![](/Images/Encounters/The-Treason-of-Saruman/The-Road-to-Isengard.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Treason-of-Saruman/Isengard-Orc.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Either discard 1 random card from your hand, or reveal an encounter card.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Until the end of the round, attacking enemy gets +2
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Treason-of-Saruman/Orcs-of-the-White-Hand.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Treason-of-Saruman/Isengard-Uruk.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Peril. Toughness 1. Archery 2.
When Revealed: Either assign 3 damage among characters you control, or reveal an additional encounter card.
"Seldom will Orcs journey in the open under the sun, yet these have done so." –Legolas, The Two Towers
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Treason-of-Saruman/Orcs-of-the-White-Hand.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Treason-of-Saruman/Fighting-Uruk-hai.jpg)
When Revealed: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Uruk-hai enemy, reveal it, and put it into play engaged with you. Shuffle the encounter deck. Until the end of the round, each enemy engaged with you adds its to the total
in the staging area.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Treason-of-Saruman/Snaga-Orcs.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Treason-of-Saruman/Snaga.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Discard 1 random card from your hand. Snaga gets +X until the end of the round, where X is the discarded card's printed cost.
Round them were many smaller goblins. –The Two Towers
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Treason-of-Saruman/The-Road-to-Isengard.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Treason-of-Saruman/Saruman's-Voice.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 1480)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
When Revealed: Remove a hero from the quest and attach Saruman’s Voice to that hero. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text:"Forced: When attached hero commits to a quest, is declared and attacker or defender, or triggers its ability, its controller must discard 1 card from his hand.")
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Land-of-Shadow/The-Passage-of-the-Marshes.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Land-of-Shadow/Bitter-Reek.jpg)
When Revealed: Either raise your threat by 1 for each character you control that is committed to the quest, or deal 1 damage to each character committed to the quest.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Raise your threat by the attacking enemy's
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Land-of-Shadow/The-Passage-of-the-Marshes.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Land-of-Shadow/A-Fell-Light.jpg)
When Revealed: Put the topmost Undead enemy in the discard pile into play engaged with you. Each Undead enemy engaged with you makes an immediate attack.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Put the topmost Undead enemy in the discard pile into play engaged with you.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Land-of-Shadow/Journey-to-the-Cross-roads.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Land-of-Shadow/The-Dark-Lord's-Summons.jpg)
When Revealed: Either place the lowest Harad enemy engaged with you facedown under The Black Gate or reveal the top card from under The Cross-roads and put it into play engaged with you.
"Always more people coming to Mordor. One day all the peoples will be inside." -Gollum, The Two Towers
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Land-of-Shadow/Journey-to-the-Cross-roads.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Land-of-Shadow/Fierce-Southrons.jpg)
When Revealed: Either place the lowest Harad enemy in the staging area facedown under The Black Gate and reveal an additional encounter card, or each enemy in the staging area makes an immediate attack against you.
"Not nice; very cruel wicked Men they look. Almost as bad as Orcs..." -Gollum, The Two Towers
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Land-of-Shadow/Shelob's-Lair.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Land-of-Shadow/Morgul-Orc.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Either discard 1 random card from your hand, or reveal an additional encounter card.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard 1 random card from your hand.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Land-of-Shadow/Shelob's-Lair.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Land-of-Shadow/Orc-of-Cirith-Ungol.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Either discard 1 random card from each player's hand, or Orc of Cirith Ungol makes an immediate attack against you.
"I say, something has slipped. And we've got to look out. Always the poor Uruks to put slips right." -Gorbag, The Two Towers
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Land-of-Shadow/The-Great-Spider.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Land-of-Shadow/Lurking-Malice.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Passing-of-the-Grey-Company.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Faithless-Dead.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Passing-of-the-Grey-Company.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Ghosts-of-Men.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Passing-of-the-Grey-Company.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Way-is-Shut.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Passing-of-the-Grey-Company.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Whispers-in-the-Dark.jpg)
When Revealed: Either attach a set aside Overcome by Fear to your threat dial, or each character you control gets -1 -1
and -1
until the end of the round.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2
instead if undefended).
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Siege-of-Gondor.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Fell-Folk-of-Umbar.jpg)
When Revealed: Either return each Corsair enemy engaged with you to the staging area, or discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until a Corsair enemy is discarded and put that enemy into play engaged with you.
"...there men of Lamedon contested the fords with fell folk of Umbar and Harad who had sailed up the river."
–Legolas, The Return of the King
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Siege-of-Gondor.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Driven-to-the-Brink.jpg)
When Revealed: Either immediately end the quest phase (without resolving the quest), or assign X damage among questing characters you control. X is the number of resources on The Corsair Fleet.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Battle-of-the-Pelennor-Fields.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Morgul-Captain.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Put the topmost Orc enemy in the discard pile into play engaged with you.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Battle-of-the-Pelennor-Fields.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Orc-of-the-Eye.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Either deal 2 damage to a hero you control, or deal 2 damage to Minas Tirith.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2
instead if it has the Mordor trait).
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Flame-of-the-West/The-Battle-of-the-Pelennor-Fields.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Dread-and-Despair.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Mountain-of-Fire/The-Black-Gate-Opens.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Mountain-of-Fire/Easterling-Bowman.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to a questing character you control.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: After this attack, attacking enemy engages the next player then makes an attack.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Mountain-of-Fire/The-Black-Gate-Opens.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Mountain-of-Fire/Warrior-of-Rhûn.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Choose a questing character you control and remove it from the quest.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Mountain-of-Fire/The-Black-Gate-Opens.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Mountain-of-Fire/Hell-hawk.jpg)
When Revealed: Either search the encounter deck, discard pile, and victory display for a Nazgûl enemy and add it to the staging area, or attach Hell-hawk to a Nazgûl enemy in play. (Counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Limit 1 per enemy. Attached enemy gets +2 +2
+2
and is immune to play card effects.")
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Mountain-of-Fire/The-Black-Gate-Opens.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Mountain-of-Fire/Rage-Filled-Him.jpg)
When Revealed: The Mouth of Sauron makes an immediate attack against you. If this attack destroys a character, raise your threat by 4.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3
instead if it is The Mouth of Sauron).
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Mountain-of-Fire/Mount-Doom.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Mountain-of-Fire/Little-Snuffler.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Mountain-of-Fire/Mount-Doom.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Mountain-of-Fire/The-Lidless-Eye.jpg)
When Revealed: Make a Fortitude test. If The One Ring is exhausted, add (|) (|) to the test. If you fail this test, raise your threat by 10.
(|) (|)
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2
instead if you failed a Fortitude test this round).
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Old-Forest/The-Old-Forest.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Old-Forest/Swaying-Without-Wind.jpg)
When Revealed: Choose a location in the victory display and return it to the staging area. If no location was returned to the staging area this way, Swaying Without Wind gains surge.
"...the branches swayed and groped without any wind."
–Merry, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Old-Forest/The-Old-Forest.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Old-Forest/Song-of-Sleep.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs.png)
![](/Images/Cards/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs/Great-Barrow.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![](/Images/Encounters/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs.png)
![](/Images/Cards/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs/Long-Groping-Arm.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs.png)
![](/Images/Cards/Fog-on-the-Barrow-downs/Dreadful-Song.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/A-Shadow-of-the-Past-Nightmare/A-Shadow-of-the-Past-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/A-Shadow-of-the-Past-Nightmare/Dark-Horseman.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
![](/Images/Encounters/Flight-to-the-Ford-Nightmare/Flight-to-the-Ford-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/Flight-to-the-Ford-Nightmare/Come-Back.jpg)
When Revealed: Reduce the Ring-bearer's life by 1 and remove all progress from the current quest.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Either reduce the Ring-bearer's life by 1, or this attack is considered undefended.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Ring-Goes-South-Nightmare/The-Ring-Goes-South-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Ring-Goes-South-Nightmare/Hunted-in-Hollin.jpg)
When Revealed: Either raise your threat by 6, or engage the lowest engagement cost enemy in the staging area and reveal an encounter card.
![](/Images/Encounters/Journey-in-the-Dark-Nightmare/Journey-in-the-Dark-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/Journey-in-the-Dark-Nightmare/Zirakzigil-Archer.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Discard a randome card from your hand. Assign X damage among characters you control, where X is the cost of the discarded card.
![](/Images/Encounters/Breaking-of-the-Fellowship-Nightmare/Breaking-of-the-Fellowship-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/Breaking-of-the-Fellowship-Nightmare/Arrows-in-the-Night.jpg)
When Revealed: Until the end of the round, add 6 to the archery total at this stage. You may discard X cards from hand to reduce the archery total at this stage by X until the end of the round.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Discard 1 random card from your hand.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Uruk-hai-Nightmare/The-Uruk-hai-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Uruk-hai-Nightmare/Uglúk's-Command.jpg)
When Revealed: Either increase the pursuit value by 4, or Uglúk makes an immediate attack against you.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X where X is the tens digit of the pursuit value.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Uruk-hai-Nightmare/The-Uruk-hai-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Uruk-hai-Nightmare/Orc-draught.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Road-to-Isengard-Nightmare/The-Road-to-Isengard-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Road-to-Isengard-Nightmare/Orthanc-Archer.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Discard 1 random card from your hand and assign X damage among characters you control. X is the discarded card's printed cost.
"There was no answer, except arrows and stones from the walls." –Merry, The Two Towers
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Road-to-Isengard-Nightmare/The-Road-to-Isengard-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Road-to-Isengard-Nightmare/Traitor-of-Many-Colors.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Passage-of-the-Marshes-Nightmare/The-Passage-of-the-Marshes-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Passage-of-the-Marshes-Nightmare/Gollum's-Rage.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/Journey-to-the-Cross-roads-Nightmare/Journey-to-the-Cross-roads-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/Journey-to-the-Cross-roads-Nightmare/Ware-Ware.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/Shelob's-Lair-Nightmare/Shelob's-Lair-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/Shelob's-Lair-Nightmare/Orc-of-Minas-Morgul.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Either discard a random card from your hand, or engage Orc of Minas Morgul and reveal an additional encounter card.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2