Thanks so much for the suggestions, everyone.
Just to explain a couple things -
Ithil Stone and
Uruk Regular are the centrepieces of the deck. I drew the Shadow side from some posts on these forums that I can no longer find, but they explained that
Ithil Stone is there to replace
Deep of Helm from Towers Block, which I guess was too much in conjunction with
Uruk Regular and caused the latter to be banned. Obviously, it's better because it can be used at any site and helps draw you into a swarm as well. You really need
minions to go with it, though, both to play it and to benefit from the cost reduction. That's why
Cirith Ungol Guard is in there instead of the superior
Uruk Warrior. I've also found that I want at least three Ithil Stones. I really want those draws coming all game, and they're easy to ditch and replace if I draw another one, at additional benefit to me. That said, I'll probably go down one in favour of
Spies of Saruman or one of the cards you guys suggested to me (
Evil-Smelling Fens is a really neat idea if I keep both Gollums; otherwise I'll probably drop one). (And now that I'm thinking about it, maybe one of the Stones could be an
Abandoning Reason for Madness as well, for two. Hmm.)
As for the Fellowship - yeah, it's not the greatest idea. I'd call it a pet build, not a serious one. I don't even ever get to use the
token ability on Aragorn (though I like the
'I want the minions to be wounded' theme). I'll probably keep trying to make it work because I like it, but more serious decks will probably reduce to only one of the culture pairings.