hrcho's favorite deck #2

[hrcho]

My favorite deck #2 and also the first deck I ever built (it was also my first real-life deck, although it's a bit different because it's hard to come by some real cards):

Archery, archery...

Galadriel, BoW
The One Ring, ATAR

1x Legolas, Archer of Mirkwood (start)
1x Aegnor, Elven Escort (start)
1x Arwen, Queen of Elves and Men
1x Gil-Galad, EHK
2x Lorien Swordsman
1x Sam, SoH

1x Elrond, KoV
1x Dinendal, Silent Scout
1x Calaglin, Elf of Lorien
1x Rumil, Elven Protector
1x Orophin, Lorien Bowman

1x Vilya
1x Nenya
1x Aiglos

1x Asfaloth
1x Long Knives of Legolas
1x Bow of the Galadhrim
4x Elven Bow*
2x Elven Sword

3x Blades Drawn
1x Glimpse of Fate
1x The Splendor of Their Banners
1x The Tale of Gil Galad

3x Double Shot
3x Secret Sentinels
2x Alliance Reforged


Shadow:
3x Goblin Runner
4x Goblin Marksman
4x Goblin Bowman
4x Moria Archer Troop
2x Archer Commander
1x Orc Cutthroat
1x Orc Patrol
4x Orc Scouting Band
4x Orc Soldier
2x Ulaire Enquea, LoM

2x They Are Coming
4x Orc Bowmen
1x Dead Marshes

2x Host of Thousands

Adventure Path:
Rohirrim Road
Rohirrim Camp
Hall of the Kings
Pelennor Prairie
Steward's Tomb
Minas Tirith First Circle
Osgiliath Crossing
Morgulduin
Dagorlad

That's 38/38. Just the right size, trust me. If things even get to site 9, I'm either decked or have a few cards left.

Freeps:
Bid 0 - it doesn't matter. I most often let my opponent go first (I like shadow kills). Play archers, play bows, play companions. Draw cards with Alliance Reforged, draw cards with Elrond, KoV and heal. Play Aiglos and The Tale of Gil Galad on Aegnor. Legolas is the main fighting companion and unless you are playing against swarm, play Asfaloth on Legolas. Make some kills during archery and survive the skirmish. Aegnor is your main pumper. It's very fun to have Legolas overwhelm some big beasties, then wound with Bow of Galadhrim and heal Aegnor with Legolas' text. Heaps of fun. There is plenty of cycling, healing and condition removal. It's heavily missing possession removal and that's the reason Corsairs are the biggest threat to this deck. Although they still need some luck to win... at least to win before my shadow kills their freeps. It most often happens that my Aegnor and/or Legolas get discarded via Fierce in Despair.

Shadow:
Not much to say. Play archers, archers, archers, Orc Bowmen, archers... my average archery is 5-6 per site where I have 2-3 archery on early sites and 8-10 archery on later sites. Very few times it happened that freeps managed to survive this shadow to site 9.