Porter Troll - That all depends on which deck you are referring to. The first deck would be able to cause some damage to Gimli or Boromir beacause it can keep playing Bill over and over again, keying off on the alternate ring-bearer’s downsides. Corruption is even a possibility against Gimli and Dwarves (low amount of companions, meaning low threat limit). If Bill keeps hitting the table every turn, pretty soon burdens are going to start stocking up.

As far Deck #2 goes, four copies of The Mouth of Sauron really lets you pull all the conditions you need, so there isn’t really a need to play more copies (except in the event that they get discarded). Pavise stacks after every turn, so running only three is fine. I could see running a fourth in deck number one though, but since the decklist is so thin, I personally don’t think it’s needed.

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