Elven Archery / Glimpse of Fate - Twilight Corruption ____ Need Pointers

[Faelach]

Hey All,

Back in the Fellowship days I used to play Twilight Nazgul to great effect.  Things have changed a bit since then, not to mention a much larger card pool to choose from.  I thought I'd try to shoot for a corruption deck, centered around the Twilight-ers.  Here's what I've come up with.  The Fellowship side is Archery, but also uses Elven Sword to trigger Glimpse of Fate to battle the minions that make it past the arrows.

Any ideas?


Galadriel, Bearer of Wisdom
The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles

Company of Archers x2
Double Shot x3
Elven Bow x4
Elven Sword x4
Lorien Swordsman x2
Aegnor, Elven Escort (Starting)
Arwen, Queen of Elves and Men x2
Bow of the Galadhrim
Calaglin, Elf of Lorien
Celeborn, Lord of the Galadhrim
Dinendal, Silent Scout
Glimpse of Fate x3
Legolas, Archer of Mirkwood (Starting)
Nenya x2
Orophin, Lorien Bowman
Rumil, Elven Protector
Shadow Between x2
The Splendor of Their Banners x2
The Tale of Gil-galad


The Witch-King, Lord of the Nazgul x3
Ulaire Enquea, Ringwraith in Twilight x3
Ulaire Nelya, Ringwraith in Twilight x2
Ulaire Otsea, Ringwraith in Twilight x2
Morgul Brute x3
Gollum, Dark as Darkness x1
The Twilight World x3
It Wants to be Found x3
Wraith-world x4
Resistance Becomes Unbearable x4
Captured by the Ring x3
Fell Beast x3
His Terrible Servants x1

[legolas3333]

i think you should add more minions and take out the fell beasts

[Faelach]

Like what minions?
The reason the Fell Bests were in there was to at least help the witch-king and the others have a chance of winning a skirmish against somebody.  The fierce helps as well.

Do you think I should shoot MORE for the corruption, or the wounding?

[legolas3333]

i would say emphasis on corruption or else get rid of all the wraith world/twilight world, which means you can lose the stronghold of minas morgul, and bill ferny and add 4x it wants to be found

[Faelach]

Right.

So if I do that, and focus simply on corruption - wouldn't it probably be a better idea to add more of otsea and nelya, as they are cheaper to play.  I would practically only need to have them out to do the needed actions...

What about Thin and Stretched?

If I got that out (of course that brings up the question of which orcs to use), Bill Ferny would be immensely useful...

[tristelune]

Forget Thin and stretched. You would need to add useless sauron orcs just for that card, that would "dilute" your corruption efficacy.

[Faelach]

Yes, Tristelune, you are right.  Adding those would create problems that I really can't afford to face in a corruption deck.

I was thinking that since most of the burden-adding events and so forth simply need to spot (or exert a Twilight Nazgul, Otsea may be a great option because of his lower cost. 

I'm thinking for the sake of cycling (I'm really depending on drawing key corruption cards as sometimes you only have one go with the RB exhausted), I'll cut the deck down to 30 cards.

Anymore thoughts?

[Cw0rk]

OMG! Do not remove Fell Beast.

You will need some wound prevention. Try His Terrible Servants.

I would also remove all In the Ringwraith's Wake and 1 copy of Gollum to add 4 Captured by the Ring. Gollum does the same thing but doesn't force you to win skirmishes. You can also play him at site 8 to add 2 more burdens.

[Faelach]

Cw0rk,

Fell Beast certainly does help to cycle, but does it really matter if the Nazzies are fierce?  Being a corruption deck, most of the action happens before the skirmish phase anyways?  I would appreciate your thoughts, as I'm sure you had reasons for saying that!

Yes.  I was already thinking of His Terribe Servants.  It would definitely be useful to keep some of the Nazzies at least alive...

I totally agree with the Gollum thing.  Completely obsoletes the Ringwraith's Wake.

[Ulmo]

Forget Thin and stretched. You would need to add useless sauron orcs just for that card, that would "dilute" your corruption efficacy.

Not if you use Morgul Skulker to bring back It wants to be Found

[Cw0rk]

Cw0rk,

Fell Beast certainly does help to cycle, but does it really matter if the Nazzies are fierce?  Being a corruption deck, most of the action happens before the skirmish phase anyways?  I would appreciate your thoughts, as I'm sure you had reasons for saying that!

I didn't understand that your objective was pre-skirmish corruption. Anyway, a fierce WK always help to make the FP player put his ring on.

[tristelune]

I agree with Cw0rk here, fell beast on a twilight WK is really nice AND the cycling is great for getting key corruption cards. I would keep the beasts.

[tristelune]

Forget Thin and stretched. You would need to add useless sauron orcs just for that card, that would "dilute" your corruption efficacy.

Not if you use Morgul Skulker to bring back It wants to be Found

Morgul skulker is indeed a nice splash minion in that deck (one or 2 copies), but in my opinion, he will have to commit too much card slots to the thin and streched combo to make it worthy.

[Faelach]

Alright, guys.

All of your thoughts have been great and helpful.

Here's an updated shadow side...


The Witch-King, Lord of the Nazgul x3
Ulaire Enquea, Ringwraith in Twilight x3
Ulaire Nelya, Ringwraith in Twilight x2
Ulaire Otsea, Ringwraith in Twilight x2
Morgul Brute x3
Gollum, Dark as Darkness x1
The Twilight World x3
It Wants to be Found x3
Wraith-world x4
Resistance Becomes Unbearable x4
Captured by the Ring x3
Fell Beast x3
His Terrible Servants x1

Looks pretty good to me.
Any other ideas?

[putridbreath]

If you needed maybe more minions perhaps Wisp of Pale Sheen would work? extra minions might help the ringbearer enter fights (take burdens or wounds) and discarding them to add burdens in the regroup phase is nice. It's up to you though.

You were running a twilight minion deck so this card popped to mind--I use a couple in my Mordor swarm deck that keys off burdens (The Eye of Sauron (to pull cards) and Enduring Evil to overwhelm key comps).