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Some Shadowy Set Statistics
by Kathy McCracken
Web Writer
One thing everyone always wants to know about a new expansion is the numbers:
how many cards of this culture or that card type, how many minions or companions,
what's the highest strength Orc... and lots more. The speculative list-makers
jump on each clue, like the collector's number of a revealed card relative
to its place in the alphabet, and tweak their lists accordingly. So, I thought
I'd toss out a few numbers for you to chew on.
First thing you'll want to know, I suppose, would be the card breakdown
by cultures. What do you say I give you the Free Peoples numbers now, and
the Shadow next week?
- Dwarven: 12
- Elven: 13
- Gandalf: 13
- Gollum: 4 (Note: that's just the Free Peoples part of the culture; there
are Shadow cards as well)
- Gondor: 14
- Rohan: 17
- Shire: 16
Also, there are two The One Rings (now doesn't that sound odd?), and 40
sites. I haven't done a full breakdown by card type yet, but I can
tell you there are 25 possessions and one artifact. Each of the nine original
companions have at least one incarnation in Shadows, and some have two.
There are more minions than you can shake a stick at (not that that would
be a particularly safe thing to do), including Barbarous, Frenzied, and
Watchful Orcs and Bloodthirsty, Furious, and Ruthless Uruks – not to
mention a Ferocious Haradrim, a Rampaging Easterling, and Strange-looking
Men.
Shadows From 1 to 10
 Or
more accurately, from 10 to 1. Here's a countdown of things that there are
10 of, 9 of, and so on, in Shadows.
10 Lurkers lurking (see Úlairë Nertëa, one of
the 8 creepy Nazgûl, below)
9 cards with Muster (Théoden,
King of the Eorlingas)
8 creepy Nazgûl (Úlairë
Nertëa, Ninth of the Nine Riders)
7 Rohan companions (see Théoden, one of the 9 cards with
Muster, above)
6 sites "down under" (Underground) (Chamber
of Mazarbul)
5 little Hobbits (Farmer
Maggot, Hobbit of the Marish)
4 squishy marshes (Dammed
Gate-stream)
3 orkish Denizens (Denizen
of Khazad-Dûm)
2 ugly Trolls (Porter
Troll)
and 1... Box? (yep, it's a Possession – Salt
from the Shire, seen at right)
Well, there you are. It's not everything – where's the fun
in that? – but enough, I hope, to whet your appetite for the cards
you'll start seeing... tomorrow. In fact, tomorrow I'll add links to the
10 to 1 list showing you an example of each one.
List-makers, have at it!
September 30, 2004
Links added October 1, 2004
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