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April 15, 2012, 12:26:42 PM
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Odin

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The simplest of questions
« on: April 15, 2012, 12:26:42 PM »
I am making a wounding deck based around Legolas Dauntless Hunter and Aragorn Wingfoot. Merry, Friend to Sam boosts fighting companions. Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver has two major functions; the obvious being a mechanism to deal with roaming minions, the second soaking up shadow archery. My intention is to run with the fellowship.

Would a Besieger shadow or an Easterling shadow (corruption-based or beatdown?) suit best with the fellowship?

April 15, 2012, 02:13:13 PM
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Arcanite

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Re: The simplest of questions
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2012, 02:13:13 PM »
Easterling, as you can hand dump with Ships, in order to get better freeps hands. Shadowplay/Unheeded etc...

April 16, 2012, 08:16:49 AM
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Re: The simplest of questions
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 08:16:49 AM »
Here is an easterling deck I use when I need to cycle my deck for a free peoples run or just to set up a free peoples side. It also has decent stopping power and when decked you should have more than enough tokens on SoGD to set up a late game stop.

Shadow (35)
2x Small Hope (7R159)
2x Discovered (4R223)
4x Vision From Afar (4R259)
3x *Easterling Captain (4R225)
2x Corsair Boatswain (10C37)
2x Easterling Army (6R78)
3x Easterling Guard (4C226)
3x Easterling Infantry (4C227)
3x Easterling Lieutenant (4C228)
2x Easterling Skirmisher (4R229)
3x Easterling Polearm (6U79)
2x Raider Bow (7C155)
4x Ships of Great Draught (8R65)

I use this with my Regroup Loop Fellowship and with my BoroMerry Deck. If does exactly what it is suppose to do play stuff each turn and dump everything else for late game and cycling for your FP.

Hope this helps some,

NK
If a Balrog falls from a bridge and noone is around, does it make a sound?

April 16, 2012, 10:06:10 AM
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Odin

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Re: The simplest of questions
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2012, 10:06:10 AM »
I can see the stopping power in that shadow, and I take it even a 70 card deck cycles fast with 4 SoFD. As for raider bows, how are they working out for you? My first impression was to change them for another two Easterling Skirmishers. - Are raider bows worth having without red wrath, or is it simply a matter of preference? Other than that, I like it!

Ps. No shotgun Enquea?

April 16, 2012, 10:21:41 AM
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Re: The simplest of questions
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2012, 10:21:41 AM »
Raiders bow is just there for when you deck to get extra twilight for Captain Crunch. I have had this deck make my opponent have to choose between corrupting due to 4x Vision From Afar in hand or put their ring-bearer at risk of an overwhelm late game. Technicially you could toss one bow for 1 more skirmisher if you wanted.

As for Enquea I don't run him in this deck because both FP I pair it with run like the wind and he can't be tossed with SoGD and once he is gone I have no way to retrieve him. The deck has been modified a few times depending on the  tendencies of my opponents. I drop Discovered for Red Wraith sometimes depending on the opponent I face (hence another reason Raider Bow is in the deck).

Other than that deck just cycles like a dream and sets up your FP fast. When it is Paired with my BoroMerry deck that runs Sam, RH I can easily deck myself at at site 4 or 5 running a 70 card deck (which is exactly what the FP needs to work when set up).

If you are making this in real life and don't have all the cards the only thing of importance are the 4x SoGD and perhaps the Boatswain so you can start card dumping as soon as possible. Since this was originally made to cycle you can just throw in any [Raider] cards and see what happens, but I liked Easterlings and decided they are great alone, but with SoGD to keep from clogging and bringing whatever is needed most back late game couldn't get much better than that.

NK
If a Balrog falls from a bridge and noone is around, does it make a sound?

April 16, 2012, 10:42:33 AM
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Re: The simplest of questions
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2012, 10:42:33 AM »
Alright, thanks for the advice!

April 16, 2012, 08:06:41 PM
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Re: The simplest of questions
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2012, 08:06:41 PM »
Please delete, sorry.

April 19, 2012, 06:21:36 AM
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Re: The simplest of questions
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2012, 06:21:36 AM »
So, based on the suggestions, this is what I've come up with. Note that Release the Angry Flood is an addition due to constant play against nasty Nazguls.

Free Peoples (34)

The One Ring -The Ruling Ring
Frodo - Reluctant Adventurer

1x Merry – Friend to Sam (Starting Fellowship)
1x Pippin – Wearer of Black and Silver (Starting Fellowship)
1x Legolas – Dauntless Hunter (Starting Fellowship)
4x Aragorn - Wingfoot
2x Aragorn's Bow
1x Ranger's SwordBlade of Aragorn
1x Bow of the Galadhrim
1x Long-knives of Legolas
1x Sting – Blade of the Eight Legs
2x Hobbit Sword
1x There and Back Again
1x O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!
2x A Talent For Not Being Seen
2x Gondor Bowmen
1x Escape
2x Power According to His Stature
2x Hard Choice
2x Release the Angry Flood
2x Shadowplay
2x Unheeded
1x A Light In His Mind
1x Stand Against Darkness

Shadow (34)

3x Easterling Lieutenant
3x Easterling Guard
3x Easterling Trooper
3x Heavy Axeman
3x Easterling Skirmisher
3x Easterling Captain
3x Easterling Army
4x Easterling Polearm
4x Vision From Afar
2x Small Hope
3x Ships of Great Draught