A while back I was playing a forest elves deck that utilized the City of Trees/Glimpse of Fate combo to create some frustrating situation for my opponent. So I asked myself, how can I abuse this further? This deck is the result.
34 cards
Starting:
Ringbearer:
Galadriel BoW with
The One Ring RoRArwen, Echo of LuthienGimli, Lively CombatantCompanions:
Shrouded Elf x2
Elrond, Witness to History x2
Possessions:
Banner of Elbereth x3
Ring of Retribution Dwarven AxeNenya, Ring of Adamant x2
Events:
Out of Darkness x2
Final Shot x3
Seclusion x2
Still Needed x3
Conditions:
Glimpse of Fate x4
Mallorn Trees x2
Memories of Darkness x2
Dwarven Skill x3
The point of this deck, obviously, is to lose initiative as many times as possible in one turn. This makes it very weak against any minion deck capable of capturing initiative, but that's why I'm posting it in the casual format.
The deck revolves around the
Glimpse of Fate/
Still needed combo.
This deck has gone through a number of revisions. I originally started a
Rohirrim Guard alongside Gimli, then switched to Smeagol, then
Forest Guardian before settling on Arwen.
As for mechanics, this deck revolves around
Glimpse of Fate and
Still Needed. Arwen or
Nenya gets the freeps hand down to 4, and then the
Still Needed/Banner of Elbereth combo allows initiative to be lost and gained multiple times.
Memories of Darkness and
Dwarven Skill allow Gimli to become a beast against large minions, and both Elrond and
Shrouded Elf allow elven pumps to be "fixed" on top of the draw deck.
Out of Darkness was meant to be a way to lose initiative twice in the same skirmish, but as I'm not really a believer in the "pay the cost for no effect" rule, I would like to find a card to replace it. I am also interested in Into a Dream as a way to both lose and gain initiative with a single card, although I realized it would require a different deck. Criticisms are welcome, although bear in mind that I play nothing past Bloodlines.
