Well, as for Freeps, expanding the Deck to 9 fixed comps would be a good choice. Also, I prefer
Brooding on Tomorrow over
Deep in Thought, I'd really put some initiative cards in here. First of all,
Faramir, SoD as a backup fighter and then
Garrison of Gondor with
Hardy Garrison. replace
Greenleaf with
Fearless Marksman to make that theme even better. I usually run Isildur as RB and
Gimli, Feared Axeman so I don't need Faramir anymore to spot. You may also Consider replacing
Elessar Telcontar with
King in Exile for more healing.
I understand why you took
atar as ring, but adding
Ring Of Retribution seems a bitlike overkill to me. Sam as only backup plan against Corruption is then prett few by having just 5 resistance, which is an easy win for every Corruption Deck. I'd also think
Turn Of The Tide doesn't really work well together with
Slaked Thirsts, I suggest dropiing those two, drop
Fell Deeds Awake and add
Roll of Thunder,
Terrible and Evil and
Barliman Butterbur, Prancing Pony Proprietor. Whatever way you might go, these 3 Gandalf cards are those I highly recommend to you.
Shadow is good, pretty much the Sauron Grind I play in real life.
The Freeps looks fine and needs just a bit of improvement (e.g.
Slaked Thirsts and
Turn of the Tide) butthe Shadow seems very good to me. I give it a 4.