Towers standard

Towers Standard

When LotR TCG began, there was only one format: the cards that existed. With the release of The Two Towers, Decipher split the game into three formats:

• Fellowship Block, allowing cards from Fellowship of the Ring, Mines of Moria, and Realms of the Elf-lords
• Towers Block, allowing cards from The Two Towers, Battle of Helm's Deep, and Ents of Fangorn
• Open, allowing cards from all sets, except for Fellowship Block sites

It quickly became apparent that the open format had problems in a competitive environment; in particular, there was a lack of deck diversity at the top level.((https://web.archive.org/web/20030402125243/http://www.dgma.com/content/default.asp?id=====361)) In order to solve this issue, Decipher introduced a new format, Standard, which had the same cardpool as the open format but with an X-list. Towers Standard refers to the Standard format as it existed immediately before the release of The Return of the King in November 2003.

Ring-bearer skirmishes can be cancelled in Towers Standard, as that rule had not yet been introduced. Decklists can be found at [subforum] of the Last Homely House.

X-list

The following cards cannot be included in Towers Standard decks. For more details, see X-list.

• Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
• Galadriel, Lady of Light
• Ottar, Man of Laketown
• No Stranger to the Shadows
• Savagery to Match Their Numbers
• Ulaire Nertea, Messenger of Dol Guldur
• Forces of Mordor
• Sting
• Flaming Brand
• Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal
• O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!
• Aragorn, Heir to the White City
• Horn of Boromir
• Saruman, Keeper of Isengard
• Uruk Regular

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Sets
Official Sets	Movie Block	Fellowship Block			Towers Block			King Block
		Fellowship of the Ring	Mines of Moria	Realms of the Elf-Lords	The Two Towers	Battle of Helm's Deep	Ents of Fangorn	Return of the King	Siege of Gondor	Mount Doom	Reflections
	War of the Ring Block	Shadows			Black Rider		Bloodlines		Expanded Middle-Earth
	Hunters Block	The Hunters		The Wraith Collection		Rise of Saruman		Treachery & Deceit		Age's End
Unofficial Sets	The Hobbit Draft Game Packs	Hobbit Draft Game Main Deck			Hobbit Draft Game Shadow Packs			Hobbit Draft Game Supplementary Packs

Formats

Block Formats
Official Formats	Fellowship Block	Towers Block	King Block	War of the Ring Block	Hunters Block
	Towers Standard
	King Standard
	Movie Block
		War of the Ring Standard
			Standard
	Expanded
	Open
Unofficial Formats

Non-Block Formats
Official Formats
Unofficial Formats	Austrian	Culture Shock	Poor Man's