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| NBarden |
![]() Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:41 am |
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A deck with three monstrous companions, Frodo, Sam and Gandalf
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Decklist: (33 cards)
Frodo, Weary From the Journey
The One Ring, The Ring of Doom
Sam, Steadfast Friend
Gandalf, Leader of Men
Salt From the Shire x 2
Sting, Weapon of Heritage
Shadowfax, Unequaled Steed
Glamdring, Foe-Hammer
Hobbit Sword
Mithril-Coat, Dwarf-Mail
G for Grand x 4
A Promise x 4
Not the First Halfling x 2
Sudden Fury x 4
Fates Entwined x 2
Moment of Respite x 2
Brooding On Tomorrow
Watch and Wait x 2
Alatar, Final Envoy
Pallando, Far-Travelling One x 2
Massive beatdown and complete anti-corrupt. Watch and Wait, Glamdring and Sting make the burdens roll off. High resistance with Salt from the Shire and Shadowfax means G for Grand is almost always triggering. Pallando gets rid of conditions, as does Brooding on tomorrow. And Moment of respite makes sure you lose initiative for Brooding on Tomorrow to kick in.
Now comes beatdown. G for grand = strength +4 for everyone, and A Promise means strength +4 for Frodo and Sam. So, with base strength 13 companions, you shouldn’t have a problem with winning. And Sudden Fury makes sure that if you win, it comes back at you later, with Alatar reinforcing Not the First Halfling for Gandalf. And then each time Sam or Gandalf wins a skirmish, two burdens come off. Sam and Frodo heal each other with Fates Entwined and Gandalf with Moment of respite.
A good idea for this is to include Gandalf, Returned and kill Gandalf, Leader of Men off, use Falls of Rauros and play Gandalf, Returned. That way, you can use Alatar to reinforce Not the First Halfling and Gandalf to reinforce Sudden Fury (or not the first halfling, if you want).
Also, Westfarthing Businessman would be pretty tough as well and would benefit from the use of Sudden Fury and not the first halfling. |
Last edited by NBarden on Wed May 02, 2007 7:29 pm; edited 7 times in total -Trade With Me
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| AgentDrake |
![]() Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:54 am |
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I’ve seen a similar deck before, and it was very effective.
One thing to consider is using the Sam RB to discard minions in the regroup phase, and Frodo, Frenzied Fighter to help keep swarm under better control. Don’t know if it would end up working better, but its something to consider. |
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| sickofpalantirs |
![]() Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:13 pm |
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| i really don’t see any glaring deficiencies, you have enough healing to combat archery, but your main problem is condition discard could be a MAJOR problem, if it was in expanded, it wouldn’t last long IMO but since this is standard nice! |
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| CarpeGuitarrem |
![]() Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:30 pm |
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Nice deck! There’s just one suggestion I’d make...and it’s a rather interesting one, but only use it if you think you can survive without Gandalf for a turn.
Kill off Gandalf, Leader of Men, then use Falls of Rauros or Sent Back to play Gandalf, Returned! He’s an excellent choice for this deck, since he keeps reinforcing tokens with each victory. |
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| NBarden |
![]() Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:55 pm |
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