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| AnxiousChieftain |
![]() Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:47 pm |
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Hey all,
This is just a broken combo known as Fruit Loops that you can use in Open Format. I made this a long time ago to prove to people that Open format is just crazy, since Combos like this one are legal.
Oh, and I’m not the guy who originally came up with the idea - I’m just the first (and only, AFAIK) guy to put it into a big list with step by step instructions.
Enjoy!
What You Need
Treebeard, Keeper of the Watchwood with Ent Draught
Aragorn, Driven By Need with Ent Draught
Gimli (any version) with Ent Draught
Smeagol (any version)
Gandalf (any version)
Forest Guardian x2
Ranger of Osgiliath with Ent Draught
Memories of Darkness
Preparations
Hlafwine, Village Farmhand
Fell Deeds Awake
No Safe Places (in your deck or hand)
Change of Plans (in your deck or hand)
Seeing Stone of Orthanc
Steadfast Champion (in discard pile)
Rest by Blind Night x2 (in your deck or hand)
Last Throw (in your deck or hand)
How To Do It
1: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion and make an opponent discard a Shadow condition.
2: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Treebeard 3 times and discard a minion.
3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until all Shadow conditions and minions in play are discarded.
4: Add 3 threats with the Seeing Stone to draw 3 cards.
5: Exert Aragorn 2 times to remove those threats.
6: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
7: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Aragorn 3 times.
8: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
9: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Treebeard 3 times.
10: Repeat steps 8 and 9 once.
11: Repeat steps 4-10 until you draw your entire deck.
12: Use Ranger of Osgiliath to discard Rest by Blind Night and any other card.
13: Exert Smeagol with No Safe Places to reveal an opponent’s hand. They will discard at least 1 card (unless their hand is already empty).
14: Exert Ranger of Osgiliath with Change of Plans to make your opponent get 8 cards in their hand again.
15: Exert Gimli with Preparations to stack No Safe Places on Preparations.
16: Exert Gimli with Preparations to stack Change of Plans on Preparations.
17: Exert Gimli with Preparations to stack Rest by Blind Night on Preparations.
18: Play Rest by Blind Night to shuffle Preparations back into your deck.
19: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
20: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Gimli 3 times.
21: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
22: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Treebeard 3 times.
23: Repeat steps 19 and 20 once.
24: Add 4 threats with the Seeing Stone to draw the 4 cards that are in your draw deck.
25: Exert Aragorn 4 times to remove those threats.
26: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
27: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Aragorn 3 times.
28: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
29: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Treebeard 3 times.
30: Repeat steps 28 and 29 once.
31: Repeat steps 26 through 30 once.
32: Use Ranger of Osgiliath to discard all of your hand except No Safe Places and Rest by Blind Night.
33: Since you just lost initiative, play Preparations from your discard pile with Memories of Darkness.
34: Since you just lost initiative, liberate a site with Fell Deeds Awake.
35: Repeat steps 12 through 34 until your opponent’s deck and hand is discarded, except alternate keeping No Safe Places with Change of Plans. This will mean that you’ll skip either action 13 or 14. Also, whenever you need to, use Treebeard to heal Ranger of Osgiliath and/or Smeagol.
36: Play Last Throw to make the move limit +1.
37: Exert Gimli to stack Last Throw on Preparations.
38: Exert Gimli with Preparations to stack Rest by Blind Night on Preparations.
39: Play Rest by Blind Night to shuffle Preparations back into your deck.
40: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
41: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Gimli 3 times.
42: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
43: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Treebeard 3 times.
44: Repeat steps 42 and 43 once.
45: Add 3 threats with the Seeing Stone to draw the 3 cards that are in your draw deck.
46: Exert Aragorn 2 times to remove those threats.
47: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
48: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Aragorn 3 times.
49: Exert Treebeard twice to play Steadfast Champion.
50: Discard Steadfast Champion to heal Treebeard 3 times.
51: Repeat steps 49 and 50 once.
52: Use Ranger of Osgiliath to discard all of your hand except Last Throw and Rest by Blind Night.
53: Since you just lost initiative, play Preparations from your discard pile with Memories of Darkness.
54: Repeat steps 36 through 53 to make the move limit +6.
End result: All of your companions are healed, your opponent has (basically) nothing left at all, and you can move to the ninth site. |
| Last edited by AnxiousChieftain on Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:09 pm; edited 3 times in totalMODS RULE. - lem0nhead |
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| Pipeweed |
![]() Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:51 pm |
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| AnxiousChieftain |
![]() Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:55 pm |
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Just print it out and bring it with you when you play.  |
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| CarpeGuitarrem |
![]() Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:21 pm |
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A very nice combo...is that really why Steadfast Champion was outlawed?
BTW...you break the Rule of 4 in Step 11.  |
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| michael knight |
![]() Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:29 pm |
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There is no rule of 4 in the regroup phase. That is when all this is happening.
Excellent Walkthrough AC. I have never seen so full an explanation of this combo before.
Should have been a strategy article... 
The thing about open is that there are so many crazy combos out there. It is cool to see what people come up with. |
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| CarpeGuitarrem |
![]() Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:38 pm |
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Ah, Rule of 4 is Fellowship. I forgot.
Have you actually played this combo, or is this a joke combo? Because I can see it being either. |
| "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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| AnxiousChieftain |
![]() Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:44 pm |
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| I haven’t played it myself, but I think that the inventor played it right after Mount Doom released and won a lot of games with it. |
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| CarpeGuitarrem |
![]() Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:00 pm |
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| No kidding! I’ll have to check that out some time... |
| "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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| sickofpalantirs |
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| excellent it could take some time to set up but once you do BAMM why is it called fruit loops? |
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| CarpeGuitarrem |
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| I dunno. Maybe because it’s got a bunch of loops, and it’s a rainbow combo. |
| "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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great post AC. I think I’ll build one of those just for fun 
