Dwarven & Sauron Discard

[TheJord]

BUWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

*The One Ring, The Ring of Rings (11R1) 
*Gimli, Bearer of Grudges (RB)(9R+4) 

 
Sites 
Courtyard Parapet (13U188) 
(1) Neekerbeekers' Bog (11S249) 
(1) Pelennor Flat (11S254) 
(1) Slag Mounds (11S258) 
(2) Barazinbar (11S229) 
(3) Starkhorn (12U193) 
(3) Moria Guardroom (11S247) 
(3) Trollshaw Forest (11S260) 
(4) Sirannon Ruins (18U138) 

 
Fellowship (30) 
1x *Durin III, Dwarven Lord (9R+3) 
1x *Thorin III, Stonehelm (17R6) 
4x Dwarven Warrior (12C7) 
2x *Proud and Able (12U12) 
3x Honed (8C6) 
3x No Pauses, No Spills (12R10) 
3x Nobody Tosses a Dwarf (1R23)   
2x Ring of Guile
1x Ring of Artifice
2x Belt of Erebor (12U2) 
3x Dwarven Axe (1C9) 
3x Dwarven Bracers (12U5) 
3x Hand Axe (2C10) 

 
Shadow (30) 
1x *Dead Marshes (5R95) 
1x *Thin and Stretched (1R279) 
3x Desperate Defense of the Ring (1R244) 
1x His Cruelty And Malice (3R91) 
2x The Irresistible Shadow (1R252) 
4x Tower Of Barad-Dur (3R104) 
1x Verily I Come (2R94) 
3x Desperate Measures (1R245) 
1x Southern Spies (2C91) 
3x *Tower Lieutenant (1U280) 
3x Band of the Eye (1R240) 
4x Orc Inquisitor (1C268) 
3x Orc Warrior (3C101) 


True Open harshness! Any comments?

This is possibly one of the Open Classics not included in NB's sticky topic.

[Gil-Estel]

This was one of the first decks I built which gave me victories. I know them pretty good therefor.

Shadow:

His Cruelty And Malice is a nice card but you need a high vitality minion in the regroup, not to hardly going to happen. So scrap that one for another desperate defense of the ring. Only 3 companions, give 1 2 copies to add to the fun. Verily I come will not see much use either I guess because the amount of fellowship drawing cards are limited. Band of the eye is nice, but there you need twilight after he has maybe won. Would rather go for another dead marshes.

Fellowship:

Where is Ring of Guile to get back nobody tosses a dwarf? Where is Ring of Artifice (not sure, but I mean the RoS one) to get back Ring of Guile to get back nobody tosses a dwarf?  .
I think you should go expanded, just play Mountain Homestead 4x as the pump and focus on the discarding....other than that, don't play this too often, for you'll run out of friends 

[Elessar's Socks]

Aggression is great for card draws and Honed. Final Account is easy retrieval if you use, say, Radagast to help overtake your opponent.

[SomeRandomDude]

Except its not an open classic. Its expanded legal. Not a single banned card in there, if you want, I'll move it to expanded.

Need an extra Nobody Tosses a Dwarf and a couple more Ring of Guile. Add in another Desperate Measure on the shadow side, and The Ring Is Mine. You're running dwarf cycling, you can afford to make it 33/33. I'd cut all the Band of the Eye in preference for Gorgoroth Stormer. Kill two birds with one stone! Tower of Barad-Dur usually makes them lose initiative, so you get a burden and help them cycle...a little too fast. Need another DDotR. Probably cut Southern Spies.

[TheJord]

Courtyard Parapet is the banned card. Remove it and it can go Expanded. Although if I follow ES adding in Aggression will mean Open again, and I can throw in Memories of Darkness for more cruelty.

Stormer and Barad-dur is a nice combo. My next deck will be a Sauron Grind deck.

[SomeRandomDude]

Courtyard Parapet is actually legal in expanded, just not standard.

[NappyKorn]

Courtyard Parapet is actually legal in expanded, just not standard.

Yeah I can agree with NB on something . Why do so many people think Courtyard Parapet is x-ed in expanded too. People run Courtyard Parapet in expanded all you want.

[TheJord]

Then please move it. My bad. I should know the CRD better!

Wish granted. It feels so good to be back and editing people's posts with italicized blue...

~NB