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| menace64 |
![]() Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 3:39 pm |
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I was wondering what new cycle could be done for minions (since Decipher apparently has run out of interesting ideas), and here’s the very first thing that came to mind:
Minions that are so devout to fighting that they don’t have an option!
Example:
 Enthralled Southron 
Minion • Man
Strength-9
Vitality-2
Roaming-4
At the start of the assignment phase, exert this minion to make him strength +2 until the regroup phase.
He’s got a better cost-to-stats ratio than most, but if he’s got the vitality, he *has to* exert for the bonus.
I must keep going!
 Enthralled Scrabbler 
Minion • Orc
Strength-5
Vitality-1
Roaming-4
Each time this minion is assigned to skirmish an unbound companion, discard 2 minions from hand to make it strength +5 and damage +1 until the end of the skirmish.
 Enthralled Interloper 
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength-10
Vitality-3
Roaming-4
Damage +1.
Each time this minion wins a skirmish, liberate a site you control to play an Uruk-hai from your discard pile; that Uruk-hai is fierce until the regroup phase.
 •Ulaire Toldea, Enthralling Wraith 
Minion • Nazgul
Strength-12
Vitality-3
Roaming-3
Fierce.
Each other minion is strength +1, and each time another minion wins a skirmish, exert 2 minions to draw a card.
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| Thranduil |
![]() Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 3:47 pm |
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menace64 wrote: I was wondering what new cycle could be done for minions (since Decipher apparently has run out of interesting ideas), and here’s the very first thing that came to mind:
The problem is not wholly with Decipher, but also to the game itself. It doesn’t lend itself well to cycles like other games do (like Magic).
Minions that are so devout to fighting that they don’t have an option!
Example:
Enthralled Southron
Minion • Man
Strength-9
Vitality-2
Roaming-4
At the start of the assignment phase, exert this minion to make him strength +2 until the regroup phase.
Funny!
He’s got a better cost-to-stats ratio than most, but if he’s got the vitality, he *has to* exert for the bonus.
I must keep going!
Enthralled Scrabbler
Minion • Orc
Strength-5
Vitality-1
Roaming-4
Each time this minion is assigned to skirmish an unbound companion, discard 2 minions from hand to make it strength +5 and damage +1 until the end of the skirmish.
Interesting. Not sure if it would be better as a bigger minion to make sure you have the minions in hand.
Enthralled Interloper
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength-10
Vitality-3
Roaming-4
Damage +1.
Each time this minion wins a skirmish, liberate a site you control to play an Uruk-hai from your discard pile; that Uruk-hai is fierce until the regroup phase.
Funny, but possibly too good an ability - there’s not much disadvantage to liberating your own sites, otherwise why do you control them in the first place.
•Ulaire Toldea, Enthralling Wraith
Minion • Nazgul
Strength-12
Vitality-3
Roaming-3
Fierce.
Each other minion is strength +1, and each time another minion wins a skirmish, exert 2 minions to draw a card.
Make it minion for the first bit, and this is no penalty whatsoever in enduring nazgul decks!
Like ’em?
Good stuff. See if you can keep ’em coming (or other shadow cycles).
Thranduil |
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| sickofpalantirs |
![]() Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:54 am |
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menace64 wrote:
Enthralled Southron
Minion • Man
Strength-9
Vitality-2
Roaming-4
At the start of the assignment phase, exert this minion to make him strength +2 until the regroup phase.
interesting
Enthralled Scrabbler
Minion • Orc
Strength-5
Vitality-1
Roaming-4
Each time this minion is assigned to skirmish an unbound companion, discard 2 minions from hand to make it strength +5 and damage +1 until the end of the skirmish.
should it say you must?
Enthralled Interloper
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength-10
Vitality-3
Roaming-4
Damage +1.
Each time this minion wins a skirmish, liberate a site you control to play an Uruk-hai from your discard pile; that Uruk-hai is fierce until the regroup phase.
uh waht if you don’t have the twi?
•Ulaire Toldea, Enthralling Wraith
Minion • Nazgul
Strength-12
Vitality-3
Roaming-3
Fierce.
Each other minion is strength +1, and each time another minion wins a skirmish, exert 2 minions to draw a card.
Like ’em?
nice but same concern as above |
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| DáinIronfoot |
![]() Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:40 am |
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| I like the overall idea, and while I think these cards are pretty good, I have the same concerns Thranduil and SoP have about some of the specific ones. So just read their reviews twice and pretend I wrote them the second time. |
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| Anvar |
![]() Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 9:28 am |
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Enthralled Scrabbler
Minion • Orc
Strength-5
Vitality-1
Roaming-4
Each time this minion is assigned to skirmish an unbound companion, discard 2 minions from hand to make it strength +5 and damage +1 until the end of the skirmish.
The problem with this is that if you have the minions, you have to discard them, right? That’s your intention? But how does your opponent know that you have them there to know to enforce that you have to discard them? Practically, this is open to cheating. I prefer your first example, where everyone knows whether you can do it or not.
Enthralled Interloper
Minion • Uruk-hai
Strength-10
Vitality-3
Roaming-4
Damage +1.
Each time this minion wins a skirmish, liberate a site you control to play an Uruk-hai from your discard pile; that Uruk-hai is fierce until the regroup phase.
I’m not sure on this one, just because I’m not sure I would ever play it in a site control deck, as the fear of losing an early site would be too much. I prefer the exertion trigger, and would like to see it explored for more of the cultures.
•Ulaire Toldea, Enthralling Wraith
Minion • Nazgul
Strength-12
Vitality-3
Roaming-3
Fierce.
Each other minion is strength +1, and each time another minion wins a skirmish, exert 2 minions to draw a card.
He could do with Lurker instead of Fierce, methinks. Perhaps that would be too much, though. Still, the idea is very cool. Would love to play it with some of the Enduring Nazgul or Wraiths.
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| Thranduil |
![]() Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:20 pm |
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Anvar’s got some good points, I’d listen to him! More exertions would be fun! 
Thranduil |
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