After drafting with Age's End cards and pulling
Sword of Boromir, a thought came to me about a fun deck! And here it is!
30 cardsFrodo, Protected By ManyMerry, Loyal Companion (Starting)
Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver (Starting)
Boromir, Destined Guide (Starting)
Aragorn, Swift HunterHobbit SwordBlade of Gondor, Sword of Boromir x2
Ranger's CloakBow of Minas TirithShield of the White TreeArmor of the CitadelKingsfoil x3
Spirit of the White TreeStrength In My Blood x4
Not Bound To His Fate x4
Heirs of Gondor x2
Guarded City x3
Last Throw x2
Basic principle:
Bid to go first with
the Prancing Pony and pull Aragorn first thing (I'm using
Swift Hunter for no particular reason other than he's strength 9 and has an inbuilt pump so seemed a reasonable choice). Then every turn play almost every possession and condition in your hand on Boromir, play
Heirs of Gondor and reinforce ludicrous tokens with
Guarded City. Once you have the
Blade of Gondor out, Boromir should hit strength 18 damage +5 with all his stuff (defender +1 as well) and you can discard any card he bears to fight almost every minion (and presumably win) thereby transferring all the Not Bound By His Fate to Aragorn so that it doesn't bounce to your hand. Use
Heirs of Gondor to really kill everything then play
Last Throw to run to the end! If you feel like it, you can even send Boromir to fight a minion assigned to
WoBaS, use
Ranger's Cloak to make that minion roaming and bounce Pippin to kill it! And if they try and
Red Wrath Boromir to death, you have
Spirit of the White Tree.
Not sure how good it is (having just made it and not tested it), but it sounds entertaining! Any good thoughts? I was wondering about having more unbound Hobbits or
I Will Go or
Guardian so that Boromir can fight even more minions but decided that a slimmer deck was perhaps better.
Thanks.
Thranduil