Gandalf style! (my -almost- solo gandalf event deck)

[ToPaxyGourouni]

Knights4tw here. I was talking with sgtdraino and I told him about my almost solo gandalf deck. So he asked me to post my deck here. So here it goes:

Ring-bearer: Gimli, Bearer of Grudges
Ring: The One Ring, Answer To All Riddles

Adventure deck:
Dunharrow Plateau
Rohirrim Camp
Hall of the Kings
Pelennor Prairie
City Gates
Minas Tirith First Circle
Osgiliath Crossing
Northern Ithilien
Dagorlad

Free Peoples Draw Deck:
1x Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath
1x Gandalf, Leader of Men
3x Gandalf, The Grey Pilgrim
1x Smeagol, Always Helps
3x Aragorn, Elessar Telcontar
2x Barliman Butterbur, Prancing Pony Proprietor
1x Deep in Thought
2x Durin's Secret
2x Fireworks
1x Grown Suddenly Tall
1x Have Patience
2x Out of the High Airs
4x Questions That Need Answering
2x Roll of Thunder
3x Servant of the Secret Fire
3x Terrible and Evil
3x Well Met Indeed
1x Not Listening
1x Ever My Heart Rises
4x Sent Back
3x Don't Look at Them

Shadow Draw Deck:
1x Gollum, Dark as Darkness
1x Shelob, Her Ladyship
4x Morgul Brute
4x Morgul Destroyer
4x Morgul Whelp
2x The Witch-king, Morgul King
2x Úlairë Attëa, Keeper of Dol Guldur
2x Úlairë Cantëa, Faster Than Winds
3x Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul
3x Úlairë Lemenya, Assailing Minion
2x Úlairë Nertëa, Thrall of the One
2x Úlairë Otsëa, Thrall of the One
1x Úlairë Toldëa, Wraith on Wings
2x Ithil Stone
4x Captured by the Ring
1x So Polite
1x Final Strike
2x Black Marshal
2x Flung Into the Fray
1x Out of Sight and Shot


So the main plan is that Gandalf is the sole engine of the deck. Almost everything in the deck is a gandalf event. However the plot twist is that Gandalf is also expendable. This is the main selling point, as people will do anything to snipe down your Gandalf without realizing they are actually doing you a favor. You see this deck can play up to 11 Gandalfs, and often that is exactly what we want to be doing. We start the game with gimli, glorfindel, gandalf and smeagol. Smeagol is only there to assist a couple of times against tricky minions, after that he's expendable. Gandalf does everything. Draws cards, discards conditions and possesions, kills minions either with terrible and evil or by sacrificing himself to Sent back. Then at regroup, drop down the fresh new Gandalf, move again and send the minions out of the high airs.Then the next Gandalf comes to take its place and do the same things all over. And when you are out of Gandalfs, Well Met Indeed will give you more, breaking the rule of 9 companions. You have Barliman and Fireworks to cycle the specific gandalf cards that you need versus each specific shadow. Durin's secret + out of the high airs can give you some very sneaky triple movements every once in a while.

This is not really supposed to be a top competitive deck so much as a very fun one. I could add some minor possesions/artifacts like anduril and ring of fury but I sort of like the all event style of the deck. After all, it is so much fun when you get hands like this:



I don't care about the shadow

[Cw0rk]

Fun idea. I wouldn't call it solo Gandalf though... perhaps you can call it "11 Gandalfs"!

[Not a Zombie]

Looks quite fun indeed. Got some replays?

[sgtdraino]

Really cool!