Realm of Dwarrowdelf OPEN

[sgtdraino]

Here's an Open Format of my series of Realm of Dwarrowdelf decks. It's basically the Expanded version of this deck, with some otherwise-banned cards added in. Enjoy:

Realm of Dwarrowdelf OPEN

Starting Cards:
Ring-bearer: Gimli, Bearer of Grudges
Ring: The One Ring, The Ring of Rings
1x Gandalf, Wise Guide
1x Smeagol, Poor Creature

Adventure deck:
Steward's Tomb
Cavern Entrance
Neekerbreekers' Bog
Mithlond
Caras Galadhon
Dammed Gate-stream
Mount Doom
Moria Guardroom
Sirannon Ruins

Free Peoples Draw Deck:
4x Dain Ironfoot, King Under the Mountain
4x Durin III, Dwarven Lord
1x Grimbeorn, Beorning Chieftain
1x Radagast, The Brown
1x Thrarin, Dwarven Smith
3x Barliman Butterbur, Prancing Pony Proprietor
1x Hugin, Emissary from Laketown
1x Axe of Erebor
1x Dwarven Armor
1x Dwarven Axe
1x Dwarven Bracers
1x Gimli's Helm
4x Hand Axe
2x Beorning Axe
2x Shadowfax, Greatest of the Mearas
4x Ring of Artifice
1x Ring of Fury
2x Gandalf's Staff
1x Narya
4x Dwarf-lords
2x Slaked Thirsts
4x A New Light
4x A Wizard Is Never Late
1x Citadel to Gate
2x Deep in Thought
3x Final Account
1x On Your Doorstep
3x Roll of Thunder
1x Saved From the Fire
2x Speak "Friend" and Enter
2x Traveled Leader
4x Naked Waste
2x One Good Turn Deserves Another
4x Something Slimy
3x Aggression
3x Beneath the Mountains
3x Ever My Heart Rises
1x Memories of Darkness
2x Preparations
3x Realm of Dwarrowdelf
2x Long-stemmed Pipe
1x Perspective
1x Don't Look at Them
1x Gladden Homestead
4x Pallando, Far-travelling One
4x Deagol, Fateful Finder

Shadow Draw Deck:
3x Gollum, Her Sneak
1x Gollum, Old Villain
3x Shelob, Her Ladyship
1x Dunlending Warrior
2x Grima, Servant of Another Master
2x Grima, Wormtongue
2x Uruk Captain
2x Mumak Commander, Giant Among the Swertings
1x Stampeding Chief
1x Strange-looking Men
2x The Balrog, Demon of Might
2x Gothmog, Morgul Leader
1x Grishnakh, Treacherous Captain
4x Southron Leader
1x Sauron, The Lord of the Rings
2x Mauhur, Relentless Hunter
1x Merciless Berserker
1x Ugluk, Ugly Fellow
1x Bill Ferny, Swarthy Sneering Fellow
4x Morgul Squealer
1x The Witch-king, Morgul King
2x Úlairë Cantëa, Faster Than Winds
2x Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul
1x Úlairë Enquëa, Sixth of the Nine Riders
2x Úlairë Lemenya, Eternally Threatening
2x Úlairë Nelya, Third of the Nine Riders
3x Úlairë Nertëa, Dark Horseman
1x Úlairë Nertëa, Messenger of Dol Guldur
4x Úlairë Toldëa, Black Shadow
1x Web
2x Ships of Great Draught
4x Captured by the Ring
1x Hobbitses Are Dead
4x Led Astray
4x Sudden Strike
4x Saruman's Power
1x All Life Flees
4x Relentless Charge
3x Their Power Is in Terror
4x Too Great and Terrible
4x Evil-smelling Fens
1x Incited
4x Not Easily Avoided
4x They Stole It
1x Greed
4x Saruman, Servant of Sauron

Total: 210 cards!

The strategy is basically the same as the Expanded version, seen here:

http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,10140.0.html

...With the addition of various cards that are off-limits in Expanded:

Final Account
Aggression
Memories of Darkness
Strange-looking Men
Úlairë Nertëa, Messenger of Dol Guldur

Here's a replay, where I actually managed to zero out the deck!

http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=sgtdraino$04s86k6shlp6don8

[Dictionary]

Cool game, particularly liked when Gimli killed Sauron I'm surprised you didn't prioritise Memories of Darkness though, wouldn't that help loop all the conditions you keep discarding?

[Shelobplayer]

I'm not sure why you run Strange-Looking Men. There was some loop abusing him with Pavise and ROS possession stacking stuff (can't remember exactly how it went, but I'm sure you can find it somewhere here ), that's why he was banned. His raw power is pretty low to be a splash minion imo.

[sgtdraino]

Cool game, particularly liked when Gimli killed Sauron

Heh heh, I love when that happens!

I'm surprised you didn't prioritise Memories of Darkness though, wouldn't that help loop all the conditions you keep discarding?

The reason it wasn't prioritized, is because I don't really have any prior experience with its usefulness. Mostly I stuck it in because it sounded potentially useful, and it's banned in Expanded. Now that you point it out, I can see how that could be really handy! I will have to get it out early next time, and see what it can do!

I'm not sure why you run Strange-Looking Men. There was some loop abusing him with Pavise and ROS possession stacking stuff (can't remember exactly how it went, but I'm sure you can find it somewhere here ), that's why he was banned. His raw power is pretty low to be a splash minion imo.

Here again, I mostly just put him in to try him out. Yeah, I can see how he kinda sucks on his own, since he has to exert, and thus can only do it once. I'll probably take him out now.

[sgtdraino]

Here's a game where I prioritized Memories of Darkness:

http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=sgtdraino$nw41vbax4o2rdk1d

Very pleased with the results!