Middle Earth: The Balrog, Minion Resource cards
Ancient Secrets
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Short-event
Tap your Ringwraith to discard one hazard permanent-event.
Alternatively, during your organization phase, tap your Ringwraith to take
up to two resources from your sideboard to your play deck and reshuffle.
Cave Troll
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Ally
MP: 1
MIND: 2
INFLUENCE: 0
PROWESS: 4
BODY: 8
CORRUPT: 0
Playable at a tapped or untapped Under-deeps site with a Troll
automatic-attack. +1 to rolls required for its controller's company to move
to adjacent Under-deeps sites.
Going Ever Under Dark
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Permanent-event
Playable on a company during the organization phase. The company cannot use
starter movement. In addition, if they move with region movement, they are
limited in all cases to 3 regions maximum and their hazard limit is reduced
by one (to a minimum of two). Discard this card from play and make a roll
to attempt to cancel an attack against them by an opponent's company. If
the roll plus the number of scouts in the company is greater than 7, the
attack is canceled. Discard during your organization phase if you choose.
Cannot be duplicated on a given company.
Great Army of the North
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Permanent-event or Short-event
MP: (2) faction
As a permanent-event, +1 to your influence attempts against Orc and Troll
factions. If you have at least 4 unique Orc and/or Troll factions none
playable at a Darkhold you receive this card's marshalling points. Cannot be
duplicated as a permanent-event.
Alternatively, as a short-event, you may choose any Orc and Troll factions
from your discard pile and shuffle them into your play deck.
Grond
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Permanent-event
Playable on a unique Orc or Troll Faction. -3 prowess to automatic-attacks
at Free-holds and Border-holds in the region containing the site where
the faction is playable, and in all adjacent regions. Only one Grond can so
affect a given site.
Long, Grievious Siege
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Permanent-event
MP: 1 misc
Playable on a unique non-Dragon faction. Place a Border-hold from your
location deck "off to the side" with this card. The Border-hold must be in
the same region or adjacent thereto as a site where the target faction is
playable. Return any faction playable at the Border-hold to its owner's
hand. -5 to any attempt to play a faction at any version of the
Border-hold. All versions of the Border-hold gain an additional
automatic-attack: same type as your target faction 5 strikes with 9 prowess
(detainment against your companies). Cannot be duplicated on your faction.
No Better Use
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Permanent-event
Playable on a character during your organization phase. One time you may
tap your character to place an opponent's character "off to the side" with
this card. Do this in lieu of making opponent's character's body check in
company vs. company combat with your character's company. Discard all cards
on opponent's character. If your character becomes wounded or leaves active
play, discard this card. Opponent's character then forms a company at your
character's current or new site. During the site phase at Shelob's Lair,
your target character may tap and discard this card to eliminate opponent's
character whom you then receive as kill marshalling points.
Prone to Violence
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Permanent-event
Any minion company without a Ringwraith may attack another minion company
without a Ringwraith. The attacking company may contain The Balrog. Discard
when any play deck is exhausted. Cannot be duplicated.
Sauron
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Permanent-event
Manifestation of The Lidless Eye. Playable if your opponent is a Wizard and
you have not revealed a Ringwraith. You are Sauron, not a Ringwraith. You
may not reveal a Ringwraith or play Ringwraith followers. +10 to your
general influence. Discards and prevents the subsequent play of Bade to
Rule. During your organization phase, you may bring a resource or character
from your sideboard into your play deck and shuffle and there is no limit
to the number of characters you may bring into play. Cannot be duplicated.
Whispers of Rings
TYPE: Resource
CLASS: Permanent-event
During your organization phase, you may take one ring special item (except
for The One Ring) from your sideboard or discard pile and place it "off to
the side" with this card. This item gives no marshalling points. A maximum
of two items may be with this card at one time. You may play a ring special
item placed with this card as though it were in your hand. You may start
the game with this card in lieu of playing a minor item.