Random Uruk-hai DCs!

[Foresight]

To those who remember me and all you new people who I've never met before:  Hello!  I contributed on the cobra cards website to dream cards, answering game play questions, and also I was an active poster.    Anywho, I'm rusty and I've come to practice my DC-making abilities by going back to my old standard:   !  Without further ado, here is my first batch of random DCs!
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Uruk-hai Skirmisher
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 8
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  When you play this minion, you may spot another minion and an exhausted companion to add a burden.

•Beastly Uruk-hai
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  Muster.
Manuever:  Remove a burden and spot another minion to exert an unbound companion.

Approaching Enemies
Event • Shadow
Remove a burden to play an minion from your discard pile.  That minion is twilight cost -1.

Blood-Stained Sword
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +2
Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
Each time bearer wins a skirmish, the Free Peoples player chooses to either exert a companion or add a burden.

Dark Mission
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot two minions.
Regroup:  Discard an minion from play to add a burden.  The Free Peoples player may exert a companion to prevent this.

[MR. Lurtzy]

No offense, but I don't think Uruk-hai shouldn't have anything to do with burdens.

[Foresight]

None taken.  It's your opinion to think that, but I was hoping for card reviews.

[MR. Lurtzy]

Well, see, I think they're all OP because they deal with burdens, something that Uruk-hai should not be able to.

[Thranduil]

To those who remember me and all you new people who I've never met before:  Hello!  I contributed on the cobra cards website to dream cards, answering game play questions, and also I was an active poster.    Anywho, I'm rusty and I've come to practice my DC-making abilities by going back to my old standard:   !  Without further ado, here is my first batch of random DCs!
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Hello! It's good to see you. Haven't seen you around in a long time. I used to really enjoy your cards.

Uruk-hai Skirmisher
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 6
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  When you play this minion, you may spot another minion and an exhausted companion to add a burden.

There's nothing wrong with burdenage - it's just that they should do it in an Uruky way, and should not be as good as say the or cultures. Given that, spotting exhausted guys is very and this card doesn't seem that powerful, so it looks good. I might prefer it at with strength 7/8.

•Beastly Uruk-hai
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  Muster.
Manuever:  Remove a burden and spot another minion to exert an unbound companion.
Skirmish:  Remove a burden to make an Uruk-hai strength +3.

Two very abilities, but I think having both on the same card is a bit much. With your current title, I would keep only the first one. If you made the title something resembling command, then I would keep the second one only.

Approaching Enemies
Event • Shadow
Remove a burden to play an minion from your discard pile.  That minion is twilight cost -1.

Now this seems like a bit of a weird card - it does 2 things that s don't do. Maybe play from hand with a bigger reduction?

Blood-Stained Sword
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +2
Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
Each time bearer wins a skirmish, the Free Peoples player chooses to either exert a companion or add a burden.

This is very , but it seems alright.

•Dark Mission
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot two minions.
Regroup:  Discard an minion from play to add a burden.  The Free Peoples player may exert a companion to prevent this.

Doesn't seem to need unique. This is a fair enough burden adder.

Thranduil

[DáinIronfoot]

Hey, Foresight! It's been FAR too long. Hope you'll stick around for a while...I always enjoyed your cards as well.

Uruk-hai Skirmisher
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 6
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  When you play this minion, you may spot another minion and an exhausted companion to add a burden.

I agree with Thran on the stat/cost changes.

•Beastly Uruk-hai
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  Muster.
Manuever:  Remove a burden and spot another minion to exert an unbound companion.
Skirmish:  Remove a burden to make an Uruk-hai strength +3.

Agree with Thran once again.

Approaching Enemies
Event • Shadow
Remove a burden to play an minion from your discard pile.  That minion is twilight cost -1.

Odd, but okay by me.

Blood-Stained Sword
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +2
Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
Each time bearer wins a skirmish, the Free Peoples player chooses to either exert a companion or add a burden.

Hmmm. Strange for this culture, but balanced and all.

•Dark Mission
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot two minions.
Regroup:  Discard an minion from play to add a burden.  The Free Peoples player may exert a companion to prevent this.

Ah, now this makes Approaching Enemies much more interesting. I like the synergy there.

Welcome back!

[Foresight]

Thankyou guys for the welcome back!  I hope to see more familiar faces like NBarden and sickofpalantirs!    to you guys, and anyone else who reviews my cards.  What you guys said made sense about my DCs, so I changed them accordingly.    I'm kinda going for a burden/exhausted companion mixed theme as to not make the easy burden adders, but have them capitalize on them nonetheless.  Now, here's more for you to munch on!

•Saruman, Puppet of the Dark Lord
Minion • Wizard
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 4
Lurker.
Skirmish:  Exert Saruman to make an Uruk-hai skirmishing an exhausted companion strength +2 (Or strength +2 for each wound on that companion if you can spot 2 burdens).

10,000 Strong
Event • Manuever
Remove a burden and exert an minion to choose one:  make an minion strength +3 and fierce until the regroup phase; make the Free Peoples player exert a companion twice; or play an minion (that minion is twilight cost -3).

Frenzied Uruk-hai
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 11
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  Aggressive. (Skirmishes involving aggressive minions must be resolved before any others.)
Skirmish:  Exert this minion and heal an exhausted companion to add a burden.

Quickening Movement
Event • Skirmish
Make an minion strength +2. (Or +3 if you can spot 2 burdens)

Persistent Assault
Condition • Support Area
Response:  If an minion is killed during a skirmish, stack it here.
Shadow:  Remove X burdens to play an minion from here at twilight cost -X.

[sickofpalantirs]

Thankyou guys for the welcome back!  I hope to see more familiar faces like NBarden and sickofpalantirs!   
I am here.  I am always here.  and I desire SPAM!

•Saruman, Puppet of the Dark Lord
Minion • Wizard
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 4
Lurker.
Skirmish:  Spot 2 burdens and exert Saruman to make an Uruk-hai skirmishing an exhausted companion strength +2 for each wound on that companion.
on the one hand, with uruk-hais damage that can be some sweet strength, on the other hand, its 2 burdens, and they can see it coming.  It almost seems like it should spot resistance...but of course your developing a different theme here.

10,000 Strong
Event • Manuever
Remove a burden and exert an minion to choose one:  make an minion strength +3 and fierce until the regroup phase; make the Free Peoples player exert a companion twice; or play an minion (that minion is twilight cost -3).
misspelled maneuver.  probably fine.  Could make the minions twilight cost -4, as it costs 2.

Frenzied Uruk-hai
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 11
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  Aggressive. (Skirmishes involving aggressive minions must be resolved before any others.)
Skirmish:  Exert this minion and heal an exhausted companion to add a burden.
fine.

Quickening Movement
Event • Skirmish
Make an minion strength +2. (Or +3 if you can spot 2 burdens)
quickening? fine.

Persistent Assault
Condition • Support Area
Response:  If an minion is killed during a skirmish, stack it here.
Shadow:  Remove X burdens play an minion from here at twilight cost -X.

you may stack it her perhaps? burdens TO play a uruk minion stacked here as if from hand at twilight cost...

nice to have you back.

[Thranduil]

•Saruman, Puppet of the Dark Lord
Minion • Wizard
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 4
Lurker.
Skirmish:  Spot 2 burdens and exert Saruman to make an Uruk-hai skirmishing an exhausted companion strength +2 for each wound on that companion.

It could easily just be Uruk-hai surely! I think a Saruman needs a little more than this. How about something like:

Skirmish: Exert Saruman to make an Uruk-hai skirmishing an exhausted companion strength +1 (or strength +2 if you can spot 2 burdens) for each wound on that companion.

Or some kind of burrito that has abilities depending on the number of burdens, or something. It's a good card, but I feel like it's just a little bland.

10,000 Strong
Event • Manuever
Remove a burden and exert an minion to choose one:  make an minion strength +3 and fierce until the regroup phase; make the Free Peoples player exert a companion twice; or play an minion (that minion is twilight cost -3).

Seems good. I don't think the last ability is worth it unless it's from discard pile.

Frenzied Uruk-hai
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 11
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  Aggressive. (Skirmishes involving aggressive minions must be resolved before any others.)
Skirmish:  Exert this minion and heal an exhausted companion to add a burden.

Very nice.

Quickening Movement
Event • Skirmish
Make an minion strength +2. (Or +3 if you can spot 2 burdens)

Fair enough. Could cost .

Persistent Assault
Condition • Support Area
Response:  If an minion is killed during a skirmish, stack it here.
Shadow:  Remove X burdens play an minion from here at twilight cost -X.

I think you should probably discard the condition to do that, but othwerwise it is good.

Thranduil

[Foresight]

Thanks for the reviews guys!  I changed Saruman up to work more directly with exhaustion and burdens.  Also to make him different from the current Saruman that exerts to make strength +2 in general.     to you guys and here's some more!

•Lurtz, Dark Captain
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 13
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 5
Archer.  Damage +1.
Shadow:  Remove a burden to play an minion.  It is fierce and strength +2 until the regroup phase.

•Lurtz's Bow, Swift Death
Possession • Ranged Weapon
Strength: +1
Vitality: +1
Bearer must be Lurtz.
Archery:  Remove a burden to make the Free Peoples player exert an unbound companion.

•Lurtz's Sword, Broad Blade
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +3
Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 2 burdens, bearer is fierce.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 4 burdens, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 6 burdens, bearer is strength +2.

[DáinIronfoot]

•Saruman, Puppet of the Dark Lord
Minion • Wizard
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 4
Lurker.
Skirmish:  Exert Saruman to make an Uruk-hai skirmishing an exhausted companion strength +2 (Or strength +2 for each wound on that companion if you can spot 2 burdens).

Seems okay, but I do like Thran's suggestion more. And you could allow this to work with ALL Uruks rather than just ones.

10,000 Strong
Event • Manuever
Remove a burden and exert an minion to choose one:  make an minion strength +3 and fierce until the regroup phase; make the Free Peoples player exert a companion twice; or play an minion (that minion is twilight cost -3).

And here, I agree with SoP: that last one should be -4 or it simply isn't worth it.

Frenzied Uruk-hai
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 11
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  Aggressive. (Skirmishes involving aggressive minions must be resolved before any others.)
Skirmish:  Exert this minion and heal an exhausted companion to add a burden.

I've always liked aggressive, and the ability here ties in with it nicely.

Quickening Movement
Event • Skirmish
Make an minion strength +2. (Or +3 if you can spot 2 burdens)

No reason for the "or" to be capitalized, and the period is in the wrong place. Should be:

Make an minion strength +2 (or +3 if you can spot 2 burdens).

Persistent Assault
Condition • Support Area
Response:  If an minion is killed during a skirmish, stack it here.
Shadow:  Remove X burdens to play an minion from here at twilight cost -X.

Instead of killed Uruks, why not do ones that are discarded instead? Makes more sense to me. I'd also limit this to one or two minions stacked here max (or more if you decide to make this unique). Possibly require a minimum of one burden removed for the Shadow ability to work, since otherwise, this is a pretty easy way to make Uruks impossible to ever truly kill/discard.

•Lurtz, Dark Captain
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 13
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 5
Archer.  Damage +1.  When you play this minion, you may spot another minion to add a burden.
Shadow:  Remove a burden to play an minion.  It is fierce and strength +2 until the regroup phase.

"When you play Lurtz...", since he's named. I THINK the Shadow ability is okay, though I'm a little leary of how easy it is when coupled with the first line of text. Maybe have the first part only work if you can spot two minions?

•Lurtz's Bow, Swift Death
Possession • Ranged Weapon
Strength: +1
Bearer must be Lurtz.
Archery:  Remove a burden to make the Free Peoples player exert an unbound companion.

Yeah, fair enough. Perhaps toss the vitality +1 on there that the original has.

•Lurtz's Sword, Onyx Blade
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +3
Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 2 burdens, bearer is strength +2.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 4 burdens, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 6 burdens, bearer is fierce.

Since the text abilities are limited to Lurtz, you should say "he" or perhaps "Lurtz" instead of "bearer" for each of them. I might also push the strength +2 one to a higher number of burdens. Perhaps simply reverse the order: fierce at 2 burdens, then damage +1 at 4, and strength +2 at 6.

[sickofpalantirs]

Thanks for the reviews guys!  I changed Saruman up to work more directly with exhaustion and burdens.  Also to make him different from the current Saruman that exerts to make strength +2 in general.     to you guys and here's some more!

•Lurtz, Dark Captain
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 13
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 5
Archer.  Damage +1.  When you play this minion, you may spot another minion to add a burden.
Shadow:  Remove a burden to play an minion.  It is fierce and strength +2 until the regroup phase.
thats powerful... very powerful...I think dain is spot on, make it remove a burden and spot 2 urukhai minions.

•Lurtz's Bow, Swift Death
Possession • Ranged Weapon
Strength: +1
Bearer must be Lurtz.
Archery:  Remove a burden to make the Free Peoples player exert an unbound companion.
i'd make it at the start of the archery phase you may remove a burden...

•Lurtz's Sword, Onyx Blade
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +3
Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 2 burdens, bearer is strength +2.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 4 burdens, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 6 burdens, bearer is fierce.

onyx? really? or just need a subtitle ;)yeah replace the bearers with he's.  otherwise fine.

[Thranduil]

•Lurtz, Dark Captain
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 13
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 5
Archer.  Damage +1.  When you play this minion, you may spot another minion to add a burden.
Shadow:  Remove a burden to play an minion.  It is fierce and strength +2 until the regroup phase.

Subtitle seems a bit too much like that of a Nazgûl for it to work for me, I think. I'm not sure about the when you play ability - seems very good. Second ability is reasonably fine without the first, because then you need the other cards to get the burdenage.

•Lurtz's Bow, Swift Death
Possession • Ranged Weapon
Strength: +1
Bearer must be Lurtz.
Archery:  Remove a burden to make the Free Peoples player exert an unbound companion.

Interesting. I think it's fine, it could have +1 vitality but it doesn't have to. If was to be borne by any minion, then it would be better as "at the start of the archery phase" I think.

•Lurtz's Sword, Onyx Blade
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +3
Bearer must be an Uruk-hai.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 2 burdens, bearer is strength +2.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 4 burdens, bearer is damage +1.
If bearer is Lurtz and you can spot 6 burdens, bearer is fierce.

Fairly awesome. I think I like DI's order a little better, but it is a solid concept.

Thranduil

[Foresight]

Thanks again guys!  I just may be inspired to start my own DC set!   But I'll stick to this a bit more since you guys are still so helpful on revising DCs just as you were on the cobra website.   Once again, another hot batch of cards hot off the press!

•Bring Them to Me
Condition • Support Area
To play, discard an minion from play.
Regroup:  Spot 3 exhausted companions, 5 burdens, and 2 minions to corrupt the Ring-bearer.

Foul Drink
Event • Shadow
Spot an condition borne by companion to make the Free Peoples player choose one: exert that companion or add a burden.

•White Hand Squad
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 12
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  This minion is twilight cost +1 for each of the following you cannot spot: an exhausted companion, 3 burdens, another minion, an condition borne by a companion.

Uruk Blade-Bearer
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 8
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  When you play this minion, you may play an hand weapon from your discard pile.

White Hand Sword
Possession • Hand Weapon
Bearer must be an minion.
Skirmish:  Remove any number of burdens.  For each burden removed, make bearer strength +2.

[lem0nhead]

Thanks again guys!  I just may be inspired to start my own DC set!   But I'll stick to this a bit more since you guys are still so helpful on revising DCs just as you were on the cobra website.   Once again, another hot batch of cards hot off the press!

•Bring Them to Me
Condition • Support Area
To play, discard an minion from play.
Regroup:  Spot 3 exhausted companions, 5 burdens, and 2 minions to corrupt the Ring-bearer.

Ive never liked these one shot everyone dies kinda card but this one is at least balanced.

Foul Drink
Event • Shadow
Spot an condition borne by companion to make the Free Peoples player choose one: exert that companion or add a burden.

Hmm id make it spot an uruk minion as well.

•White Hand Squad
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 12
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  This minion is twilight cost +1 for each of the following you cannot spot: an exhausted companion, 3 burdens, another minion, an condition borne by a companion.

Why isnt he twilight cost MINUS 1 for each of those and start at 6 cost?

Uruk Blade-Bearer
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength: 8
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 5
Damage +1.  When you play this minion, you may play an hand weapon from your discard pile.

Sound. Like him.

White Hand Sword
Possession • Hand Weapon
Bearer must be an minion.
Skirmish:  Remove any number of burdens.  For each burden removed, make bearer strength +2.

Rephrase. Remove a burden to make bearer strength +2. Id make this +3 (maybe increase to cost 2 then not sure). +2 as it is isnt worth it.