Revised Sealed Movie League: Which boosters do you choose for Series 4?

[sgtdraino]

This is a companion thread to:

Revised Sealed Movie League Strategies on Gemp

When you play the Revised Sealed Movie League on Gemp, what 5 booster packs will you choose for Series 4? Will you pick your packs before or after you pick your starter? Does the starter influence the packs, or do the packs influence the starter?

What are your reasons for the packs you choose?

[dmaz]

I threw down 5, just to fill in the slots, though I probably won't pick from Siege of Gondor or Mount Doom. However, should I get something in the non-choice boosters that chooses me to pick from Siege or Doom, I would probably do so, even over FotR.

FotR: I feel like everyone likes to at least attempt to dig for Greenleaf or Aragorn's Bow. There are also a decent number of normally X-listed cards that you can try to get...the downside is the vast number of useless rares, so trying to get X-listed cards comes at a cost. I generally snag around 2 or 3 of these from the total 8 choices. Isildur's Bane is huge for this league, so I try to give myself a chance for that as well. Also for non-rares, I would really like to pull a Saruman's Power this time around. So many of the Fellowships end up relying on strong conditions, and having the ability to nix those could be huge.

RotEL: I'm going to invest a little in this for a shot at great rares like Elrond, HttWC or Keeper of Isengard...but since I'm probably going to try for Uruk Shadow this time around, pulling Ravagers would be really nice in conjunction with the Sarumans provided in the starters.

TT: Could be one of the safest choices. All around decent shadow cards, and nice splash companions like the common Legolas and Gimli.

ADDED: Almost forgot to mention Son of Hamfast for picking FotR. If you aren't going Gandalf starter from the beginning, the Sam that you want will probably be this one. He lets you big higher to go first, which can sometimes mess up the synergy of the Gandalf starter, which often want to go first.

[Legion]

I've already stated my opinions on the thread linked in the first post, but do agree that RotEL has great potential for this league.  KoI or the Palantir really help Uruks (Palantir + Suffered Much Loss is available in this and Open only-I got it in the first league).  Elrond is huge. Galadriel is still good.  Aragorn is great, and Citadel would be a good pull for playing against archers.  Orc Commander or Tower of Isengard are pretty useful, too.

There are a lot of useless cards (especially rares) as well, though, but the same could be said for most sets.

[sgtdraino]

I've decided to go full-on Fellowship of the Ring boosters, all the way. I feel like many of these starters are condition dependent, so I'm hoping to get some Saruman's Power and some Sleep, Caradhras to wipe out those strategies. Set 1 also has lots of other great cards that work well for sealed, like Shotgun Enquea, Dagger Strike, Boromir, Son of Denethor, No Stranger to the Shadows, Sam, Son of Hamfast, There and Back Again, Noble Intentions, Hobbit Sword, Bounder, Sting, Merry, Friend to Sam, PATHS, Worry, Greed, and lots of Uruk-hai pumps.