The Last Homely House
Middle-Earth => Lothlórien => King Standard => Topic started by: Chrispy77 on October 28, 2018, 08:37:45 AM
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Looks like there's a spark going on here so I'll contribute!
Ring-bearer: Frodo, Hope of Free Peoples
Ring: The One Ring, Such a Weight to Carry
Adventure deck:
Steps of Edoras
King's Tent
Hall of the Kings
Pelennor Plain
City Gates
Minas Tirith Sixth Circle
Osgiliath Crossing
Morgul Vale
Haunted Pass
Free Peoples Draw Deck:
1x Damrod, Ranger of Ithilien
1x Faramir, Son of Denethor
4x Gondorian Ranger
1x Mablung, Soldier of Gondor
2x Ranger of Ithilien
1x Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver
4x Banner of Westernesse
1x Faramir's Bow
3x Ranger's Bow
1x Stand to Arms
4x While We Yet Live
1x Hasty Repairs
1x Hearts Raised
1x Long Prepared
4x Man the Walls
1x Support of the City
4x Third Level
Shadow Draw Deck:
2x Gorgoroth Attacker
4x Gorgoroth Engineer
2x Gorgoroth Pillager
1x Gorgoroth Ransacker
1x Gorgoroth Sapper
4x Gorgoroth Soldier
4x Gorgoroth Troop
1x Siege Commander
4x Din of Arms
2x Encirclement
2x Great Siege-towers
1x Some Secret Art of Flame
1x Stronghold of Cirith Ungol
2x Tower Walkway
4x Troop Tower
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Man the Walls seems significantly worse than Ancient Roads. Sure, you don't need to spot the rangers, but with Gondorian Ranger and your group of merry men, do you really need Man the Walls?
It is funny that you posted this deck. I was tempted to post my ring-bound rangers/besiegers deck to this very forum, but I am still play-testing it (It is currently 10-6). I like your idea of Faramir, Son of Denethor starting with Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver as Faramir, Captain of Gondor has limited functionality in the deck that I built. I'll reply here when I get up to 20 games with it, but right now I think we have very different ideas on how to run them.
I will note that what makes Ring-Bound Rangers viable in Towers Block--large fellowships that can knock anything out with the combination of Ranger's Bow and guile struggle in the Towers Standard/King Standard format where large fellowships are punished. I think you need at least one copy of Ithilien Trap in here. And Hearts Raised alone won't be enough for the threats that can be created in King Standard.
Forgive my asking, but what is the point of Stronghold of Cirith Ungol? I don't see what that adds--I find that once Gorgoroth Pillager is stacked on a site, folks are usually pretty wary of the double-move anyways. I do like the idea of using Some Secret Art of Flame to play Troop Tower in the regroup phase to take an extra site. That's quite clever.
-wtk