They Are Coming

[Chang]

OMG, I never realized there was an arrow on that picture before.

Probably because it is one of the worst shots of any card.
-wtk

worst shot, but a darn useful card.


EDIT - Topic split from the "Worst Lord of the Rings Card Pictures" thread. ~ES

[ket_the_jet]

worst shot, but a darn useful card.

Actually, I have never ran it in any Moria decks. But that's probably because I love Goblin Sneak and They Are Coming so much!
-wtk

[Chang]

worst shot, but a darn useful card.

Actually, I have never ran it in any Moria decks. But that's probably because I love Goblin Sneak and They Are Coming so much!
-wtk

why use those when you play it for free? discarding 3 cards seems like a huge penalty. id love to hear your strat on those cards.

[ket_the_jet]

why use those when you play it for free? discarding 3 cards seems like a huge penalty. id love to hear your strat on those cards.

http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,2796.0.html

There is the deck. Here's my rationale. You can run four copies of Hosts of Thousands (which can actually clog your hand), or you can run four minions.

Now, I run my deck with Dwarves, and actually use Preparations a lot differently than other people. I discard cards I don't really need (Aragorn, Ranger of the North is a site 8 speed bump) and then put them on Preparations. With Rest By Blind Night, I can shuffle those cards back into the draw deck late in the game. So They Are Coming is actually a beautiful way to cycle through.

Plus, thanks to Sindri, I can play Battle Tested off of cards like Preparations so it is no problem if I discard them early in the game. And unlike most people who run Dunharrow Plateau, I actually grab Ever My Heart Rises, not Preparations.

Goblin Sneak allows me to recycle my minions, and unlike most people, I don't try to just throw out as many minions as I can each site. I work very delicately through site three, then use Anduin Banks* game text to win some skirmishes and stack on Goblin Swarms. I usually play for the overwhelm at site five or six. Site seven if they are running an awfully fantastic choke.

Anyways, They Are Coming is one of the greatest commons (right up there with Goblin Scavengers and Goblin Scimitar). This deck has a very good winning percentage, by the way, and is my favorite to play (although my Knights and directed wounding deck is probably my best overall).

Does that explain better?
-wtk

[Chang]

very cool. i like the way you play it off. i might have to see if i got the stuff to give it a try

[ket_the_jet]

very cool. i like the way you play it off. i might have to see if i got the stuff to give it a try

Thanks man. As for the free peoples, I have non-foil versions of most of them since I am very close to foiling the free people's half. If you don't have Rest By Blind Night, try Restless Axe.

Anyways, it is a very fun deck to play. A lot of people have a hard time understanding why I don't use Gimli, Bearer of Grudges, but you cannot let one copy of Preparations get discarded (you will need to shuffle it back into the draw deck with any early discards).
-wtk

[SomeRandomDude]

I never found They Are Coming decks to be as useful as Host Of Thousands/ The Underdeeps Of Moria. its like running 8 copies of a Sneak.

Goblin Armories and Scimitars, of course...1 copy Relics of Moria and some Scavengers...Goblin Runners, and you've got twilight to blow through.

[ket_the_jet]

Relics of Moria isn't movie Block legal.

And TAC is one of the best cards ever.
-wtk

[jdizzy001]

TAC has saved my hide a few times, but since I play strict 30/30 decks, I have to be a little more careful with it.  it is definantly an interseting idea to use sneaks instead of hosts of a thousand.  The only problem see is that hosts pulls a needed minion from your discard pile while sneak puts them back on the bottom of your draw deck, but if your dropping 3 cards every so often to play a minion from your discard pile I can see it working a little better. 

[ket_the_jet]

But I get free shuffles with Rest By Blind Night.
-wtk

[jdizzy001]

HA ha ha, that's great.  You could always use the moria card that pulls minions from the bottom of your draw deck.  But you'll need a real good twilight engine to pull that off.

[ket_the_jet]

The Underdeeps of Moria. After the shuffles, I can't guarantee cards being there. Rest By Blind Night is one of the most under-rated cards ever.
-wtk

[jdizzy001]

well, if you used underdeeps you probably shouldn't use rest by blind night

[ket_the_jet]

But...then I have no way of getting my early discards (like Sam, Son of Hamfast or Aragorn, Ranger of the North) back.
-wtk

[jdizzy001]

oh. good point