Gandalf's Hardy Garrison

[RJH777]

Gandalf and his Gondor men but with a twist...

FP

Frodo, RH
ATAR
Faramir, CoG
Madril, FA

Aragorn, KIE x4
Gandalf, MoW x2
Barliman Butterbur, PPP x3

Glamdring, EB
Aragorn's Bow x2
Ranger's Sword
Faramir's Bow x2
Gondorian Sword
Gandalf's Staff
Narya

AWINL x2
Deep in Thought
Roll of Thunder
Have Patience
Terrible and Evil x2
Power according to his stature x4

Gondor Bowmen x4
Moment of Respite
Brooding on tomorrow
Hardy Garrison x3

Shadow

Gorgoroth Stormer x4
Mordor Fighter x4
Grishnakh, OC x4
Grima, Wormtongue x2
Ulaire Enquea, LoM x2
Gollum, PD
Gollum, Stinker

Gothmog's Warg

Captured by the ring x4
The ring is mine x4
We must have it x2
Enduring evil
Saruman's power

Evil-smelling fens x3
Heavy burden x2
Fat one wants it x2
Thin and stretched
They stole it


Pros

- Doesn't really care about your overpowered Durin or Cirdan
- FP nukes Nazgul and swarm
- Capable of corruption in a single turn

Cons

- Absolutely ruined by Besiegers (good job they arent movie meta...)
- A Light in His Mind is the worst card in the game to face
- Capable of some outstandingly unplayable hands that allow your opponent to walk from 4-7 untouched

[Merrick_H]

Both sides are a bit large - at 40 cards draw consistency is going to be hard, but you do have the ability to discard cards in the fellowship to improve your hands.

If I were to cut anything, I might nix the following:
Free Peoples
1x Aragorn, KiE
1x Aragorn's Bow
1x Faramir's Bow
1x PATHS

Shadow
1x Grishnakh, OC - 4 of the unique minion can lead to hand clog, can be pulled back if necessary with ESF
1x Ulaire Enquea, LoM - can be pulled back with ESF
1x Gothmog's Warg - Combo-tastic - yes a one cost burden, but you are either holding onto it, or discarding it since you don't have the combo in hand.
1x Heavy Burden - Gollum doesn't survive often, particularly if using ESF

[RJH777]

Thanks mate - yes good suggestions.

Have now had 5 games in a row where I haven't drawn a stormer till site 7+ (and not a single one in the game just played!).

Even accounting for gemps sometimes "interesting" shuffles, that tells me I need to cut the size down a fair bit!

Will give those a go and see. I'm a bit wary of going down to one of the bows in case of corsairs or dunland but I do think ultimately this will get more wins if I can get it down to more lime 34/34.

[Enduring]

I would also agree with Merrick_H on cutting some cards out of your deck.

Free Peoples
-2 Hardy Garrison
-1 Aragorn's Bow
-1 Faramir's Bow
-1 Power According to his Stature
-1 Barliman Butterbur, PPP
+1 Sixth Level
+1 Gondorian Merchant



Shadow
-1 Grishnakh, Orc Captain
-1 Ulaire Enquea, LoM
-1 Gothmog's Warg
-1 Heavy Burden