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Title: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 09, 2009, 06:26:51 AM
Simple. What is your favorite card?

Mine is Argument Ready to Hand. In multiplayer games (esp. at site 9), it may as well say: "Spot a dwarf to discard all players HOPES AND DREAMS OF WINNING."
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gil-Estel on December 09, 2009, 09:55:38 AM
Lost to the Goblins....I just love it.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: ket_the_jet on December 09, 2009, 10:07:54 AM
Lightfootedness has saved my #$&*@! on several occasions.
-wtk
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kralik on December 10, 2009, 11:17:25 AM
I love the look on my opponent's face when I slap down a Morgul Hunter and 3X THE WEIGHT OF A LEGACY. Classic!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 10, 2009, 12:00:28 PM
Not unless they have Ranger's Sword, Athelas, and some of the Age's End stength boosting cards. My sister's deck, in other words :)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Anautikus on December 10, 2009, 05:23:25 PM
DDotR. Classic.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Yanko Markovic on December 10, 2009, 06:09:12 PM
Pathfinder. I remember when i first started and I thought every deck should pack a ranger and 4 of these.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kenddrick on December 10, 2009, 09:25:25 PM
Boromir,  Doomed Heir. Load him up, and not only is he tough, he can still exert to become tougher!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 11, 2009, 05:24:59 AM
Yeah, he's the best Boromir, pretty much.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kralik on December 11, 2009, 11:09:41 AM
OK, you all knew I kidding about TWoaL, right?  :roll:

Anyway, Orc Butcher is one of my all-time favorites. Recently I've grown quite fond of Smeagol BoGS.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 11, 2009, 11:31:50 AM
OK, you all knew I kidding about TWoaL, right?  :roll:

Anyway, Orc Butcher is one of my all-time favorites. Recently I've grown quite fond of Smeagol BoGS.

Orc Butcher x4 + Under The Watching Eye x4 + Demoralized x2 + Spurred to Battle x2 + Spies of Mordor x4 + Strength Born of Fear + Orc Bowmen x4 = My Deck = WIN!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on December 11, 2009, 11:45:04 AM
maybe not my favorite card but i think that balglin is one of the most underrated companions, i mean he is basically armor in any elf archery deck
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Elessar's Socks on December 11, 2009, 11:59:50 AM
Gollum, Threatening Guide (I've a feeling my pick keeps on changing).
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Jerba on December 11, 2009, 12:42:26 PM
A Ranger's Versatility.... Pre Errata in FOTR format.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gerontius on December 11, 2009, 03:30:08 PM
One of my first decks was Orc Butcher spam. Hence my collection of useless, first block, sauron rare conditions.

It was not well thought out.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 11, 2009, 05:26:59 PM
I've thought mine out hard. 8 wounds a turn, at least 20 twilight a turn (not including moving) and 8 cards into hand if they move in the regroup phase, which would add another 8 wounds and at least 20 twilight. Plus the Orcs, 13 conditions (19 strength Butcher) and any small orcs that would increase in strength through Strength Born of Fear, and some bigger orcs as well :) Not fun to play against. Even cards like Sleep, Carahdaras can only slow it down. Anyone know any [sauron] or [orc] cards that prevent condition discarding? (pref. a premanent condition :)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Anautikus on December 13, 2009, 01:51:56 PM
Sauron's susceptible to Maneuver-phase/archery-action direct wounding (rendering Orc bowmen useless). Also, there's choke, haha. I have too many favorite cards...on the topic of exertions, let's add Rout to the list :)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 13, 2009, 04:48:52 PM
Sauron's susceptible to Maneuver-phase/archery-action direct wounding (rendering Orc bowmen useless). Also, there's choke, haha. I have too many favorite cards...on the topic of exertions, let's add Rout to the list :)

You just have to be able to spot one orc at the beginning of the archery phase. Not too hard.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 13, 2009, 05:29:18 PM
I thought shadow phase archery went first?
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kralik on December 13, 2009, 05:34:33 PM
You count the archery totals after all archery phase actions are over. If there are no orcs after the actions are over, tough luck for Shadow.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 13, 2009, 05:36:04 PM
Okay. That makes sense!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 13, 2009, 05:45:21 PM
Ah... I see why you like it. You can have more than 4 copies in every deck! It would work better if it was just spot and elf to prevent a wound as a condition.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: TheJord on December 13, 2009, 05:58:01 PM
Sarcasm on Lightfootedness

It falls into the The Weight of a Legacy "I only keep one for my collection" pile
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 13, 2009, 08:21:46 PM
No, I mean a non-unique condition: SPOT an Elf to prevent any and all wounds for the rest of the game. Oh wait, that's Steadfast Champion. Nevermind, redundant.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kralik on December 15, 2009, 05:34:26 AM
The Shire Countryside rocks the house, and I am SO glad it is not X-ed in Movie.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gil-Estel on December 15, 2009, 08:45:01 AM
I hate Sam SoH btw in movie...blugh...but not the case here :ninja:
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Witchkingx5 on December 17, 2009, 12:15:56 PM
Hobbit Farmer
A real killer. Bid much and then replace the site ftw!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: jdizzy001 on December 17, 2009, 02:03:23 PM
I'm all about strength of numenor. It is so hard to pick ONE favorite card. I like 90% of all aragorns and g for grand is awesome as is stern words.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 17, 2009, 02:10:13 PM
Hobbit Farmer
A real killer. Bid much and then replace the site ftw!


Yes, actually it could be. Imagine that with shadow sites like fords of isen and helm's gate.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gil-Estel on December 17, 2009, 03:35:40 PM
Sadly it only works with FotR sites ;-)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Witchkingx5 on December 18, 2009, 09:46:20 AM
Hobbit Farmer
A real killer. Bid much and then replace the site ftw!



Yes, actually it could be. Imagine that with shadow sites like fords of isen and helm's gate.

Yeah, but it's useless after Site 1...
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 18, 2009, 09:56:42 AM
No, all characters would be strength plus 4 for each possession on them if you had 4 down. That would be EVIL.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kralik on December 18, 2009, 09:59:39 AM
No, all characters would be strength plus 4 for each possession on them if you had 4 down. That would be EVIL.

Sadly it only works with FotR sites ;-)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on December 18, 2009, 11:03:08 AM
I know. I am fully aware, I am just pointing out that it us not useless after site 1.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Witchkingx5 on December 18, 2009, 11:45:04 AM
That's clear, I wanted to say that it just works in FotR Block the Site, and cus' there aren't so many powerful Sites to exchange in FotR Block, it really IS quiet useless.

Witchkingx5
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: jdizzy001 on December 24, 2009, 01:54:16 PM
No way! use the farmer to add burdens with the prancing pony and play 4 aragorns from your draw deck at site 5!  yoo-hoo!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Knight-Who-Says-Nee on December 28, 2009, 08:28:27 AM
I have many favorites but I will say that
Durin III, Dwarven Lord
was and is losts of fun to use.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: putridbreath on December 30, 2009, 09:29:45 PM
I've enjoyed Morgul Brute, Desperate Defense of the Ring and Southron Troop

orc butcher ftw
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Not a Zombie on December 30, 2009, 09:33:26 PM
weapons of isengard is probably my favorite at the moment, but I'm liking malice too.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Sam, Great Elf Warrior on January 11, 2010, 08:16:05 PM
Dwarf Guard and Lorien Elf can't be beat. Try this starting fellowship:

Gimli, BoG
Galadriel, LR
Dwarf Guard x2
Lorien Elf x2
Smeagol, BoGS

It's practically swarm-proof with no fewer than seven companions, and you have Smeagol to thin the crowd before your opponents can get any large fellowship hate.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on January 12, 2010, 03:46:00 AM
or you could go classic expanded rangers...
Isildur, BoH
Faramir, Captain Of Gondor
Denethor. Lord of Minas Tirith
Gondorian Prowler x4
Aragorn, Strider
Madril, Defender Of Osgiliath

9 companions and you don't have to kill anyone, plus add ithilien blade and you take out enqeua before he takes out you... or ents...

Any RB
Merry, In The Bloom Of Health
Pippin, In The Bloom Of Health
any 2 of either Farmer Maggot, Hobbit Of The Marish, Fredegar Bolger, Fatty or Rosie Cotton, Barmaid
Quickbeam, Bregalad
Skinbark, Fladrif
Host Of Fangorn
Ent Horde
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kenddrick on January 12, 2010, 07:15:24 AM
I always prefered simple yet cool cards.

Boromir, Doomed Heir (keeps getting bigger!)
Boromir, Hero of Osgiliath (sweet effect and simple card)

Now, doesn't take a whiz kid to find out who's my favourite LotR character is does it? :D
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on January 12, 2010, 07:16:18 AM
It's the cave troll, right?
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kenddrick on January 12, 2010, 08:49:11 AM
No it isn't!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on January 12, 2010, 08:59:53 AM
Oh... Gwaihir?
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Sam, Great Elf Warrior on January 12, 2010, 06:01:42 PM
Let me guess...it's a man whose name ends in "-mir," and it's not Faramir. Am I right? Then it could only be one person...






It's Castamir!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on January 12, 2010, 06:38:43 PM
Wait, we're getting closer... I think it's a Freep... Eomer!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kenddrick on January 12, 2010, 10:00:01 PM
It's Boromir! He's in all of my favourite cards!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on January 13, 2010, 05:59:29 AM
Who's he? Did he like, die in the first 10 minutes of the movie? I think Ghan-Buri-Ghan was given a bigger part than him...

Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: jdizzy001 on January 13, 2010, 04:23:59 PM
It's all about butterbur, he was the real lord of the rings
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Sam, Great Elf Warrior on January 13, 2010, 06:55:03 PM
Nah, Albert Dreary is the real mastermind, skulking around behind the scenes manipulating all of the events towards his own nefarious ends...
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: jdizzy001 on February 08, 2010, 04:42:53 PM
Albert Dreary, of course!  Know it all makes sense.  Crazy guy posing as a Castamir of Umbar (8R51) and a Rohirrim Warrior (15U139).  Yes Sam, I see what you mean
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gil-Estel on February 09, 2010, 12:30:39 AM
C'mon, the whole story about the Lord of the Rings is made up. Middle Earth is like Dubai, having trouble to stay financially healthy. So they came up with a lame story to give their society a boost. Guys, it is called the biggest hoax of the 20th century......
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: ket_the_jet on February 11, 2010, 06:46:59 PM
C'mon, the whole story about the Lord of the Rings is made up. Middle Earth is like Dubai, having trouble to stay financially healthy. So they came up with a lame story to give their society a boost. Guys, it is called the biggest hoax of the 20th century......

Insert The Bible joke here.
-wtk
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Not a Zombie on February 11, 2010, 08:32:24 PM

Insert The Bible joke here.
-wtk


Wrong in so many ways... First, if it were a hoax, it would have been the biggest hoax of the first century that carried through to the 20th century. The very fact that it carried through virtually unchanged gives it tremendous credibility in my mind. Evolution on the other hand I would call the biggest hoax of the 20th century.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on February 11, 2010, 08:48:05 PM
Seriously guys, you don't want to go down this road.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Sam, Great Elf Warrior on February 11, 2010, 09:17:49 PM
Okay, the new most appropriate card for this thread.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: chompers on February 11, 2010, 09:56:49 PM
Might seem like an odd choice but I really like to use Delving in FOTR block. I don't have a deck without it (if i use a dwarf).
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gil-Estel on February 11, 2010, 11:00:26 PM
Seriously guys, you don't want to go down this road.

Well it has been a while, hahahaha. Sharpen your Swords comes in mind regarding to that debate :lol:
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: lem0nhead on February 12, 2010, 06:19:33 AM
Boromir Lord of Gondor. This guy saw me through fellowship block and never really stopped being cool. Load him up with armor and take the balrog twice at site 5 everytime. What a legend.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Not a Zombie on February 12, 2010, 07:33:22 AM
Sorry guys, was in a kinda bad mood last night and feeling very argumentative. To be on topic: Enduring Evil
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gil-Estel on February 12, 2010, 10:29:31 AM
Sweet, in regards to that debate I will be your: help in doubt and need....hahaha. No fear people, will not go that way, but I like this being clever with card titles in a certain context.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Rathmaker on March 11, 2010, 08:47:44 AM
My favorite has to be my Foiled Eowyn, Derhelm from ROTK set.  I just love the way that cards looks!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on March 11, 2010, 10:08:08 AM
Counter of foes was pretty awesome too, though! Especially if you wanted to make it risky and put 4x Endurance of Dwarves and maybe a Ring of Retribution... 14 strength and damage +8 at least, with nothing else! Probably the most powerful Gimli.

However, Saruman's Power.

EDIT: Adding a dwarven axe, hand axe, his helm, his armor, a bracer, and proud and able,  18 strength, damage + 13.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on March 11, 2010, 01:52:56 PM
Counter of foes was pretty awesome too, though!

Best tournament win ever...this guy needed to win a skirmish so threats wouldn't activate, so he exerted his Gimli, Counter of Foes during the maneuver phase so that he'd be strong enough to take on whatever guy I had (Orc Cutthroat, maybe?)

Long story short...two Hate.

Edit: I'd rather play Durin III, Dwarven Lord, anyways. There are just too many other Gimlis I would rather play. Like the less dangerous Gimli, Loyal Companion, Gimli Skilled Defender, or even the underrated Gimli, Dwarf of Erebor.
-wtk

I've found the best two options for Gimli are Feared Axeman and Bearer Of Grudges, every now and then i might use skilled defender in a 3 hunters deck but other then that...
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on March 11, 2010, 01:58:01 PM
Sarcasm on Lightfootedness

It falls into the The Weight of a Legacy "I only keep one for my collection" pile

theoretically preventing a wound is better then adding a wound. The shadow player will have 40 total vitality throughout that game while the free peoples player will probably have less then 20, so mathematically it would make sense to prevent a single wound then add a single wound, aka Double Shot.

(I don't really believe this though)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Witchkingx5 on March 13, 2010, 09:38:53 AM
But you miss a couple of things, lego: Sanctuaries (up to 10 wounds), and then awesome cards that you can find in many Decks like Might of Numenor and The Shire Countryside, mass healing ftw!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kralik on March 13, 2010, 08:25:29 PM
Perhaps he means 10 wounds between both site 3 and site 6.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Elrohir on March 13, 2010, 09:06:48 PM
I like Lightfootness. It is handy, as it is Weight of Legacy. Well, state of rare is over estimated, but, especially in Fotr Block, Aragorns are often used.

Sometimes, a couple of Loriens Blessing changed the course of a turn.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kralik on March 13, 2010, 09:08:44 PM
I like Lightfootness.

ELVEN CLOAK.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on March 14, 2010, 03:08:02 AM
But you miss a couple of things, lego: Sanctuaries (up to 10 wounds), and then awesome cards that you can find in many Decks like Might of Numenor and The Shire Countryside, mass healing ftw!

no, not really, if you're playing 5, 3 vitality companions then 10 wounds will only get you to 25, so unless you have extra healing, you're probably in trouble.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: King89 on March 14, 2010, 06:04:20 AM
scouring of the shire  =D>
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Marcoliboar on March 14, 2010, 07:21:48 AM
i think i have a foil  :mrgreen:

best card ever  \:D/

(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flotrtcgdb.com%2Fimages%2FLOTR01282.jpg&hash=07a5c858a1cd72560f06c14f6a789997dfd5f5e3)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Witchkingx5 on March 14, 2010, 11:34:39 AM
But you miss a couple of things, lego: Sanctuaries (up to 10 wounds), and then awesome cards that you can find in many Decks like Might of Numenor and The Shire Countryside, mass healing ftw!

no, not really, if you're playing 5, 3 vitality companions then 10 wounds will only get you to 25, so unless you have extra healing, you're probably in trouble.

Yeah, you're right, but most Decks use healing, don't they?

Anyway, Precision Targeting can handle this.

As for the topic:

Goblin Hordes! (makes the most broken culture even more broken!)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on March 14, 2010, 11:52:18 AM
and... Namarie! to break goblin hordes!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Kralik on March 14, 2010, 10:41:01 PM
Yes.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Terwin on March 15, 2010, 07:44:58 AM
Lingering Shadow!!!

Namarie: Annoying
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on March 15, 2010, 11:19:58 AM
Lightfootedness...

Pros:
- (0)
- Cirdan, the Shipwright
- Easy spotting requirements

Cons:
- Lame ability
- Hosts of the Last Alliance, Elven Cloak, other "permanent" versions
- Takes up a spot in a deck
- Odds are, if you are seeing 1 minion archery, you are seeing a lot more than that
- Lame picture
- Lame lore

Anything I'm forgetting? I'm sure there is something...
-wtk

agreed, while orlando bloom's face isn't much to look at, his feet are worse.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: sharkey on March 16, 2010, 06:44:17 AM
My guess is that lightfootedness is a Draft Pack bone, vs Moria Archery which is rampant in Fellowship and MoM.

It is also great if your meta is swamped with archery. Mine was for a while.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gwaihir on March 18, 2010, 08:37:06 AM
I love lightfootedness because you can hoard 4 of them in your hand, then at brown lands you can play them and say "hah, no archery for you, NEXT!"
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gil-Estel on March 18, 2010, 09:10:36 AM
Well, if they have 4 archers, they still would have 4a.....:lol:
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Sam, Great Elf Warrior on March 18, 2010, 11:52:41 AM
That's why you need 4 Lightfootedness AND 4 Intimidate. Take that, minion archers!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on March 18, 2010, 12:32:09 PM
or 4 lightfootedness and 4 elven cloak...
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gwaihir on March 18, 2010, 01:00:17 PM
Either of those options is fine for amateurs I guess, but when your opponnent plays four Moria Archer Troops at Brown Lands, things'll get real ugly unless you use all of that.  So make sure you have four elven cloaks out and 4 each of intimidate and lightfootedness in hand!!!!
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on March 18, 2010, 01:01:21 PM
if you give enough twilight in for block for 4 moria archer troops, you're already in trouble, lightfootedness or no
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Sam, Great Elf Warrior on March 18, 2010, 01:18:37 PM
Yeah, for 24 twilight, they could get Keeper of Dol Guldur up to strength 16 twice and still have enough to play 2x Beauty is Fading. Say goodbye to your Hobbit Swords.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gwaihir on March 18, 2010, 01:31:12 PM
Pffft.  4x Goblin Armory + Relics of Moria + 4x Goblin Scimitar = 4 Moria Archer Troop for 12 twilight.  :lol:
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Sam, Great Elf Warrior on March 18, 2010, 01:53:46 PM
Wouldn't that be 16 twilight, since each Moria Archer Troop would cost [6] and each Goblin Scimitar would add [2] ([4] for Goblin Armory - [2] for Relics of Moria), and (6-2)x4=4x4=16? For that matter, you'd actually need 18 twilight since you wouldn't be able to gain [2] for the last scimitar until you had the last archer troop out.

Of course, if you had Goblin Scimitars (and maybe a runner) in hand, that would help.
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: Gwaihir on March 18, 2010, 05:22:20 PM
yeah, miscounted...
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: putridbreath on March 19, 2010, 10:34:30 AM
How about some Goblin Runner x4 as well? :)
Title: Re: Your favorite card?
Post by: legolas3333 on March 19, 2010, 02:47:17 PM
well, 4 moria archer troop is 24, so let's say you start with 10, 4 runners makes it 14, use relics 4 times for a net 2 gain each time makes is 22, so you're still 2 twilight short...