First strike

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if another Human entered the battlefield under your control this turn, create two 2/2 red Human Knight creature tokens with trample and haste. Then if you control six or more Humans, draw a card.

Partner with Sam, Loyal Attendant

Vigilance

Whenever Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit attacks, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, the Ring tempts you. Then if Frodo is your Ring-bearer and the Ring has tempted you two or more times this game, draw a card.

Will of the council — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if another Elf entered the battlefield under your control this turn, starting with you, each player votes for dominion or guidance. If dominion gets more votes, the Ring tempts you, then you put a +1/+1 counter on your Ring-bearer. If guidance gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.

When you cast this spell, amass Orcs 5, mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Trample

Whenever a commander an opponent controls dies, the Ring tempts you.

Vigilance, lifelink

When Aragorn, King of Gondor enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

Whenever Aragorn attacks, up to one target creature can't block this turn. If you're the monarch, creatures can't block this turn.

Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, each opponent reveals the top card of their library. If any of those cards shares a card type with that spell, copy that spell, you may choose new targets for the copy, and each opponent draws a card. Otherwise, you draw a card. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Partner with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit (When this creature enters the battlefield, target player may put Frodo into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Activated abilities of Foods you control cost {1} less to activate.

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, amass Orcs X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

Goblins and Orcs you control have ward {2}.

Whenever Beregond of the Guard or another Human enters the battlefield under your control, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain vigilance until end of turn.

When Champions of Minas Tirith enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, if you're the monarch, that opponent may pay {X}, where X is the number of cards in their hand. If they don't, they can't attack you this combat.

When Field-Tested Frying Pan enters the battlefield, create a Food token, then create a 1/1 white Halfling creature token and attach Field-Tested Frying Pan to it.

Equipped creature has "Whenever you gain life, this creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained."

Equip {2}

At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.

{2}, {T}: Exile another target creature you control. You may return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you don't, at the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a vigilance counter and a lifelink counter on it.

Flying, ward {3}

When Grey Host Reinforcements enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on Grey Host Reinforcements equal to the number of creature cards exiled this way.

Flying

Whenever Gwaihir attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.

At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Bird creature token with flying and "Whenever this creature attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn."

First strike

Whenever Lossarnach Captain or another Human enters the battlefield under your control, tap target creature an opponent controls.

At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)

I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. Create a Food token.

II — Draw a card. Create a Food token.

III — Create a 1/1 white Halfling creature token for each Food you control.

When your commander deals combat damage to a player, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card.

{2}{U}: Target Goblin, Orc, or Pirate can't be blocked this turn.

Whenever Corsairs of Umbar deals combat damage to a player, amass Orcs 3. (Put three +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

When Denethor, Stone Seer enters the battlefield, scry 2.

{3}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Denethor: Target player becomes the monarch. Denethor deals 3 damage to any target.

Enchant creature

When Fealty to the Realm enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

The monarch controls enchanted creature.

Enchanted creature attacks each combat if able and can't attack you.

When Monstrosity of the Lake enters the battlefield, you may pay {5}. If you do, tap all creatures your opponents control, then put a stun counter on each of those creatures. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Choose a creature type. Return all creatures that aren't of the chosen type to their owners' hands.

Gain control of each noncommander creature with mana value 3 or less.

Secret council — Each player secretly votes for a creature you don't control, then those votes are revealed. For each creature with one or more votes, put that many stun counters on it, then tap it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

When Lobelia enters the battlefield, look at the top card of each opponent's library and exile those cards face down.

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one —

• Until end of turn, you may play a card exiled with Lobelia without paying its mana cost.

• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Menace

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Food token.

Whenever you sacrifice a Food, put a +1/+1 counter on Rapacious Guest.

When Rapacious Guest leaves the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to its power.

Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, exile it.

{2}{B}, Put a creature card exiled with Shelob, Dread Weaver into its owner's graveyard: Put two +1/+1 counters on Shelob. Draw a card.

{X}{1}{B}: Put target creature card with mana value X exiled with Shelob onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

Gain control of all creatures target opponent controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. You can't attack that player this turn. You can't sacrifice those creatures this turn.

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest number of artifacts an opponent controls.

Flying, trample, haste

Whenever Cavern-Hoard Dragon deals combat damage to a player, you create a Treasure token for each artifact that player controls.

Double strike

Whenever another legendary creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Gimli of the Glittering Caves.

Whenever Gimli deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.

Trample

Other Orcs and Goblins you control have trample.

Whenever Orcish Siegemaster attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Trample

Cycling {X}{2}{R} ({X}{2}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Rampaging War Mammoth, destroy up to X target artifacts.

Each other creature you control enters the battlefield with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to Arwen, Weaver of Hope's toughness.

Creatures you control have reach.

Sacrifice Assemble the Entmoot: Create three tapped X/X green Treefolk creature tokens, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. Put a reach counter on each of them.

Devour Food 3 (As this enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice any number of Foods. This creature enters the battlefield with three times that many +1/+1 counters on it.)

Creatures with power less than Feasting Hobbit's power can't block it.

Create X 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens, where X is the number of attacking creatures.

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Elf creatures.

Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Vigilance

{5}{G}: Until end of turn, other Elves you control gain vigilance and get +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on Haldir.

Reach

Legolas Greenleaf can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.

Whenever another legendary creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Legolas Greenleaf.

Whenever Legolas Greenleaf deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Trample

Whenever Mirkwood Elk enters the battlefield or attacks, return target Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's power.

Trample, haste

Whenever Motivated Pony attacks, attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn. If a Food entered the battlefield under your control this turn, untap those creatures and they get an additional +2/+2 until end of turn.

Whenever you gain life, put that many ribbon counters on Prize Pig. Then if there are three or more ribbon counters on Prize Pig, remove those counters and untap it.

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for Redhorn Pass or Mines of Moria. For each Redhorn Pass vote, search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. If you search your library this way, shuffle. For each Mines of Moria vote, return a card from your graveyard to your hand.

Exile Travel Through Caradhras.

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Create a number of 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt this way.

Trample, haste

When The Balrog of Moria dies, you may exile it. When you do, for each opponent, exile up to one target creature that player controls.

Cycling {3}{R} ({3}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle The Balrog of Moria, create two Treasure tokens.

Affinity for Food (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Food you control.)

Trample

Banquet Guests enters the battlefield with twice X +1/+1 counters on it.

{2}, Sacrifice a Food: Banquet Guests gains indestructible until end of turn.

If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.

{2}{W}{B}{G}, {T}, Exile Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant: Search your library for any number of creature cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only if you have 111 or more life.