Dáin Ironfoot

Hero. Threat:11. 1  2  3  5  

Dwarf. Noble.

This card was errata'd

While Dáin Ironfoot is ready, Dwarf characters get +1 and +1 .

"You have not heard of Dáin and the dwarves of the Iron Hills?" Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit
Tiziano Baracchi

Printings:
  • ‣Return to Mirkwood #116
  • ‣Dwarves of Durin #1
Leadership.

Dáin Ironfoot
Reviews

The KING of the Dwarves. If you are making a powerhouse questing and attacking dwarf deck Dain is the way to go. His global presence not only helps YOUR dwarf characters but OTHER players dwarf characters as well. Also, don't forget that good ole Dain has to be ready ( Proudly standing with weird arms in artwork) so no questing for him, so his fellow shrimps can acquire his QUESTING buff of aaaahhhh thousand truths. To utilize his defense, Use Cram to ready him back up so your SWARM of dwarves can get the 1 attack buff to return the favor to the scum of Middle Earth.

HellboyHots 24
Or Unexpected Courage, too, since it's not a one-off. — delphinidae 214
I would like to see Dain receive an Errata to include the Noble trait. Why would the King Under the Mountain not have the Noble trait? If he did, you could use Heir of Mardil attachment to ready him after a timely use of the Steward of Gondor. — thaiboy79 1
Glad I'm not the only one who had to squint at his arms for a bit. — NoSoup4you 892
@thaiboy79 seems like youre getting your wish come true with the new precons! — Altaren 1
precons? — Mikeymajq 41
@Mikeymajq The reprinted version in the Dwarves of Durin Starter Deck — Bombadillo 7

Apart from maybe Celeborn, there is no hero in the game that comes even close to single-handedly providing as many stats as Dáin Ironfoot does. His ability is absolutely insane.

Furthermore, no hero is as synonymous with his archetype as Dáin is with Dwarves, with his ability being unbelievably easy to maintain and his table-wide boosting often leading to truly absurd willpower/attack values enabled by this single hero, especially in multiplayer (where he increases the stats of Dwarves table-wide).

Add to that his own decent stats (rendering him a very good defender), the release of Thorongil which gives you another pathway to utilize him and the sheer amount of playable Dwarf allies in the game and you have one of the very best heroes that shaped the whole idea of archetypes in the game ever since his release in "Return to Mirkwood". Dáin Ironfoot was always a shoe-in for receiving top marks.

Rating: 10/10

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