Trust Me, the Pipeweed Can Grind

[Faelach]

I had an idea a while back that a Gandalf Signet deck with pipeweed mixed in might just be a very viable Freep option.  Turns out it works like a dream.  The deck is a tad larger than I usually play at 35 cards, but Gandalf and the weeds cycle pretty well.

The shadow is a Sauron tracker grind with some Moria archery thrown in.  I didn't include Hate simply because people expect it in a shadow side like this.  As a result, they usually pile the archery wounds on Frodo in the form of burdens.  This then enables you to use Enduring Evil to great effect.  I've won 7 out of 10 times with this shadow side at site nine.  You pull a swarm of trackers with Tol Brandir, get one assigned to Frodo, and use Enduring Evil.  I've also won a few times simply because of the grind aspects of the deck.

Ring-bearer: Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir
Ring: The One Ring, The Ruling Ring

Adventure deck:
The Prancing Pony
Midgewater Marshes
Rivendell Waterfall
Dwarrowdelf Chamber
The Bridge of Khazad-dum
Dimrill Dale
Silverlode Banks
Anduin Banks
Tol Brandir

Free Peoples Draw Deck:
1x Gimli, Son of Gloin
1x Legolas, Prince of Mirkwood
4x Gandalf, The Grey Pilgrim
1x Aragorn, Heir to the White City
1x Boromir, Defender of Minas Tirith
1x Gimli's Battle Axe
1x Gimli's Pipe
1x Bow of the Galadhrim
1x Long-knives of Legolas
1x Gandalf's Pipe
1x Glamdring
1x Aragorn's Bow
1x Aragorn's Pipe
1x Ranger's Sword
1x Frodo's Pipe
3x Longbottom Leaf
4x Old Toby
1x Sting
1x Gandalf's Staff
1x Narya
3x Servant of the Secret Fire
1x Sleep Caradhras
3x Trust Me as You Once Did

Shadow Draw Deck:
4x Goblin Bowman
4x Goblin Marksman
3x Goblin Runner
2x Moria Archer Troop
1x The Balrog, Durin's Bane
3x Orc Ambusher
2x Orc Assassin
3x Orc Scouting Band
3x Orc Soldier
2x Enduring Evil
4x Orc Bowmen
4x Under the Watching Eye

[Cw0rk]

With you archers, why not use Brown Lands as your site 8 and Great Chasm as your site 4?