I love
Delving. The wound means nothing as i heal so often, and Legolas appears to be the target of
Hate, so no problems with Gimli getting killed off early. Four copies draws me alot of cards, allowing a larger deck size.
I was running
Elrond LOR and 4x
Servant of the Secret Fire (also
SotSF makes Gandalf a target for
Hate and losing him is bad news for this deck) and Barliman Butterbur but found it inefficient as i rarely draw Elrond or Barliman at the right time and don't have the space for multiple copies. Also had 3x
A Wizard is Never Late to get Gandalf (and only one Gandalf in deck) to aid in getting Barliman. Dumped them all for extra possessions for my companions. Orcs, swarm and archery get owned by this deck - that leaves Nazgul and Uruk Hai - not sure how
i will go against them.
So far i found that I don't seem to need skirmish events, as minions rarely survive the archery and lack of shadow. And those that do don't do enough damage to be a problem.
Frodo's Pipe may be a good choice (I didn't realise that almost every companion has Frodo Signet). But i like the shadow removal from
The Gaffer's Pipe (
Glamdring only works against Orcs, as does
Sting) so it is a good backup.
Frying Pan destroys Moria Swarm, and hurts all Orc decks so again i am a fan.
I am tempted to drop
Dwarven Bracers for
Sam SoH - he can use the second
frying pan and removes burdens in a pinch. I do worry about having a sixth companion when
Shotgun Enquea turns up however.
Dear Friends is tempting - but i am not a fan of shuffling cards back into my deck. On second thoughts, a discard deck might hurt this deck if the wrong cards hit the discard pile.
Abandoning Reason for Madness - i will put that card straight in (and it migh allow me to increase the deck size slightly).
Thanks for feedback.