Elven telepathy/Nazgul Burden

[Odin]

Standard Telepathy deck using gandalf to get the right top card (in this case always an expensive card). For this reason Im not running Elrond venerable lord since the elf cards will most likely not be the more expensive cards. Instead I'm using Elrond as an Ally - herald to gil-galad which seemed to be a better option, allowing me to plan the healing rather than sacrificing an expensive card on top..  Nor will I be using Arwen, echo of luthien since I have no means of controling the bottom card. Instead I Run Gil-galad and Queen of elves and men to gain a more wounding-approach. Nazgul is standard twilight - burden adding/wounding the ringbearer.

META - Dauntless hunter/Uruk trackers, Rohan/nazgul
All help is appreciated, and a thanx to Jdizzy001, his previous deck served as a mainframe which I altered a bit.

Starting

Frodo, Reluctant Adventurer
ATAR
Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath
Arwen, Fair Elf Maiden
Galadriel, Lady Redeemed

Cirdan                                        x3
Gandalf Manager of wizards          x4
Gil-galad, Elven High King             x2
Sam, Son of Hamfast                    x1

Elrond, Herald to Gil-galad            x2

Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs         x1
O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!                   x1
Aiglos                                          x1
Asfaloth, elven steed                    x1
nenya ring of adamant                  x2
Vilya, Ring of Air                          x1
Narya, Ring of Fire                       x1

alliance reforged                          x2
forearmed                                   x4
glimpse of fate                             x2
Elf event                                      x2


33 Cards


Ulaire Enquea, Ringwraith in Twilight     x4
Ulaire Nelya, Ringwraith in Twilight        x4
The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgul        x4
Morgul Brute                                       x2
Gollum Dark as darkness                     x2
Morgul Skulker                                    x2

Fell Beast                                            x4
His Terrible Servants                           x2

It wants to be found                             x4
Wraith-world                                       x3
Resistance Becomes Unbearable           x2

33 Cards

Was thinking about changing Gollum and the skulkers for a high-price minion in order to support freeps (eg. 3x balrog), not sure if witchking is enough. Once one is drawn, you simply keep it on hand and lay it on top every time, and the others can be cycled through.

Any help is appreciated, have played the Nazgul before and seems to work decently atleast, have no idea about the freeps though.

[hsiale]

For Arwen, Fair Elf Maiden is a really good choice. When you use Gil-galad to wound, you usually use him to kill. So there are no wounded minions for Queen of Elves and Men.

For Galadriel, Lady Redeemed is so much better in this deck than Keeper of Nenya. Also, with 10 events there is no reason to skip Cirdan, The Shipwright.

My Elven telepathy deck has the following cards:

Ring-bearer: Frodo, Resolute Hobbit
Ring: The One Ring, Answer To All Riddles
1x Arwen, Fair Elf Maiden
3x Cirdan, The Shipwright
1x Galadriel, Lady Redeemed
2x Gil-galad, Elven High King
1x Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath
1x Gandalf, Manager of Wizards
1x Radagast, The Brown
1x Sam, Son of Hamfast
1x Elrond, Herald to Gil-galad
1x Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs
1x Aiglos
1x Narya, Ring of Fire
2x Nenya, Ring of Adamant
1x Phial of Galadriel, Star-glass
1x Vilya, Ring of Air
2x Alliance Reforged
2x Curse Their Foul Feet!
4x Forearmed
2x Stand Against Darkness
3x A Wizard Is Never Late
1x Terrible and Evil
1x Glimpse of Fate
1x Shadow Between
1x The Tale of the Great Ring

I pair it with a besiegers shadow. 3x Great Hill Troll, 3x Siege Troop, 1x Olog-hai of Mordor and 1x Troll of Gorgoroth, Abomination of Sauron give me enough high cost cards to make Forearmed work wonders.

[jdizzy001]

Thanks for the shout out Odin

[Odin]

Hmmm, Agreed Cirdan probably deserves a place in here, and LR is by far the best for the deck, some would say almost OP, but I see your point. Any suggestions as to what I should remove in order to fit in Cirdan and the elven sword he needs (I suppose?) Suppose the brooding on tomorow could be replaced by cirdan and a sword seeing as I add Galadriel LR to deal with the conditions.... but do you think the witchking will be enough at the cost of 8 or should I add a more expensive minion for better pumps? And that Arwen is indeed better!

jdizzy001 - cheers, any thoughts on the deck? Think Gil-galad will work better or worse than Elrond?

Thanks for the help so far!

[hsiale]

No need for sword. Elven Sword is a weak card, all it would do is feeding Corsair Marauder.

Room for Cirdan: you can remove 2 Brooding for Tomorrow, 1 Galadriel (starting her you don't need a copy) and one Vilya. This gives room for 3 Cirdans and Narya, Ring of Fire. Then you can probably ditch Arwen's possessions and second Glimpse of Fate in favour of 3 more events, each of them fuels Galadriel and Cirdan.

IMO The Tale of the Great Ring is better than O, Elbereth! Gilthoniel! - works wonders for example against Under Foot swarm.

[jdizzy001]

Odin- that depends on whether you want healing or wounds. Gilgalad is great at wounding and elrond is great at healing. Gil-Galad is more consistent as all you need to spot is a wounded minion during the regroup phase. My telepathy deck was deliberately made to be different than all the other telepathy decks I encountered. As much as I love this game, there is a right way and a wrong way to build a winning deck. If you are playing to win, and win a lot, you have to build these decks a very specific way. If you want to test out different cards, and lose a lot (like myself), then play around and see what happens.

The truth is, cirdan, LR, and all of hsiale's suggestions are spot on. The kind of deck he is suggesting is a winning deck. Elf events + Cirdan + LR = big win.

I cant comment on your shadow. My corruption decks never work

[macheteman]

yeah, i always play aiglos on cirdan if i can. sometimes i add an asfoloth to give him a boost for an overwhelm.

i've played twilight nazzies since i got into the game, and i recommend 1 enquea lom. obvious crowd control, but also, once you get 5 burdens, cycle him around with skulker and use him to snipe off some important comps. toldea mom can be nice if there are hobbits on the loose, but is not necesarry.

otsea rwit might be a nice option for a pair. there are plenty of times when i have taken advantage of the low cost (4 twilight) to play a couple it wants to be found, or even a resistance becomes unbearable/wraith world combo.

i would also recommend taking a look at this deck http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,1717.0.html
it might help you get some ideas for your own deck.

[Odin]

Alright updated the deck, removed the elven sword I had in there already and added cirdan and his ring...also ditched arwens Gwemegil, but think Ill keep the asfaloth for overwhelming power.

Any idea which elf event I should add with the open slots? Thanx for all the help!

[macheteman]

1x curse their foul feet
1x stand against darkness

the reason for this, is that the main purpose for the events is to feed galadriel and cirdan. but having some specific sauron and orc hate can help you really hurt your opponent. if they are running isenguard uruks, just toss them for cirdan to use with his ability. strength isn't a problem with your deck because of gandalf, glimpse of fate, and cirdan.

so thats my recommendation.

[hsiale]

This depends on what you expect the opponents to play. I use 2x Curse Their Foul Feet and 2x Stand Against Darkness. First against Morcs shadow, both first and second against all decks. Defending about this culture is very important because:
- can kill Galadriel using Terrible as the Dawn,
- often means a mirror match against besiegers shadow and you don't want this shadow to work because every site they take is one you can't control.

Unfortunately Lend Us Your Aid is a event. If it was an card it would be very strong in this deck with Gimli ring-bearer

[Odin]

META is mainly uruk trackers and enduring Nazguls, but seems good going with anti-sauron. Might go with elf song as well for more burden removal.

[hsiale]

Foul Creation will be good against uruk tracker and any other deck.