Foul Creation leaves you stuck with an annoying choice: run those elf allies, or get Legolas in one hit range of those Uruks that get through. I don't find it's such a helpful card, especially if it costs 1. Drawing cards is nice, though.
Frying Pan is good against orcs, but if you go down that route (remember my vote had Gandalf then Gimli), the only hobbit you have is Frodo (unless you drew one) if you go Legolas. This means that you either need to pack
Hobbit Sword and hope to draw it first vs Uruks, of be stuck with a strength 5 Frodo. But Strength 5 is in itself a massive issue. 6 is a golden number for any Frodo as it means he cannot be overwhelmed by Enquea without pumps. Against Sauron Grind, I still prefer
Hobbit Sword as it lets you take on 2 Orc Ambushers (and there will be more minions than companions at
Tol Brandir), and now you can exert Frodo with
UtWE instead of your precious Boromir. Also, any decent swarm will have
Saruman's Snows, so again
Hobbit Sword is better.
The Legolas is OK, but I prefer the Dwarves, Farin can actually use the pumps, so a Fellowship of Gimli, Gandalf, Boromir (the advantage of Legolas Starter is that you do get more than one SoD) and Farin (
Fror if you pull one) is very solid.