Strength 267 Aragorn, RotN

[Not a Zombie]

@Kralik:

Cards in hand       Action                         Merry's Str     Str added
5                         exert boro x4             17   
4                         heal boro x4   
                           exert boro x4             27   
                           use merry x2                                        58
3                         heal boro, merry x4      
                           exert boro x4             41   
                           use merry x2                                         82
2                         heal merry x4      
                           use merry x2      41                        82
1                         heal merry x4      
                           use merry x2      41                        82
                                                             Total:                   304

Only 28 exerts. They are highlighted. Using merry 2x=4 exerts. The difference between our math is you assume 4 cards in hand, so the first NFFatRoD loses initiative, for me it is the second one.

[Kralik]

Sorry, I skimmed it too fast =P

Good point on NFFatRoD / A Light In His Mind... Nappy played it and lost initiative, so I assumed it would work the same in the future. Reason being? He was manipulating initiative in the fellowship phase with Birthday Present every turn for a full healing, so it's reasonable to assume the same pattern--full healing in Fellowship so you can work wonders in Skirmish. So... having 5 cards to start would require some forethought and less Fellowship healing.

[Not a Zombie]

I would actually say that Birthday present is the most broken part of the combo. Otherwise you could only pull this once rather than every turn. A huge fix would be to make it you have to have 2 events with different titles in your discard pile. A light in his mind can get rediculus too though.

[Kralik]

With no A Light In His Mind Birthday present costs burdens... though granted they can be easily removed if the cards you are pulling are Sorry About Everything or NFFatRoD...

Come to think of it, I guess in most cases without Birthday Present A Light In His Mind is unlikely to fire more than once or maybe twice a turn if you build for it.