Last Alliance of Elves and Men - Free Peoples (Expanded)

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As the physical cards are getting harder to find these days, I gathered a large physical collection of common and nostalgic decks to play with family and friends as a pre-built game.  I'm posting these decks as a reference and for feedback.
The decks are split into free peoples and shadow sides, all interchangeable at 35 (36 as I added more cycling and discard decks) cards each.  There are some obvious drawbacks to doing it this way, but it is 100% worth it to allow mixing/matching.  It allows enough combinations to keep each game unique and interesting.  The idea is to have thematic and fun strategies while maintaining a balance.  These are built with physical cards, so any in the $150+ range are not always going to make it in due to the costs and to maintain balance among the decks.  I follow the Expanded format and rules before errata, but some decks might also fit into other formats.  This is one of those decks:

Last Alliance of Elves and Men - Free Peoples (Expanded)
There are so many version of Last Alliance decks.  This one abuses the Greenleaf and Aragorn's Bow archery targeting.

Starting:
The One Ring, The Binding Ring
Frodo, Resolute Hobbit
Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath
Legolas, Greenleaf

Companions:
Aragorn, Ranger of the North (pull with Prancing Pony)
Faramir, Son of Denethor x2
Boromir, Son of Denethor x2
Elendil, The Tall
Gil-Galad, Elven High King

Allies:
Elrond, Herald to Gil-Galad x3

Artifacts:
Narsil, Blade of the Faithful
Aiglos
Anduril, Flame of the West
Vilya
Mithril-Coat
Phial of Galadriel, Star-Glass
The Shards of Narsil

Possessions:
Aragorn's Bow
Legolas' Sword
Sting, Baggins Heirloom
Gondorian Blade
Gondorian Sword
Flaming Brand
Armor
Shield of Boromir

Events:
Seclusion x3

Condtions:
The Last Alliance of Elves and Men x3
Shadow Between
The Saga of Elendil
The Tale of Gil-Galad


Strategy:
Greenleaf and Aragorn's Bow target minions in the archery phase.  Then, use Elrond, Herald to Gil-Galad and Shadow Between to heal up.  Aiglos, The Tale of Gil-Galad, Vilya, and The Saga of Elendil can be spread around and moved to improve this.
The Last Alliance of Elves and Men can spot the 3 elves (including allies) to make the men +3 strength.
Once Elendil or Gil-Galad show up, you should have enough artifacts to move Narsil, Blade of the Faithful or Aiglos to them to make them 14-15 strength (before Last Alliance) with 5-6 vitality.


It's worth considering putting in Galadriel, Bearer of Wisdom instead (changing Boromir with something else), then using Galadriel's Silver Ewer and Nenya, Ring of Adamant instead of Mithril-Coat and The Shards of Narsil.

I would love to hear any feedback/suggestions.