Gandalf PG decks

[legolas3333]

Alright here's several decks I could make, but I'm not sure which one, suggestions are appreciated.

Gandalf and the Ents

Frodo, Resolute Hobbit
The One Ring, Ring of Doom

34 Cards

Companions - 12
Merry, In The Bloom Of Health (Starting)
Pippin, In The Bloom Of Health (Starting)
Farmer Maggot, Hobbit Of The Marish (Starting)
Quickbeam, Bregalad (Starting)
Skinbark, Fladrif (Starting)
Host Of Fangorn (Starting)
Huorn x3
Gandalf, Powerful Guide x3

Possessions/Artifacts - 7
Gandalf's Staff x2
Glamdring, Foe-Hammer
Glamdring, Lightning Brand
Radagast's Herb Bag x2
The Art Of Gandalf

Events - 12
Fury Of The White Rider x2
Mysterious Wizard x3
Task Was Not Done
Terrible And Evil
The More, The Merrier x2
Threw Down My Enemy x3

Conditions - 3
Behold The White Rider x3

Pros: More fighting companions, less vulnerability to swarm.
Cons: No healing, condition discard and it can lose a lot of skirmishes to beatdown decks.

Gandalf and the Elves

Galadriel, Bearer Of Wisdom
The One Ring, Ring Of Rings

34 Cards

Companions - 9
Arwen, Queen Of Elves And Men x2
Gandalf, Powerful Guide x2
Legolas, Woodland Emissary (Starting)
Rumil Silvan Elf x2
Sam, Son Of Hamfast (Starting)
Pippin, Wearer Of Black And Silver (Starting)

Possessions/Artifacts - 13
Elven Bow x4
Gandalf's Staff x2
Glamdring, Foe Hammer
Radagast's Herb Bag x2

Events - 10
Feathered x3
Fury Of The White Rider x2
Threw Down My Enemy x3
Weapons Of Lothlorien x2
Prolonged Struggle x3
Farewell To Lorien

Conditions - 2
Behold The White Rider x2

Pros: More Wounding, More Burden Removal.
Cons: No condition discard and low strength companions.

Gandalf and Aragorn

Frodo, Hope Of Free Peoples
The One Ring, Ring of Rings

34 Cards

Companions - 6
Aragorn, Guide And Protector
Gandalf, Powerful Guide x3
Pippin, Wearer Of Black And Silver x2

Possessions/Artifacts - 7
Aragorn's Bow x3
Gandalf's Staff, Ash Staff x2
Glamdring, Foe-Hammer
Glamdring, Lightning Brand

Events - 15
Defend It And Hope x2
Fury Of The White Rider
Have Patience x4
Prolonged Struggle x2
Rally The Company x3
Threw Down My Enemy x3

Conditions - 6
Behold The White Rider x2
Brooding On Tomorrow x2
Watch And Wait x2

Pros: Has a little bit of everything.
Cons: Swarms are death traps and it requires winning a lot of skirmishes for burden removal.

So yeah give me advice on them, or totally new archtypes with Gandalf, PG in them.

[Gil-Estel]

I would go for the Gandalf and Elves twist, though I would consider more spells for Gandalf to take advantage of.

[Olorin]

A Gandalf PG deck for standard would be nice... expanded I can think of a very evil one...

[Olorin]

cons... healing...

yeah... healing is also always my problem in Gandalf decks...

...healing, and the enourmous twilight pool I always give... 

[legolas3333]

I would go for the Gandalf and Elves twist, though I would consider more spells for Gandalf to take advantage of.

should I dump sword of the fallen then?

[Thranduil]

I think the version with Guide and Protector has the most interesting and promising premise. You need some skirmish healing there though, like Invigorated (if there is any, some healing for non-[Gondor] companions), or Strength of Spirit, which is an awesome combo with PG and GaP. For starting fellowship, I'd probably play a Boromir or Faramir with perhaps something like Ranger of the White Tree and/or WoBas, then plan on bidding to go first and playing Aragorn using the Prancing Pony.

Unfortunately, for a combo deck like PG you want the kind of fetching only SftF can give you, in which case I would start LoM with WoBaS and a cost Man, then you can burn Gandalf for Sent Back and PG and the herb bag, and burn the guy to pull all your cards together.

[legolas3333]

hmm but how do i assure i get sftf early?
I actually changed the second one a bit to add more spells and so far i like that one even though i see what you're saying thranduil... Now I'm considering starting Aragorn, Well Traveled Guide until i pull the right cards especially since i don't own many sftf

[Thranduil]

hmm but how do i assure i get sftf early?

By running a 30/30 deck (which, to be honest, I'm a great believer in anyway - I think the fewer cards in your deck, the better it's going to be in almost all cases). If you don't have an opening hand which includes it, then you mulligan. But all these decks I reckon could with without SftF, but they'd need to be as slim as possible, 32/32 maximum.

I actually changed the second one a bit to add more spells and so far i like that one even though i see what you're saying thranduil... Now I'm considering starting Aragorn, Well Traveled Guide until i pull the right cards especially since i don't own many sftf

Unfortunately, it loses some of the appeal without Guide and Protector - it's the wounding combos that really got my attention, as it allows you to get 3 wounds for playing 1 spell.

[legolas3333]

yeah, i see your point

[Gil-Estel]

but you need the healing, and that's what is farewell to lorien good for....

[Olorin]

but you need the healing, and that's what is farewell to lorien good for....

and for this you need at least one elf... but PG (two hobbits)... perhaps some other comps and elves...