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Anonymous Prodigy

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:44 am

Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 4197 Location: United States

CG is right; Unseen Foe is a great card to dish out some wounds.

I had to put something here.

CarpeGuitarrem

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:54 am

Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 3361 Location: Franciscan University of Steubenville

Another thing: you say not to play Gollum until he’s set up. I disagree. With Captured by the Ring, you can play him from your discard anyway. No biggie there. In fact, it’s preferable to get him discarded, since then you can add a threat with Captured by the Ring.

Also, keeping him in hand clogs up your hand.

"ok, change of plans. the Cobracards christmas party is coming to my house, and we’re gunna teach FM how to hunt." (mm)

Pipeweed

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:57 am

Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 1010 Location: Earth (I think)

I’m talking about not playing him too much until you have something like an Incited on the table to pull back your Captured by the ring. Otherwise, if your opponent double moves, you may run out of Captured by the ring. This has happened to me on quite a few occasions, so here’s what I usually do:

Play Gollum out, but be very aware of how many captured by the ring I have left. I’ll play my Shelob almost all the time, but am very careful with my Gollum until incited is on the table.

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CarpeGuitarrem

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:58 am

Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 3361 Location: Franciscan University of Steubenville

Ooh, Incited...I need to check and see if that’s in my deck.

"ok, change of plans. the Cobracards christmas party is coming to my house, and we’re gunna teach FM how to hunt." (mm)

Pipeweed

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:01 pm

Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 1010 Location: Earth (I think)

Great card. A lot of people in my area like to start with a big tank fellowship and then run, so without a proper set up, my Gollum will get killed every turn, and I’ll run out of Captured by the Ring to pull him back. My threats don’t do much good then Sad

I like to wait until I have an Incited to be safe and be able to pull back Captured by the ring every turn throughout the rest of the game. That means tons of threats, and then with more conditions on the table, it’s basically a game over.

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PorterTroll

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:20 am

Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 1193 Location: not sure yet

ninja gollum is dead now!

Pipeweed

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:24 am

Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 1010 Location: Earth (I think)

And why do you think that, PorterTroll?

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CarpeGuitarrem

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:06 pm

Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 3361 Location: Franciscan University of Steubenville

PorterTroll wrote:

ninja gollum is dead now!

I can prove otherwise. Twisted Evil

Expanded, he whips just about anyone. And in Standard, he’s still a beast. What Free Peoples do you play?

"ok, change of plans. the Cobracards christmas party is coming to my house, and we’re gunna teach FM how to hunt." (mm)

mhs777

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:54 pm

Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 10 Location:

Ninja Gollum is dead. I don’t care if everyone starts screaming OPEN!! OPEN!!!

IT IS DEAD.

Everything essential to make it work is rotated. There. I said it. 1/5.

CarpeGuitarrem

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:58 pm

Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 3361 Location: Franciscan University of Steubenville

I can still kill you with Standard ninja gollum.
Check this out:
Go first, pull a Saved From the Fire on Smeagol. Grab Little Snuffler 2x, and Gollum, Dark as Darkness. This is death to any ARB. End of game.

Finally, you seem to think that the only format of play is Standard. I recognize Expanded as a legitimate and skillful format as well. In fact, it’s one of the best.

"ok, change of plans. the Cobracards christmas party is coming to my house, and we’re gunna teach FM how to hunt." (mm)

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