It finally dawned on me tonight...

[menace64]

...that Decipher never made an alternate Shire template. What a loss for all of us.

And on a related note, I think the Legends Masterworks cards should never have been implemented without first designing additional templates for those that hadn't already received one. Instead, we got a bunch of worthless Nazgul.

[TelTura]

What would they have entered into the Masterworks from that culture?  Shire Countryside?

[bibfortuna25]

PATHS, Merry FTS (or Swordthain), Pippin WOBAS, etc.

[menace64]

Masterworks started with Black Rider. Just look at the number of Wraith cards in the Bloodlines, Hunters, RoS, and TaD sets compared to the number of Wraith Masterworks cards.

[Vroengard]

First they created completely useless cards like Ulaire Attea, Desirous of Power, Pull of the Ring and then make it masterwork? ...

[menace64]

Exactly. Had it been done properly, Masterworks cards would have been reserved for the awesome cards in each set. *Sigh*

[Elessar's Socks]

In all seriousness, I'd be happy with a Masterworks Hobbit Sword. It'd be so un-awesome I might even go for a set without breaking something.

Characters (set 12 or later) - Frodo, Frenzied Fighter; Sam, Bearer of Great Need

Random chase card (set 12 or later) - Scouring of the Shire

Perhaps something involving pipeweed smoke. That or... hairy feet.

* Kralik imagines a template with feet on the bottom and hairs curling up the sides...

Excellent choice, sir.

[jdizzy001]

I agree with ES, a masterworked hobbit sword would have been great. Which other card debued in nearly every single set?

[Ringbearer]

Wasnt Masterwork art done since the Countdown collection? Way before Black Rider?

[rubbercarp]

Wasnt Masterwork art done since the Countdown collection? Way before Black Rider?

Correct, the first "Masterworks" templates debuted with the Countdown Collection. Pre King