I like that, Drake!
Here's a fun deck I've made called "Gandalf's Knights" (35 cards).
Isildur, Bearer of Heirlooms w/
The One Ring, The Ring of RingsGandalf, Leader of Men (starting)
Knight of Dol Amroth (starting)
Aragorn, Captain of Gondor x2
Boromir, Hero of OsgiliathDenethor, Wizened StewardFaramir, Wizard's PupilImrahil, Prince of Dol AmrothGrimbeorn, Beorning Chieftain x3
Pallando, Far-travelling OneAnduril, Sword That Was BrokenNarsil, Blade of the FaithfulScroll of IsildurGlamdring, Foe-hammerBeorning Axe x2
Gondor Bow x2
Knight's Mount x2
Gondorian SteedFourth Level x4
Sixth LevelWatch and Wait x3
Sharpen Your Swords x4
For a long time, I wanted to build a deck that used and abused
Sharpen Your Swords. It's an awesome event; jamming Gandalf in with as many Gondorians as possible makes it one of the best pumps in the game for its cost.
The appropriately-named
Gandalf, Leader of Men gets to start with a knight, with three more to come from your deck. (You can easily swap in
Faramir, Defender of Osgiliath instead of
Wizard's Pupil and REALLY shore up your knights, but it's not strictly necessary. I just like the Gandalf flavor that
Wizard's Pupil has.) Your Gondorians are pretty powerful on their own, really, with Aragorn and Boromir healing, the pair from Dol Amroth exerting/wounding minions, and Denethor acting in the unusual role of beatstick with easily 9 strength. Isildur is best kept out of battle, but with Narsil, his potential 11 resistance, and some burden removal from
Watch and Wait and
Foe-hammer, he can chip in when need be. And the best part is he makes all your knights strength +1.
The fortifications (and the
Sixth Level pulling them back) make sure that if your knights win, they kill...or any knight with a
Gondor Bow needs only to exert to lay on that last wound, no winning required! NASTY, that combo.
The real key, though, is Gandalf and his buddy
Grimbeorn. Gandalf lets you use
Sharpen Your Swords for a powerful boost to your Gondorians, and
Grimbeorn with his axe gets to pull it back to use again and again.
I've had mixed results with this deck: it did very well first couple times I used it, but got obliterated the first time I played AP's painful STBOoYV. *shudder* Not NEARLY enough healing. Against most NORMAL decks, though, it should hold its own.
On a similiar token, try mixing Gandalf,
Sharpen Your Swords, and
Pallando in with a bunch of
Wraiths.
Pallando is AWESOME with the Wraiths, since the exerting required to slap him on one is actually beneficial. It's fun to also toss in
Shadowfax, Greatest of the Mearas if you need burden removal, since adding the threats is usually no problem with the
Stronger and More Terrible any decent Wraith deck has in droves. I've even been tinkering with trying to get
Gandalf, Bearer of Obligation going with
GotM and Wraiths. Not so great so far, but I'm trying!