Nothing that surprising about the free peoples, except maybe the inclusion of
The Saga of Elendil which doesn't do that much unless you are making Aragorn a mega-pincushion. I guess it has limited play on
Derufin as well, with his two copies there.
The Shadow side is where I am surprised. No
Morgul Destroyer? No
Morgul Brute? No
Morgul Whelp? Those guys are such fun and have pretty great synergy (particularly Destroyer). I also think four copies of
the Pale Blade might be heavy with the recursion available--I think a copy of
Evil-Smelling Fens would be more helpful in the place of one of them, and possibly pulling a second for a
Black Steed (which you can take advantage of at sites 5 and 9, particularly).
-wtk