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Title: Initiative and Burden Red Orcs
Post by: GloinTheDark on December 20, 2009, 05:00:45 PM
Tower of Barad-dur x4
Desperate Defense of the Ring x4
Thin and Stretched x2
Dead Marshes
Grond, HotU

Orc Slaughterer x4
Troll of Cirith Gorgor x4
Orc Butcher x4
Orc Chaser x4
Orc Savage x4
Orc Stalker x4

Basically combine DDotR with Tower of Barad-dur to gain initiative.  Any ideas for cards that would play off of initiative are more than welcome.  Try to exert Orc Slaughterer for the conditions.  Troll is just a mean minion.  Butchers for the conditions, Chasers and Stalkers for initiative and savage for crowd control.

If you get DDotR out early the free peoples player could be adding a lot of burdens.
Title: Re: Initiative and Burden Red Orcs
Post by: Gil-Estel on December 22, 2009, 06:44:23 AM
Maybe an enduring evil? Just as a fun, surprising element. What if they pile burdens instead of ditching cards? You can slap it in their face! Would add another Dead Marshes, if you run into a Gandalf lover that packs either DiT, Sleep Caradhras of Grown Suddenly Tall, people like Enola for instance :P
Title: Re: Initiative and Burden Red Orcs
Post by: legolas3333 on December 22, 2009, 07:53:34 AM
Gorgoroth Stormer if they double
Title: Re: Initiative and Burden Red Orcs
Post by: Witchkingx5 on December 22, 2009, 01:52:30 PM
Another interesting idea:
What about running elven telepathy as Freeps so when you draw many cards. Dwarve Conditions would be nice, too.
I would remove the Troll of Cirith Gorgor, run some threat adding cards and, if then, some Sauron, The Lord of the Rings which is very nice in a corruption Deck as a several option.
Title: Re: Initiative and Burden Red Orcs
Post by: Gil-Estel on December 22, 2009, 11:16:54 PM
Telepathy is played with high costing minions, so that is not a very good option. Oh and don't forget to add at least 3 Ithil Stones. They can help you enormously. Cheap minions and hand extension.....
Title: Re: Initiative and Burden Red Orcs
Post by: Cw0rk on December 23, 2009, 12:18:15 AM
Do you really need to add burdens? I mean you could remove all the burden cards and entirely focus on getting initiative with Orc Inquisitor or Hand of Sauron.