Works pretty well! 70 cards total:
Ring and BearerRing-bearer
9R+14 Galadriel, Bearer of WisdomThe One Ring
9R+1 The One Ring, The Binding RingAdventure Deck1
7U332 Rohirrim Road2
7U337 West Road3
7U339 Hall of the Kings4
7U342 Osgiliath Fallen5
7U344 City Gates6
7U350 Minas Tirith Seventh Circle7
7U355 Ruined Capitol8
7U356 Cross Roads9
7U360 DagorladFree Peoples1x
4R73 Legolas, Dauntless Hunter (starting)
1x
1R302 Merry, Friend to Sam (starting)
1x
7R324 Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver (starting)
3x
5U13 Taurnil, Sharp-eyed Bowman2x
1R284 Bilbo Baggins, Retired Adventurer2x
3R13 Elrond, Herald to Gil-galad2x
4R300 Escape4x
3R113 The Shire Countryside3x
10U108 A Light in his Mind1x
3R23 Nenya1x
3R27 Vilya2x
4C64 Elven Sword2x
6C21 Naith Longbow1x
3R21 Long-knives of Legolas1x
1R33 Bow of the Galadhrim2x
9R18 Merry's Dagger2x
9R21 Pippin's Dagger2x
10C112 Nine-fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom2x
1R308 Power According to His StatureShadow3x
4C224 Easterling Axeman3x
4R225 Easterling Captain3x
4C226 Easterling Guard3x
4C227 Easterling Infantry3x
4C228 Easterling Lieutenant2x
7R145 Easterling Regiment4x
4R229 Easterling Skirmisher3x
6U79 Easterling Polearm3x
7C155 Raider Bow3x
7R159 Small Hope2x
4R223 Discovered3x
4R259 Vision From AfarFree Peoples Strategy Summary:So, this deck is designed to peel off burdens continually and do mass healing with
The Shire Countryside. No luck with
Galadriel's Silver Ewer in Movie Block, but you should be able to keep burdens to a manageable level.
Dauntless Hunter and
Taurnil restrict your opponent's twilight... being able to add +2 to conditions, events
and possessions HURTS. Once you have Elrond out, you can use
the Binding Ring to nab
Vilya and force two conditions back to their hand for some clog.
Merry and Pippin both play important roles: Merry is a +5 (with dagger) strength boost to any companion, and with
Escape, he can do it twice.
Pippin WoBaS is some early protection against roaming minions, but also gains the ability to wound minions skirmishing an Elf (which would include the RB) with his nifty discardable dagger. We're talking about a potential five wounds on the first turn if you get the dagger and include Lego's archery. With
Escape and a dagger, he can do this trick twice. Since twilight is precious, hopefully your opponent won't be able to remove
often.
Now for the heart of the deck:
A Light in His Mind +
The Shire Countryside. You can lose initiative in many ways which should give you mass healing
as long as there are burdens to remove. Hence the choice of
the Binding Ring -- add two or more burdens for free in the Fellowship phase
without putting on the ring.
Elven Sword lets you lose initiative by discarding 2+ cards, and
Vilya lets you lose/regain initiative in regroup. This could be especially helpful if you have four cards in hand: Discard one (lose initiative), draw one (gain again), discard to reconcile (lose again).
WoBaS can even help by letting you regain initiative before regroup if you have three cards in hand. I was thinking of trying to work in
Banner of Elbereth for additional hand manipulation, but it didn't seem to fit.
NFFatRoD also lets you remove a burden for mass healing. The nice thing is that it costs
and is done during the skirmish phase. Merry has four wounds and you want his strength boost? No problem! Between playing
NFFatRoD and/or losing initiative with an
Elven Sword, you should be able to get him healed up.
Finally,
Bilbo, Retired Adventurer, lets you recycle up to two
NFFatRoD's per turn with Elrond's help. And if
A Light in His Mind or
The Shire Countryside gets discarded, get it back in your draw deck! With all of your opponent's events costing +2, your conditions should be harder to discard anyway.
One of the problems that this deck faces is that it really needs all companions to stay alive. Corruption seems to be a little risky, but... hmmm...
Other thoughts: More RB protection (
Asfaloth,
O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!)? Ditch Lego's fancy weapons to have more
Elven Sword's and
Naith Longbow's?
Feedback and thoughts would be greatly appreciated!