View source for Forces of Mordor (1C248)

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| SetNum=01
| CardNum=248
| SetName=Fellowship of the Ring
| Side=Shadow
| Culture=Sauron
| Twilight=0
| FullCardType=Event
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| GameText=Shadow: Spot X [SAURON] minions to add (X).
| Lore=“‘....the Dark Lord is not without allies. The Easterlings and Haradrim now pay tribute to Mordor.'”
| Rarity=C
| Notes=Lists: OBRL, ERL, MXL
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= General Strategy =

The first card added to the Restricted List in Fellowship block, Forces of Mordor generates twilight just by the nature of playing minions. With play-from-discard abilities such as Tol Brandir or hand extending cards like The Dark Lord's Summons, Forces of Mordor can generate large amounts of twilight from just a single copy, making a swarm deck with this card highly dangerous.

With the card drawing capabilities of [Sauron] Orcs, particularly in the Battle of Helms Deep expansion (Grishnakh, Orc Captain, Orc Chaser, etc.), Forces of Mordor is on the [[X-List]] beyond Fellowship of the Ring Block.

= Strengths and Weaknesses =

=== Strong Versus... ===

* Free twilight
* Swarm tactics, such as at Tol Brandir

=== Weak Versus... ===

* Hand Clog

= Rules and Clarifications =

* Note the Restricted and X-Lists that Forces of Mordor appears on, as it appears on a list for every format.