Roaming Rangers (IB) - Ninja Gollum

[Bartol91]

Ring-bearer 17R28 • Faramir, Bearer of Quality

The One Ring 11R1 • The One Ring, The Ring of Rings

Adventure Deck
1 11U227 Anduin Banks
2 11S234 Crags of Emyn Muil
3 18U139 Steward's Tomb
4 11S249 Neekerbreekers' Bog
5 18U134 Doorway to Doom
6 11U246 Mere of Dead Faces
7 11S256 The Prancing Pony
8 17U147 Imladris
9 18U138 Sirannon Ruins

Free Peoples Draw Deck

1x 7R324 • Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver
1x 7P364 • Aragorn, Driven by Need
3x 15U61 Gondorian Prowler
4x 15C62 Ithilien Blade
2x 15R56 • Aragorn's Bow, Ranger's Longbow
2x 17R29 • Faramir's Bow, Ithilien Longbow
4x 11U61 • Houses of Healing
4x 12U51 Invigorated
4x 7C118 Second Level
3x 8U44 Sixth Level
4x 18U58 Soldier's Cache
4x 18R50 The Faithful Stone

Free Peoples Total 36

Shadow Draw Deck

4x 9R+48 • Sauron, The Lord of the Rings
3x 15R86 • Mûmak Commander, Giant Among the Swertings
3x 15U98 • Black Gate Sentry
2x 9R+28 • Gollum, Dark as Darkness
1x 15R43 • Gollum, Hopeless
1x 19P10 • Gollum, Threatening Guide
3x 10R23 • Shelob, Her Ladyship
1x 8R25 • Shelob, Eater of Light
4x 7C53 Captured by the Ring
2x 18R29 Deceit
2x 7R57 • Fat One Wants It
3x 8C30 Web
3x 8R24 • Promise Keeping
3x 15R47 Not This Time!
1x 11R44 • Incited

Shadow Total 36

Any good? Anyone find this one as competitive? Any pros or cons?

[TheJord]

Use Thorongil, he's a ranger and can be pulled with the Prancing Pony. Faramir's Bow won't work with RB Faramir unfortunately so its a bit of a waste in here. I fear you wont have enough discarding to cope as you will be putting out a lot of twilight each turn with The Faithful Stone, Houses of Healing and the fortifications.

Take out 1 Her Ladyship and put in Eater of Light to pull a Web. I have never been convinced by Hopeless, but if you can make him work go for it!

[Bartol91]

Actually Faramir's Bow, Ithilien Longbow is in there mostly to make him an archer.
About Thorongil, he was in the original blueprints of the deck, but I removed him when Aragorn's Bow, Ranger's Longbow came into the picture. That was supposed to be one of my solutions to not being able to discard all the minions in maneuver. And that would probably be a lot of threats plus God forbid Faramir had to fight. :S

Thus the idea with Aragorn, Driven by Need.

But your comments are noted. ^^ And I thank you for them.

And I agree with swapping one Shelob.

[TheJord]

RB Faramir is not a ranger so he cannot bear that bow.

[Bartol91]

RB Faramir is not a ranger so he cannot bear that bow.

Omg, I might as well be blind. :S
Didn't notice it until now.

Any idea what to pop in the bows place?

[ket_the_jet]

I would have definitely called you out for that on GCCG.
-wtk

[Bartol91]

I would have definitely called you out for that on GCCG.
-wtk

The Faramir not being a ranger thing? And I would have appreciated you for doing  so. You would point out a massive flaw in my deck. But it is still not like missing the WHOLE text of a card.  

That is why I post decks here first, people might find my mistake. It is in human nature to make mistakes, we are not godlike. But lets not bring the discussion from another topic here. 

[TheJord]

I think you have a good balance of wounding and discarding to be honest. But use Thorongil honestly. You have the fortifications so you can ditch RB Faramir and use Frodo with Sting, Elven Long Knife to remove threats. Now you can start

Faramir, Captain of Ithilien
Gondorian Prowler
Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver

[legolas3333]

i would take out at least 2, possibly 3 copies of sauron and add hidden even from her and deceit x1-2

EVERY ninja gollum deck needs at least 3 maybe 4 copies of deceit because namarie and other nasty cards can destroy your shadow without them.

[Braindamagedcarebearsrock]

Final strike is good option vs. namarie and ithil stone, so i would add couple of those.
-4 sauron
+2 final strike
+2 deceit

also couple Ulaire Enquea, Duplicitous Lieutenant would be good for critical condition discard.