Here is my current list for Uglúk's Sword. It is paired with a fairly typical
control fellowship. Not optimal, but it has cards that I just WANT to play. Record so far is 8-0, plus a few times that I timed out without noticing that someone actually joined my table (I want the alarm horn back), but I haven't actually lost a game with this deck yet.
Ring-bearer:
Faramir, Bearer of QualityRing:
The One Ring, The Binding RingAdventure deck:
Buckland HomesteadWoody-EndBreeding Pit of IsengardSteward's TombCavern EntranceNeekerbreekers' BogMithlondDammed Gate-streamMount DoomFree Peoples Draw Deck:
1x
Dasron, Merchant from Dorwinion1x
Gandalf, Returned3x
Gandalf, Wise Guide1x
Smeagol, Poor Creature1x
Aragorn, Strider1x
Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith3x
Elendil, High-King of Gondor1x
Gondorian Prowler1x
Madril, Defender of Osgiliath1x
Albert Dreary, Entertainer From Bree3x
Barliman Butterbur, Prancing Pony Proprietor2x
Shadowfax, Greatest of the Mearas1x
Aragorn's Bow, Ranger's Longbow1x
Armor1x
Faramir's Bow1x
Flaming Brand4x
Ithilien Blade1x
Anduril, Sword That Was Broken1x
Narsil, Forged by Telchar1x
Scroll of Isildur1x
Throne of Minas Tirith4x
A Wizard is Never Late2x
Citadel to Gate1x
New-awakened4x
Saved From the Fire2x Speak "Friend" and Enter
2x
Traveled Leader4x
Something Slimy2x
What Are They?1x
Long-stemmed Pipe1x
Follow Smeagol1x
Gladden Homestead3x
Noble Leaders1x
Soldier's Cache3x
Stewards' Legacy2x
Storied Homestead1x
The Faithful Stone1x
Pallando, Far-travelling One3x
Deagol, Fateful Finder1x
Elendil's ArmyShadow Draw Deck:
2x
Gollum, Her Sneak1x
Gollum, Old Villain2x
Shelob, Her Ladyship1x
Grima, Chief Counselor1x
Grima, Wormtongue2x
Uruk Captain1x
The Balrog, Demon of Might4x
Grishnakh, Treacherous Captain1x
Southron Leader2x
The Mouth of Sauron, Lieutenant of Barad-dur3x
Mauhur, Relentless Hunter1x
Merciless Berserker2x
Shagrat, Tower Captain4x
Ugluk, Ugly Fellow1x
Uruk-hai Healer2x
White Hand Taskmaster2x Úlairë
Cantea, Faster Than Winds2x Úlairë
Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul2x Úlairë
Lemenya, Eternally Threatening4x Úlairë
Nelya, Third of the Nine Riders3x Úlairë Nertëa,
Dark Horseman1x Úlairë Otsëa,
Duplicitous Specter1x
Web4x
Ugluk's Sword1x
Lurtz's Bow, Black-Fletch Bow4x
Captured by the Ring4x
Sudden Strike4x
Evil-smelling Fens3x
Greed2x
Fury of the Evil Army3x
Saruman, Servant of SauronThe freeps side is very experimental at this stage for me, I never played
Ithilien Blade before. I'm debating using
A New Light, the deck is built to counter silver-bullet minions, but still can't hurt. There are some shadows that deal very well with
Ithilien Blade and Madril, against those I have a
Citadel to Gate +
Ranger's Longbow plan, and I can also skirmish fairly decently. A 4th copy of
Deagol should really find its way in to fuel
Her Sneak, but I don't know what to cut.
Houses of Healing is another card that seem to be strong here.
The shadow is built to keep replaying Uglúk,
Ugly Fellow. He is a strong skirmisher, and Mauhur/The Mouth of Sauron/Dark Horseman help enabling him to do maximal damage. Then there is his original TTT sword. That card is seriously underplayed in my opinion. With hand extensions like
Her Sneak,
Evil-Smelling Fens,
Web, Grishnakj, TC, it can generate swarms in the most unexpected situations.
It is a different build of a generic
Sudden Strike shadow that I normally play with corsairs or nazgul. Both builds have their advantages, but for now I enjoy the uniqueness of the uruks.
Greed and
Fury of the Evil Army are among the strongest meta answers of the format.
Both sides of the deck are going through changes as I keep playing them more and more. One notable thing is that this shadow DOES NOT play well with
Grimbeorn. Normally, in a
Sudden Strike shadow you ditch unwanted minions to
Grimbeorn, but here you really want to ditch them to
Ugluk's Sword. Grim B is not that necessary heir anyway as
Dasron works amazingly well here as a recursion engine.
Replay links:
http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=B0r0m1r$n5sf51al1vor9xtt - Wizards/corsairs
http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=B0r0m1r$sscs08ono1v0r68o - dwaves/wargs
http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=B0r0m1r$qedvn0luf7wbeif1 - hobits/tentacles
http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=B0r0m1r$v6g26becfn2qjvn1 SFTF Gondor/Mordor wounding