It will not be a problem at all for Ring of Thror with 3 Danger Wrapped in Shadows... The cards are made to work with few copies.
My mistake! I kept in mind the old Danger Wrapped in Shadows, the one that takes only 1
card and only from discard.
But what about Hidden Attack? 1 single copy? It won't do much harm, and will rarely be there when circumstances are ideal. AND is useless at site 9, so you must have it in hand at site 8 at most or will be useless.
The same with the Shadow Arkenstone, 1 copy only that can't be fetched by other cards.
Gollum will be hurted severely by having only 2 copies.
Big decks will get the worst damage from this situation (keep that in mind, being forced to build small decks hurts deckbuilding). So I'd try to not limit too much cards as the first option,
leaving it instead as the last resource.I don't think 2 copies for each companion will solve any problem. Once you get 6 companions, you don't play another ones (Orkish Marauder). You easily have 6 companions at site 4.
Hmmm, that's probably true. But I still prefer adding cards than removing. Perhaps adding 1 or 2 FP cards from The Clouds Burst (to the Additional Valid list), to counter that Spiders combo:
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The Ring of Thrór can help Dwalin (def+3) or Kili (3 direct wounds) to absorb a swarm. Also, can return Battle of Azanulbizar.
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Saruman, to make Gandy defender +1 (reliable, as that effect stays with him on the board).
- Bäin, to make Bard fight.
- Former
Herald, to make Elrond or
Radagast fight.
I like those 2 in bold. Being out of their natural contexts, their power will be under control. The
Ring of Thrór won't give strength so easily, as lacks the self-discardable possessions of Thráin's pack (and
Du Bekâr! for quick discard at the right moment).
Saruman provides a mild strength support, which can be helpful to balance constructed Beatdown too (Azog + Scimitar +
Threatening Warg!). Besides, the main fighting tools of the White Council pack are others (Galadriel, Gathering and
Nenya), Saruman works not to kill but to make Gandalf fight more minions and/or have better survival.
Then, my proposal removes a point and adds another:
- keep all copies exactly as in the Draft format, except
- cards that have 4x copies in Shadow Packs are now reduced to 3x, and
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each companion has max 2x copies.-
add 1 or 2 FP cards from another format, specialized in countering Swarms (Saruman and the
Ring would be my choice).
For wider deckbuilding possibilities!