Action: Discard 1 card from your hand to give Éowyn +1 until the end of the phase. This effect may be triggered by each player once each round.
Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.
–The Two Towers
Attach to a hero.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to give attached hero +1 or +1 until the end of the phase. Limit 3 times per phase.
'Speak no evil of the lady Galadriel!' said Aragorn sternly. 'There is in her and in this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware.'
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: Draw 2 cards. Then, discard 1 card from your hand.
"These are Daeron's Runes, such as were used of old in Moria..."
-Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: Discard a card from your hand to add 1 resource to a Noldor's resource pool, or to Aragorn's resource pool. (Limit once per round.)
...the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night; yet queenly she looked, and thought and knowledge were in her glance, as of one who has known many things that the years bring.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Draw 3 additional cards at the beginning of the resource phase.
At the end of the round, discard all cards in your hand.
"That is the path of despair. Of folly, I would say, if the long wisdom of Elrond did not forbid me."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a Noldor or Silvan hero. Restricted.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to give attached hero +1 until the end of the phase. Limit 3 times per phase.
Their spears and swords shone in the gloom with a gleam of chill flame, so deadly was the wrath of the hands that held them.
–The Hobbit
Discard 2 cards from your hand to put Elven Jeweler into play from your hand, under your control.
"...to the Elven–smiths they were but trifles..." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Response: After a card is discarded from your hand, exhaust Silver Harp to return that card to your hand.
Elrond wore a mantle of grey and had a star upon his forehead, and a silver harp was in his hand... –The Return of the King
Attach to a or Noldor hero. Restricted.
Response: After attached hero commits to a quest, discard a card from your hand to place 2 progress on the active location.
In the dusk its headstall flickered and flashed, as if it were studded with gems like living stars.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Response: After 1 or more cards are discarded from your hand, draw 1 card. Limit once per round.
"But have they the strength, have we here the strength to withstand the Enemy, the coming of Sauron at the last, when all else is overthrown?"
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Draw 1 additional card at the beginning of the resource phase.
Forced: After drawing cards at the beginning of the resource phase, choose and discard 1 of those cards.
Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars...
–The Return of the King
Response: After drawing your setup hand, instead of taking a mulligan, you may discard any number of cards from your hand. Then, draw that many cards.
Action: If you have no cards in your hand, draw 6 cards. (Limit once per game.)
"What power still remains lies with us..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Glorfindel can be played from your discard pile.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to ready Glorfindel. (Limit once per phase.)
"He is an Elf-lord of a house of princes."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a Noldor character.
Action: Exhaust To the Sea, to the Sea! and discard X cards from your hand to reduce the cost of the next Noldor ally played this phase by X (to a minimum of 1).
To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
–The Return of the King
Action: Discard a card from your hand to heal 1 damage on any character. (Limit twice per round).
"You are in Rivendell, and you need not worry about anything for the present."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
As an additional cost to play Guardian of Rivendell from your hand, you must discard 2 cards from your hand.
"Indeed there is a power in Rivendell to withstand the might of Mordor, for a while."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 .
Action: Discard a card from your hand to heal 1 damage from attached hero. This ability may be triggered by each player once each round.
Action: Discard 1 card from your hand to give Éowyn +1 until the end of the phase. This effect may be triggered by each player once each round.
Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.
–The Two Towers
Attach to a hero.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to give attached hero +1 or +1 until the end of the phase. Limit 3 times per phase.
'Speak no evil of the lady Galadriel!' said Aragorn sternly. 'There is in her and in this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware.'
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Watcher of the Bruinen does not exhaust to defend.
Forced: After Watcher of the Bruinen defends, either discard it from play or discard 1 card from your hand.
Response: After Háma is declared as an attacker, return a event from your discard pile to your hand. Then, choose and discard 1 card from your hand. (Limit 3 times per game for the group.)
"Yet in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom." –The Two Towers
Action: Choose and discard 1 card from your hand to draw 1 card. (Limit once per round.)
Beside Glorfindel there were several other counsellors of Elrond's household, of whom Erestor was the chief...
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Trollshaw Scout does not exhaust to attack.
Forced: After Trollshaw Scout attacks, either discard it from play or discard 1 card from your hand.
Action: Draw 2 cards. Then, discard 1 card from your hand.
"These are Daeron's Runes, such as were used of old in Moria..."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Discard 2 cards from your hand to put Elven Jeweler into play from your hand, under your control.
"...to the Elven–smiths they were but trifles..." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a or Noldor hero. Restricted.
Response: After attached hero commits to a quest, discard a card from your hand to place 2 progress on the active location.
In the dusk its headstall flickered and flashed, as if it were studded with gems like living stars.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Draw 3 additional cards at the beginning of the resource phase.
At the end of the round, discard all cards in your hand.
"That is the path of despair. Of folly, I would say, if the long wisdom of Elrond did not forbid me."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a Noldor or Silvan hero. Restricted.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to give attached hero +1 until the end of the phase. Limit 3 times per phase.
Their spears and swords shone in the gloom with a gleam of chill flame, so deadly was the wrath of the hands that held them.
–The Hobbit
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Response: After a card is discarded from your hand, exhaust Silver Harp to return that card to your hand.
Elrond wore a mantle of grey and had a star upon his forehead, and a silver harp was in his hand... –The Return of the King
Response: After 1 or more cards are discarded from your hand, draw 1 card. Limit once per round.
"But have they the strength, have we here the strength to withstand the Enemy, the coming of Sauron at the last, when all else is overthrown?"
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: Discard a card from your hand to add 1 resource to a Noldor's resource pool, or to Aragorn's resource pool. (Limit once per round.)
...the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night; yet queenly she looked, and thought and knowledge were in her glance, as of one who has known many things that the years bring.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Draw 1 additional card at the beginning of the resource phase.
Forced: After drawing cards at the beginning of the resource phase, choose and discard 1 of those cards.
Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars...
–The Return of the King
Response: After drawing your setup hand, instead of taking a mulligan, you may discard any number of cards from your hand. Then, draw that many cards.
Action: If you have no cards in your hand, draw 6 cards. (Limit once per game.)
"What power still remains lies with us..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a Noldor character.
Action: Exhaust To the Sea, to the Sea! and discard X cards from your hand to reduce the cost of the next Noldor ally played this phase by X (to a minimum of 1).
To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
–The Return of the King
Glorfindel can be played from your discard pile.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to ready Glorfindel. (Limit once per phase.)
"He is an Elf-lord of a house of princes."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: Discard a card from your hand to heal 1 damage on any character. (Limit twice per round).
"You are in Rivendell, and you need not worry about anything for the present."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
As an additional cost to play Guardian of Rivendell from your hand, you must discard 2 cards from your hand.
"Indeed there is a power in Rivendell to withstand the might of Mordor, for a while."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Response: After Wandering Exile commits to a quest, discard a card from your hand to ready Wandering Exile.
"The Elves have their own labours and their own sorrows...
–Gildor, The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.
Action: Discard 1 card from your hand to heal 1 damage from attached hero. Any player may trigger this effect.
...behind him stood Galadriel, tall and white: a circlet of golden flowers was in her hair, and in her hand she held a hard, and she sang.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Response: After Wandering Exile commits to a quest, discard a card from your hand to ready Wandering Exile.
"The Elves have their own labours and their own sorrows...
–Gildor, The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.
Action: Discard 1 card from your hand to heal 1 damage from attached hero. Any player may trigger this effect.
...behind him stood Galadriel, tall and white: a circlet of golden flowers was in her hair, and in her hand she held a hard, and she sang.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: Discard 1 card from your hand to give Éowyn +1 until the end of the phase. This effect may be triggered by each player once each round.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to add 1 resource to a Noldor hero's resource pool, or to Aragorn's resource pool. (Limit once per round.)