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The Hobbit: On the Doorstep
#2 (x1)
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Hero
(9)
2
1
2
4
![Willpower](/Images/willpower-med.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-med.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-med.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-med.png)
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Response: Pay 1 resource from Balin's resource pool to cancel a shadow effect just triggered during an attack. Then, deal the attacking enemy another shadow card. (Limit once per attack.)
"Well, it is the first time that even a mouse has crept along carefully and quietly under my very nose and not been spotted." –The Hobbit
Illus.
Winona Nelson
Community Alternate Art
![RiddermarkLord: Balin 1](https://hallofbeorn-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/Images/LotR/Community/RiddermarkLord/Balin-1.jpg)
![RiddermarkLord: Balin 2](https://hallofbeorn-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/Images/LotR/Community/RiddermarkLord/Balin-2.jpg)
![Hrodebert: Balin Full Bleed](https://hallofbeorn-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/Images/LotR/Community/Hrodebert/Balin-Full-Bleed.jpg)
![Hrodebert: Balin Standard Layout](https://hallofbeorn-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/Images/LotR/Community/Hrodebert/Balin-Standard-Layout.jpg)
![Hrodebert: Balin Zoom Bleed](https://hallofbeorn-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/Images/LotR/Community/Hrodebert/Balin-Zoom-Bleed.jpg)
Categories
Shadow Control
Regions
Erebor
Popularity: 3 ![Popularity 3/10 (Rank 9306)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
![Popularity 3/10 (Rank 9306)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Efficiency: 6 ★
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