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| Pegasus |
![]() Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:27 pm |
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This deck is designed to kill swarming your opponent, so the fellowship side has been constructed for 2 objectives: play and take cards from the draw deck and survive in region 2. It is based in Rangers and Ithilien Blade, that will let you survive to practically all shadows (in region 2).
The shadow deck must have a lot of small twilight cost minions, like in all nice swarming decks, or another strategy, like playing a fast corruption strategy deck. The best shadows I have played with this deck are MORCS, New Orcs, Forest Nazgul and Enduring Nazgul-Morcs corruption deck.
The starting fellowship is very important in this deck, because you begin with a fellowship of 6 companions at the same time, so it let you begin with 5 less free people cards in the draw deck.
However, the key cards that really let work the deck are:
Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith
Deagol, Fateful Finder
Something Slimy
Here the deck:
30 cards
Ring bearer: Frodo Resolute Hobbit
Ring: The one ring, the ring of rings
Starting companions
Aragorn, Strider
Gondorian Prowler
Madril, Defender of Osgiliath
Smeagol, Simple Stoor
Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith
Companions
1x Isildur Heir of Elendil
1x Boromir Defender of Minas Tirith
1x Mablung Ranger of Ithilien
Posesions
4x Ithilien Blade
3x Ranger’s Cloak
1x Aragorn’s Bow, Ranger’s Longbow
Followers
3x Deagol, Fateful Finder
Events
3x Something Slimy
1x One Good Turn Deserves Another
1x Well Traveled
Conditions
4x Invigorated
1x the tale of the great Ring
1x Safe Passage
You can start as a fellowship or shadow, so bid 0 if you want because the deck is designed to let you play the 5 first places in case you start as fellowship, that is very necessary if you need for example a forest way for your Nazgul, or what you want:
One Good Turn Deserves Another
Well Traveled
With Safe Passage you will be able to remove 4 when the fellowship moves.
If you start as fellowship, the first place will be Dammed Gate-stream, and you will play from the draw deck One Good Turn Deserves Another, that will let you play 2 sites.
Something Slimy and Deagol, Fateful Finder, will let you play cards from the draw deck. The first posesion you have to play is Aragorn’s Bow, Ranger’s Longbow, that will let you kill some minions. In fact, the ring and frodo will let you put on him all threats if a companion is killed, and again you will be able to kill more minios with Aragorn’s bow Ranger’s Longbow.
Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith will let you take in hand three more f.p. cards from the draw deck in site 3.
Smeagol, Simple Stoor, will let you discard smeagol culture cards from the draw deck (remember the bonus strength with Deagol, Fateful Finder)
Isildur Heir of Elendil, is a very good card for this deck, however, you have to take care with the burdens!
Well, if you play the cards in the good way, in site 4-5 you will have only 3 or 4 free peoples cards in the draw deck. And it means that you will have practically three consecutive swarms in region 2: from 3 to 4 sites, from 4 to 5 and from 5-6. However, in region three there will not be cards i the draw deck so...but you don’t need it, because you have killed the opponent’s ring bearer!! 
What do you think? Could somebody post a good Uruk swarming deck for this fellowship? Or another sort of swarming deck? |
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| CarpeGuitarrem |
![]() Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:21 pm |
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Nice filtering! Here’s some cards you can use for swarming...because  swarm can be a fun shadow to play.
Massing Strength-very awesome, especially if you’ve got about 7-8 minions out! OVERWHELM!!!
Goblin Hordes-a must-have for a swarm deck. And to go with that...
Unforgiving Depths-awesome site path manipulation.
Scurrying Goblin-the new Goblin Runner...and somewhat as good. A great combo with Mountain-Troll.
Mountain-Troll-this baby can really smash up your opponent, especially if comboed with 3 or 4 Scurrying Goblin. Get that extra twilight, then use it to play minions from your discard pile! A HUGE fierce minion, plus about 4 or 5 smaller goblins is a force to be reckoned with! |
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| TheShyzle |
![]() Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:07 pm |
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| sickofpalantirs |
![]() Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:21 am |
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so essentially this is just a Freeps side made to cylcle? kinda like the one fruit loops minion side i guess.
interesting. yeah 1 more deagol would be interesting but maybe not neccasary. |
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| Pegasus |
![]() Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:07 pm |
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Well, I think 3 Deagol is ok for 30/30 cards. However, If you want to increase the size of the deck you can put another copy...
In case you want to construct an expanded deck, it can be nice to use this starting fellowship:
1x Faramir, Captain of Gondor
1x Aragorn, Strider
1x Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith
3x Gondorian Prowler
1x Madril, Defender of Osgiliath
1x Smeagol, Simple Stoor
It makes 9 companions in the starting fellowship, so it means that you have 8 free peoples cards less in the draw deck. |
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