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| + | #REDIRECT [[Orc Scouting Band (1U270)]] |
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| − | | SetNum=01
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| − | | CardNum=270
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| − | | SetName=The Fellowship of the Ring
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| − | | Side=Shadow
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| − | | Culture=Sauron
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| − | | Twilight=3
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| − | | FullCardType=Minion • Orc
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| − | | Stat1Name=Strength
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| − | | Stat1=8
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| − | | Stat2Name=Vitality
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| − | | Stat2=2
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| − | | Stat3Name=Site
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| − | | Stat3=6
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| − | | GameText=Tracker. The roaming penalty for each [SAURON] minion you play is -1. Skirmish: Exert this minion to wound a character it is skirmishing.
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| − | | Lore=''The cunning ambushes of the Orc armies rely upon scouts first finding the enemy.''
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| − | | Rarity=U
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| − | | Notes=
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| − | = General Strategy =
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| − | Generic wounding Orc minion, the Orc Scouting Band, like Orc Soldier, Orc Hunters, and Orc War Band, contains the exert-to-wound skirmish special ability. These minions play best in the "Sauron Grind" Shadow, with support area conditions like Under the Watching Eye and Orc Bowmen causing uncomfortable assignment match-ups. The skirmish special ability allows for the Shadow player to place a wound on a free peoples character even when matched against a much stronger companion, and saves the Shadow player deck space, as the game text is effectively a built-in Mordor's Strength.
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| − | As with most Sauron minions, the high site number and roaming penalty can be cost-restrictive, although Orc Scouting Band, along with other [sauron] trackers, reduces the roaming penalty for further Sauron Orcs played. Orc Scouting Band can be recovered from the discard pile via Tol Brandir.
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| − | With skirmish phase game text, Orc Soldier, Orc Scouting Band, and Orc War Band can be countered by pre-skirmish wounding such as Quick As May Be or Legolas, Greenleaf; however, [Sauron] grind support offers powerful pre-skirmish wounding cards such as Hate.
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| − | In the Movie Block format, Gothmog's Warg can increase the vitality of these exert-to-wound minions, making assignment match-ups even more difficult for the Free Peoples player.
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| − | = Strengths and Weaknesses =
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| − | === Strong Versus... ===
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| − | * Natural fit in [Sauron] Grind deck
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| − | * Best played with site-reducing Battle of Helms Deep Expansion Orcs, such as Grishnakh, Orc Captain and Orc Patrol
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| − | * Exhausted companions, even those with higher base strengths
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| − | === Weak Versus... ===
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| − | * Armor or wound prevention
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| − | * [Rohan] Mounts and Shadowfax
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| − | * Pre-skirmish wounding
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| − | * Roaming punishments
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| − | = Example Decks =
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| − | '''!Fellowship Block Sauron Grind deck by ket_the_jet'''
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| − | Shadow Draw Deck:
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| − | 1x The Balrog, Durin's Bane
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| − | 4x Orc Ambusher
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| − | 4x Orc Assassin
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| − | 4x Orc Scouting Band
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| − | 4x Orc Soldier
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| − | 2x Tower Assassin
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| − | 2x Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul
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| − | 1x Úlairë Nertëa, Messenger of Dol Guldur
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| − | 4x Hate
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| − | 4x Orc Bowmen
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| − | 1x Our List of Allies Grows Thin
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| − | 2x Spies of Mordor
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| − | 4x Under the Watching Eye
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| − | 3x You Bring Great Evil
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