Alright, so I've been wanting to do something with
Gimli, Skilled Defender, and
Hardy Garrison for a while now, but I haven't come up with anything too amazing, so I was looking for insightful feedback on what could make it amazing-nificant? Anyway,
v.1.1 Gimli + Legolas + Men:
Isildur, Bearer of HeirloomsThe One Ring, AtaRFellowship (36):
1x
Gimli, Skilled Defender (starting)
1x
Legolas, Fearless Marksman (starting)
2x
Faramir, Son of Denethor3x
Aragorn, Driven By Need1x
Eowyn, LoI1x
Ever My Heart Rises2x
Preparations3x
Hardy Garrison3x
Slaked Thirsts3x
Quick As May Be3x
Battle Tested2x
Counts But One2x
Calculated Risk2x
Blood Runs Chill2x
Might of Numenor1x
Aragorn's Bow1x
Faramir's Bow1x
Gimli's Battle Axe, Trusted Weapon1x
Gimli's Helm1x
BregoStrategy: Win with Gimli! Get some wounds out in the maneuver and archery phases, targeting one minion if needed, and then have fun in the skirmish. Win with strength,
Hardy Garrison, or however else you seem fit, and then proceed to wound, and use
Counts But One to repeat, if needed. Idk how potent this seems I just thought it right now haha; Faramir is nice to get another bow out and also protect from ugly skirmish abilities. Aragorn helps you manage your threats, which you can easily throw out with
Counts But One and
Calculated Risk. With
Preparations and
Ever My Heart Rises (can grab with that site one),
Battle Tested will always be a +4 boost to help you out. What do you guys think? Seems susceptible to a lot at this point...looking for ways to regain initiative in the skirmish to abuse
Hardy Garrison that's not Elf+
Still Needed+
Banner of Elbereth. It's also on the big side; I need some help on deciding which cards to cut.
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Now, I generally like my Gilmi+Lego+Men idea, but macheteman mentioned Gimli with hobbits, which intrigued me, so I came with this version as well:
v.2.0 Gimli + Bouncing Hobbits:
Isildur, Bearer of HeirloomsThe One Ring, AtaRFellowship (37):
1x
Gimli, Skilled Defender (starting)
1x
Merry, Swordthain (starting)
1x
Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver (starting)
3x
Faramir, Son of Denethor1x
Ever My Heart Rises2x
Preparations3x
Hardy Garrison3x
Second Level3x
Shadowplay2x
Great Heart1x
A Light In His Mind3x
Slaked Thirsts2x
Counts But One2x
Calculated Risk2x
Blood Runs Chill2x
Unheeded2x
NFFATROD1x
Gimli's Battle Axe, Trusted Weapon1x
Gimli's Helm1x
Faramir's BowFor this one, I tried to slim it down as best I could, while keeping what I wanted, but it's still big. There might be too much going on, but it all seems so fun. I wanted to use Pippin's ability to maximum power, so I added a few
Second Level, with Faramir triggering it, and allowing
WoBaS to work longer as well as aid Gimli in winning more skirmishes,
and triggering initiative manipulation. If I can perfect this Gimli+Faramir+hobbits version, I'll be happy. I threw in
Great Heart for the lols because no one uses it, and it it seems to work perfectly with the wounding and the bouncing (and the hoyven mayven!), but yea, thoughts are appreciated, especially, again, on what to cut. Thanks!
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Inspiration (and a bit of theft) from NK!
v.3.0 Gimli + Bouncing Hobbits:
Isildur, Bearer of HeirloomsThe One Ring, AtaRFellowship (37):
1x
Gimli, Skilled Defender (starting)
1x
Sam, Resolute Halfling (starting)
1x
Smeagol, Always Helps (starting)
3x
Boromir, Son of Denethor1x
Aragorn, Ranger of the North3x
Bilbo, Retired Adventurer3x
Hardy Garrison3x
Shadowplay3x
A Light In His Mind3x
Red Book of Westmarch3x
Birthday Present4x
NFFATROD2x
Counts But One2x
Calculated Risk2x
Blood Runs Chill1x
Gimli's Battle Axe, Trusted Weapon1x
Gimli's Armor1x
Gimli's Helm1x
Faramir's BowSo I decided to skip the whole
Preparations+
Slaked Thirsts route, and decided to try to implement
Red Book of Westmarch to completely maximize my skirmish phase output. Try to get Faramir out asap; Aragorn and Boromir are just there for late game; I might just throw in something to stack them for use late game, maybe
Preparations or
Ever My Heart Rises. Anyway, the set up is Bilbo, Red Book,
Birthday Present,
Hardy Garrison, and any number of
NFFATROD in your hand, while having exactly four cards in hand by the skirmish phase. Then play a
NFFATROD to do whichever ability, get rid of some burdens with
A Light in his Mind, lose initiative, and regain initiative with
RBoW! Losing and gaining intiative will trigger
Hardy Garrison, which in turn will (as many times as need be used) kill whoever Gimli is skirmishing, in turn triggering his effect for further damage.
Counts But One seems awesome, and threats go away with
NFFATROD. This deck is huge right now, but I feel like Sam will just toss cards left and right to cycle wonderfully. Smeagol's ability rocks with
Hardy Garrison, and Gimli kills whoever Boromir's skirmishing. This deck is VERY susceptible to early corruption, so I'm looking for some help; just an idea I want to get working properly haha. Thoughts and thanks in advance!
EDIT: Ugh, I totally forgot Gimli's ability only works for UNbound companions, so I had to remove Faramir, because otherwise everyone would be ringbound hahah. I don't know if the deck is still as versatile as I thought it would be, but it still looks fun! My main gripe now is whether to start Gimli and Sam, or Gimli and the 2 hobbits (both would start Smeagol).