| Collectible card game expansion | |
| Middle-earth: The Balrog | |
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| Information | |
| Release date | 1998 |
| Cards | 104 |
| Abbreviation | MEBA |
| Preceded by | Middle-earth: The White Hand |
| Set symbol | |
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Middle-earth: The Balrog, released in 1998, was the last expansion set for Middle-earth Collectible Card Game.
The Balrog adds a new sub-faction to the minions, Balrog, who mainly depends on the brute strength of his Orcs and Trolls. It is argued by the player base that since the production of the game ended after The Balrog, the set remains a bit overpowered because it didn't get a "balancing set" published afterwards.
The Balrog was sold as two boxes, each containing one deck. Buying both of them would yield a complete set, a format different from all other expansions. Deck 1 (red box) was called The Shadow-deeps; deck 2 (green box) was called Balrog's Host. Each box contained over half the expansion's cards. Grey bordered reprints of cards from earlier expansions were included to allow playing the decks right out of the box.
Gallery
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MEBA: The Shadow-deeps
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MEBA: Balrog's Host
