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Goblin Marksman (1C176)

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<WRAP 500px db rightalign>[[lotr01176|Template:Cards:lotr01176.jpg]]</WRAP> <WRAP 480px db2 leftalign> | Set:| The Fellowship of the Ring| | Kind:| Shadow| | Culture:| Moria| | Twilight:| 3| | Card Type:| Minion &#149; Orc| | Strength:| 7| | Vitality:| 1| | Site:| 4| | Game Text:| Archer.| | Lore:| //"Arrows fell among them. One struck Frodo and sprang back. Another pierced Gandalf's hat and stuck there like a black feather."//| | Rarity:| C| | Notes:| Italic text within parentheses is descriptive only, and has no added gameplay effect. | </WRAP>

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General Strategy

A generic and simple Orc, Goblin Marksman is a [3] twilight archer minion. A natural fit in a [Moria] archery deck, Goblin Marksman lacks the vitality and additional game text found on future [3] !twilight archer minions (Uruk Crossbowman, Southron Archer, or Southron Bowman) in exchange for a base 7 strength, uncommonly high for a [Moria] Orc. This can be boosted further by the presence of Archer Commander, making Goblin Marksman quite a strong orc if he bears a hand weapon as well.

The similar Goblin Bowman (!strength 4, !twilight !cost [2]) was released in the Mines of Moria expansion, alongside other Moria archers (Archer Commander, Moria Archery Troop).

Comparing Goblin Marksman to post-Shadows cards like Archer of Harad or Southron Murderer is a good example of the "power creep" in later sets.

Strong Versus...

 * Small Fellowships
 * Weak-to-average strength companions

Weak Versus...

 * Mithril-Coat, Shield !possessions, and other archery-reducing !Free Peoples cards
 * Directed pre-skirmish wounding