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June 22, 2010, 11:44:55 PM
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Hi all!
This is a shadow I've cooked up recently is a Sauron Orc Swarm fueled by burdens. Key is to add burdens then use
Enduring Evil
to take down key comps, draw cards with Grishnakh,
The Eye of Sauron
, etc. Yes, I have only one Grishnakh--I can add three more. And I can only add one more
DDotR
--other than that anything goes. I'm trying to pair this shadow with an
Echo of Luthien
-
Mallorn-trees
fellowship so I'd like to increase the card drawing capacity, focus more on tracker orcs and keep the burden element while stretching it to 38 cards total. Any suggestions are appreciated!!!
I looked back on this tread and found a topic for a very similar shadow by GloinTheDark way back on the last page--it can surely help with ideas too:
http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,1731.0.html
This is what I've been playing with and it's been successful (though could still use tons of improvement)
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3x
Orc Pursuer
2x
Orc Chaser
2x
Orc Taskmaster
2x
Orc Marauder
2x
Orc Officer
3x
Wisp of Pale Sheen
2x
Mordor Warrior
1x
Orc Patrol
1x
Gollum Stinker
1x
Orc Insurgent
1x
Morgul warden
1x
Orc Trooper
1x
Grishnakh, Orc Captain
1x
Ulaire Enquea, LoM
1x
DDotR
1xThin and Stretched
1x
The Ring is Mine
1x Grond
2x
Teeth of Mordor
2x
Enduring Evil
1x
The Eye of Sauron
1x
Hate
I know I went wild on the minions--trying out everything to see what worked. I'm definitely adding more Grishnakh. I got the "surprise"
enduring evil
kill when an
orc officer
was out for an effective corruption once.
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June 23, 2010, 03:17:00 AM
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ket_the_jet
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Re: Sauron's Burden-fueled Swarm (Need YOUR help!)
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June 23, 2010, 03:17:00 AM »
I say you need at least three copies of
Desperate Defense of the Ring
. Don't forget that you can stack two on a
Durin III
or
Eowyn, Lady of Ithilien
or whatever as you see fit.
I would probably rather see another
Enduring Evil
than one
Hate
.
Three
Grishnakh, Orc Captain
would be ideal, with two or three
Orc Patrol
.
I would add a copy of
Evil-Smelling Fens
and a few
Captured By the Ring
. And maybe a
Heavy Burden
. Those cards can replace the two
Teeth of Mordor
and
Orc Trooper
and
Morgul Warden
. What's the other initiative Orc (strength +8)? I'd rather see him than
Orc Marauder
.
-wtk
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June 24, 2010, 02:36:47 PM
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Re: Sauron's Burden-fueled Swarm (Need YOUR help!)
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June 24, 2010, 02:36:47 PM »
This, I think, is how I would run it:
Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul
x2
Grishnakh, Orc Captain
x3
Orc Patrol
x2
Orc Officer
x3
Orc Stalker
x4
Orc Chaser
x4
Orc Pursuer
x4
Dunlending Rampager
x3
Dunlending Renegade
x3
Desperate Defense of the Ring
x4
Teeth of Mordor
x2
Dead Marshes
Enduring Evil
x4
That's 39 cards, which (if I remember correctly) is exactly the size of your
secret Free Peoples
side is.
-wtk
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June 24, 2010, 04:16:53 PM
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Re: Sauron's Burden-fueled Swarm (Need YOUR help!)
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June 24, 2010, 04:16:53 PM »
Haha, thanks a ton-- I totally forgot about those Dunlenders! Swarm was my ultimate goal so it makes sense to use them in conjunction with what I already had.
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June 24, 2010, 04:30:17 PM
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Re: Sauron's Burden-fueled Swarm (Need YOUR help!)
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June 24, 2010, 04:30:17 PM »
Ket you forgot
Thin and Stretched
.
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June 24, 2010, 04:44:33 PM
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Re: Sauron's Burden-fueled Swarm (Need YOUR help!)
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June 24, 2010, 04:44:33 PM »
Well, I actually purposely negated
Thin and Stretched
. It is helpful for Alternate Ring Bearers, but I'd rather not run it unless corruption was my goal.
-wtk
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