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Shadows X-list Update

As previously announced, when the Shadows expansion becomes tournament legal on November 10th, there will be some changes to the Standard Format Exclusion List (X-list). Click here for a description and explanation of these changes.

Since this announcement, there has been additional playtesting with Shadows and it has been determined that The Shire Countryside (3 R 113) will need to be added to the X-list as well. It was the key card in a deck using Erland, Dale Counselor (11 R 30) which allowed the Free Peoples player to overwhelm every minion and heal all companions in play every move.

The Shire Countryside has been on the Rules Committee's radar for a long time. Healing non-Shire companions is not 'in culture' for the Shire culture. When we originally decided on the changes to the X-list for Shadows, The Shire Countryside was on the borderline of being too strong, but we had hoped to keep it in the environment. Additional playtesting proved otherwise.

This change will be reflected in the upcoming CRD on November 2nd.

Dan Bojanowski
Brand Manager, Lord of the Rings
Decipher, Inc.

October 28, 2004