Man to add a token here.
Each time your hand size goes below 4 cards, you may add a token here.
Maneuver: Remove 2 tokens from here or discard this condition to exert a minion.
H3 U 84
• Ancient Store (Free Peoples)
Condition • Support Area
Each time a White Councillor is discarded, you may stack any cards borne by that card here.
Regroup: Add to play a card stacked here on an eligible White Councillor.
’It might be that he had found some weapons that would drive back the Nine.’
H3 U 86
• Curunír, Curumo (Free Peoples)
Companion • Wizard
Str: 7
Vit: 4
Res: 7
White Council. Terror 1.
To play, spot 3 White Councillors.
Curunír is strength +1 and resistance -1 for each artifact you can spot.
... Curunír went most among Men, and he was subtle in speech and skilled in all the devices of smithcraft.
H3 R 87
• Curunír’s Staff (Free Peoples)
Artifact • Staff
Vit: +1
Bearer must be Curunír.
Each time Curunír wins a skirmish, you may exert him to choose a White Councillor. Switch their strength and resistance values until the regroup phase.
Saruman is said (by Gandalf himself) to have been the chief of the Istari...
H3 R 88
• Seeing Stone of Orthanc, Focus of Sight (Free Peoples)
Artifact • Palantir
Res: -1
Bearer must be Curunír.
Maneuver: Add a burden to reveal the top 3 cards of your draw deck. Then you may discard a Free Peoples card revealed to Unlock a card until the end of the turn and replace the rest in any order.
If Beren the Steward considered the Stone at all... he probably thought that it could be in no safer hands than those of the head of the Council...
H3 C 89
• The Deep Dark (Shadow)
Condition • Support Area
At the start of the maneuver phase, the Free Peoples player may discard a Free Peoples card from hand to Unlock this condition until the regroup phase.
Each minion gains terror 1.
Locked: At the start of each skirmish involving a minion, the Free Peoples player may discard another Shadow condition from play.
H3 R 85
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