Elves of Lorien - Starter Deck 1.0

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I'm really surprised by Elrond & Vilya, I was expecting Thranduil & The Elvenking. And WHERE IS Mirror of Galadriel?? I wish they would have cut Elron's Counsel or Wingfoot for that.

The fact that we did not get Thranduil leads me to believe that the Ered Mithrin cycle is one they are planning on re-releasing soon.

I also noticed that this deck has no way of playing the tactics attachment and event cards. I guess they intended for new players to put Legolas from the core into the mix if they want to play those cards.

Yeah, I suspect the Elves deck, like others, has sideboards that either augment the deck or augment the revised core!

Wingfoot also seems strange to include when Light of Valinor is playable on multiple of the heroes, not appropriate for the other starter decks, in sphere and just straight up better. Maybe also for mixing with the core? Although with that version of Aragorn already having built in readying after questing, the only real target is Beravor.

I think a lot of the side board logic augments the main deck along with core. Take the assumption you're new and buying revised content - Core + Paths + 4 starters gives you a lot of good things.

This would be true of Bow of the Galadhrim, Pursuing the Enemy , or Hands Upon the Bow as they augment Legolas nicely. Rúmil and Galadhon Archer can come in via Elrond and Vilya.

The starter deck comes with all this cards including the sideboard? If that's the case it really makes me want to buy all of them...

I do have a Silvan deck built and I use hero line-up Galadriel, Celeborn and Thranduil, I am missing Light of Valinor and Mirror of Galadriel, and I admit for the second, I do have Silver Harp in the deck. I also have Ally version of Legolas in there for some card draw. And I definitely have Elven king there.

@kypatzer it's a terrible idea, but Elrond and Vilya can get those tactics cards into play.

@MarvelsTold the issue is that you are doing it blind and you do not even have a way to get Elrond ready, so it is a complete waste of his stats. You can argue you have a good way of hitting something, but the events would not work stil... That would be a pure luck. I admit I never played Haldir yet as hero, but the bow of the Galadhrim would be rather good to have on him. Also no weapon there for him, so his ability is pretty much wasted.

Agree with @Ageolite. I'd be wanting Unexpected Courage and Imladris Stargazer to manipulate my deck to ensure Elrond was pushing out the expensive things.

Even simply being able to play an awareness of coming changes the dynamic.

@Ageolite I figured saying Vilya is a terrible idea in this build summed it up. The events should still work, too, though even more terribly. That said, I'm looking forward to trying a build with Legolas.

I have 3/4 of the starter decks and this one is by far my favourite. It feels so powerful, and dropping Host of Galadhrim at just the right time is amazing. So much fun.

With a few minor tweaks using cards within the pack, this deck is VERY strong. I beat 2 scenarios on the first try and ran through one of them again just to make sure. I think it's a little overpowered.

I love Vilya.

What is the function of Silvan Refugee (TDF) in this deck? I dont see why you want this, because alot of cards coming in and going out of play....

They are a turn 1 willpower boost. Generally speaking you only want one out in play at a time, and you pull it back out before triggering any other "leaves play" effects.

@Marctimmins89Ah that makes alot of sense, and for 1 resource 2 willpower! Not bad at all. Thanx for the education