Raider Initiative Wounding

[legolas3333]

Here's one i dreamed up looking at old raider cards I had

34 Cards

Minions
3x Suzerain of Harad
4x Desert Runner
4x Desert Scout
4x Desert Sneak
4x Morgul Lurker
3x Southron Chieftain

Events
2x Red Wrath
2x Whirling Strike

Conditions
4x Harsh Tongues
4x Rout

So play all you rout and harsh tongues then get the wounding from desert runner, scout and sneak, archery with Suzerain of Harad, Morgul Lurker and Corsair Ballista.

[King89]

this deck must have *** (it already got it  ) !

you should also think about:

- Fierce in Despair
- Raider Bow
- Red Wrath
- Desert Lord (with Seasoned Leader )
- Whirling Strike

[Gerontius]

What's corsair ballista in there for? It says, 'Bearer must be a corsair.'
Besides that this deck looks pretty good!

[legolas3333]

oh didn't notice that

[legolas3333]

Fixed added some Red Wrath and Whirling strike
King89: I always had Southron Chieftan it as just misspelled

[Gate Troll]

Imho Red Wrath is much better than Whirling Strike. The Desert Lord/ Seasoned Leader combo is also nasty, though it does stray a little from the initiative theme. I really like the deck. Stuff like that is nasty.

[legolas3333]

i know it is but since the minions are kinda expensive i wanted to make sure there was something i could use with just a little twilight

[Kralik]

Imho Red Wrath is much better than Whirling Strike.

Red Wrath is nice to surprise you opponent and kill a companion, but you have to have a free exertion. Against certain deck styles you may already be exhausted when you need it. Something to keep in mind when weighing pros and cons.

[Gate Troll]

True, against archery Red Wrath kinda sucks. So I suppose Whirling Strike is better overall...   

[Kralik]

Red Wrath is incomplete without High Vantage... but it also suffers greatly to Rohan. Even so, I still use it.

[Imrahil]

I tried a deck somewhat like yours, and I found it very hard to get enough tokens on Harsh Tongues.  Against many decks the minions don't survive long enough to be spotted in regroup (at least in my experience). 

[Faelach]

I know Southron Chieftain may help you on the occasion that the Free Peoples player moves twice, but other than that what good is he?  All the opponent has to do is assign your initiative to wound minions before they assigns him...

[ket_the_jet]

I know Southron Chieftain may help you on the occasion that the Free Peoples player moves twice, but other than that what good is he?  All the opponent has to do is assign your initiative to wound minions before they assigns him...

He's mostly good for the double move prevention. Even if your Harsh Tongues gets discarded, you are still good to go.
-wtk

[putridbreath]

Faelach you're right, but notice the Rout x4. All he has to do is make Southron chieftan get assigned and the freeps player is looking at 8 exertions on the double move. It's an effective stop that works even if no minions survive to regroup.

To make Southron Chieftan more relevant for the phase he's assigned, the intiative wounding guys need to be fierce. The addition of mumak and/or mumakil would be a great combo especially the latter, which become damage +1 when holding initiative.

[ket_the_jet]

Oh my God, pb. Mumakil is brilliant with those guys! I never even thought about that.
-wtk