Forces of Mordor (1C248)

Enheartened Foe (1R247)

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Gleaming Spires Will Crumble (1U249)

	Set:		Fellowship of the Ring
	Kind:		Shadow
	Culture:		Sauron
	Twilight:		0
	Card Type:		Event
	Game Text:		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.