Uruk Swarm

[Shelobplayer]

Hi!

This one is my most successful movie block shadow side (aside from corsairs), that I use on GCCG:

4 x Uruk Regular
4 x Uruk Lieutenant
3 x Uruk Captain
4 x Cirith Ungol Sentry
4 x Cirith Ungol Sentinel
3 x Shagrat, Captain of Cirith Ungol
2 x Lurtz, Servant of Isengard
1 x Grima, Wormtongue
3 x Ithil Stone
4 x Saruman's Ambition
2 x Greed
2 x Saruman's Power

(36 cards total)

So Uruk Regular is banned in TS because of Deep of Helm, right? This deck has its own Deep of Helm in the form of Ithil Stones, and in addition, it has the mordor uruks for even better swarming potential. Lurtz and Shagrat are here mainly for some early pressure, Saruman's Ambitions to help cycling when I gather minions in my hand for swarming, and to make ARfM free. I can consistently swarm smaller freeps (5 or less companions in my deffinition) on site 5 and even from 8-10 twilight I can play a lot of minions on site 6 with a good hand (if I haven't swarmed on site 5). Even if the ring-bearer survives, a swarm of dmg+1 minions can usually take down key companions, allowing me to outrun my opponent.

I pair it with a pretty typical Dauntless Hunter wounding freeps.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

[Not a Zombie]

You have no way to get rid of pesky freeps conditions, I'd drop all four Saruman's ambition for 2x Saruman's Power and 2x Spies of Saruman (or if you feel like it, Devilry of Orthanc)

[legolas3333]

I would almost go with the Goblin Runner, Goblin Scrabbler, Goblin Backstabber, Hate and anger deck, but if you want to make it uruks only, I agree with sweet, and probably dump the lurtz and shagrat for lower costing minions.

[Shelobplayer]

I would almost go with the Goblin Runner, Goblin Scrabbler, Goblin Backstabber, Hate and anger deck, but if you want to make it uruks only, I agree with sweet, and probably dump the lurtz and shagrat for lower costing minions.

I need Lurtz and Shagrat for some minor early pressure, and also to utilize Uruk Regular at its full potential (for example I almost always play Ithil Stone from Shagrat at sites 2-4), they are also here to give a false feeling of safety to my opponent while I gather the swarm in my hand. I used to run 2 Saruman's Power in earlier versions, but I always just cycled them so I cut them for an ambition and an arfm. That said one copy may find its way back to the deck, but I haven't met any deck that made me want to play them (not even knights). Hate and Anger on the other hand looks so cool, I will have to test a version with it.