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.