Gandalf, Bearer of Obligation

[Adrathan]

I'have a gandalf RB deck and it works

[rubbercarp]

I'have a gandalf RB deck and it works

Decklist? Are you doing anything that we haven't talked about here?

[itjunkie]

my friend has gandalf rb deck that works quite well... he starts brand and ghanburi ghan. he then has grimbeorn and radagast from his draw deck. he usually discards radagast though. his deck consists mainly of events, his only conditions are salve is im not mistaken.

he also uses barliman, and a couple of other gandalf allies, sleep caradhras and his FP chokes quite well until late game.

[TheJord]

Sleep Caradhras would mean Expanded, and certain death for BoO

[itjunkie]

oops, sorry... not familiar with the various formats. anyways, the only condition he uses is salve...he also has deep in thought in the deck. barely uses any conditions, basically just chokes with the 3 comps until he plays the others. also, tons of events to discard when gandalf moves

[itjunkie]

erm...why does it mean death of gandalf?

[Adrathan]

Gandalf, Bearer of Obligation
The One Ring, Ring of Rings
Huorn x2

Jarnsmid, Barding Emissary
Treebeard, Keeper of the Watchwood
Erland, Dale Counselor
Radagast, The Brown
Grimbeorn, Beorning Chieftan
Radagast's Herb Bag
Glamdring, Foe-Hammer x2
Radagast's Staff
Beorning Axe x2
Watch and Wait x3
Servant of the secret fire x4
Saved from the Fire x4
Traveler's Homestead x2
Stern Words x2
A Wizard Is Never Late x2

This is the deck. It's paired up with goblin hordes to reuse trolls with grimbeorn (i don't play followers with my friends for balancing reasons).

[legolas3333]

Well if you're going the huorn route then you need to add more ents

[Adrathan]

Huorn -> Saved from the fire = bb

Read carefully the deck before posting please. I'm not saying that it might work: i have it and it works.

[Adrathan]

Servant of the secret fire x4
A Wizard Is Never Late x2

Adrathan: Your deck list is expanded. That makes it irrelevant to this topic as Gandalf, Bearer of Obligation is still a very risky card in Standard, and a very-near-hopeless card in expanded.
-wtk

Replace servant of the secret fire with the flame of anor and add pallando and stern words and here it is your standard format.
(without pallando i discard 8-9 conditions during a game)

oh yes it's hopeless..so hopeless that it resists against turbo corruption.  

[uncle_elrond]

After I started this topic I've realized something:  Bearer of Obligation looks good on paper, but you'll only win if you're lucky.  I won with this deck once when I discarded my opponent's draw deck the Cave Troll, Savage Menace.  Other than that, it's difficult for this deck to run because most of the companions can't kill minions.  They can win, but not kill.  Overwhelming them takes too many events and damage bonuses are hard to come by without putting a strain on the fellowship.  You'd need a fast shadow to kill your opponent before your fellowship gets to about site 5. 

[Shelobplayer]

I haven't built BoO deck yet, but I always played with the thought. In theory, I wanted to play Radagast, so I could play both GOTM, and Foe Hammer, and also I think that Radagast's Staff can work pretty well here.

[Haszor]

Honestly I don't know what you could change to make it work better, but one thing you might want to consider is if you get hit hard early on, you lose one companion, you can't prevent burdens.  So if you can come up with something that works as a counter to fast play then it'll be good.

[itjunkie]

bid to go second then put cheap sites. choking early will help keep you alive. foe hammer will help remove the burdens. i remember there is a gandalf event that discards all minions or wounds minions if you double move? can't remember the name..

[TheJord]

You are thinking of Out of the High Airs. That card makes me think of clog, unless you got a system to work with it.