If you have patient to play with (unlike me most the time) I like [men] site control using
Rapt Hillman and then use something like
Rapid Reload and
White Hand Invader to exert (playing
Steward's Tomb at sanctuaries) and then finish them off with Gothmog. It has its flaws of course but all shadow deck can taken care of one way or another
I have played my deck like this a few times and have let the opponents freeps run ahead, have had 6-7 sites controlled when the move to site 9, dropped 2 or 3 Invaders (18 exertions) then finished with a Gothmog (6 wounds). Anyway it is fun to play none the less, but requires a patient player
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