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Darkling Door 6485
My deck for the November Solo league, played against:
- Into Ithilien
- The Steward's Fear
- The Drúadan Forest
It's your standard Outlands fare, supported by Beravor so I have the card draw I need. Boromir is super useful during Battle questing, making all of those little Gondor Allies much more effective during the questing phase.
I managed a perfect score this month, first try victory on all three quests!
Into Ithilien
I was actually aiming to keep Celador alive, but a few early game Spiders of Mordor forced me to chump block a few times, meaning I had to do the Siege questing instead. It turned out okay, though; after all, once it gets going, Outlands can handle any type of questing without trouble!
I only saw one Blocking Wargs (on the second turn). If I had seen more, I might have had a tougher time of things.
The Steward's Fear
This one gave me the most trouble. At first, I couldn't get any Locations to show up, so I was just building up my Outlands army in relative peace. Both Beravor and Boromir ended up in Local Trouble, but that was okay--I didn't really need to use them any more.
At some point, however, I realized that I had made a critical error in playing down a few Knights of the Swan when I started to reveal copy after copy of A Knife in the Back and my beefy Outlands Allies started turning against me.
As soon as I went into Stage 2, I ended up with a huge surge train (there's those Locations I needed!) and the plot that reveals extra cards each round. I was able to stay ahead of the curve, but just barely. My Outlands army was looking worse for wear due to a few Zealous Traitors but my bigger concern was that I shuffled those Knife in the Back cards back into the encounter deck.
In the end, both Boromir and Beravor fell to A Knife in the Back, but the rest of the Outlands army was able to take down the Villain and bring the quest home.
The Drúadan Forest
Compared to the first two, this one was really easy. I had a couple of Treacheries whiff early on, and on turn 2 I got down Henamarth Riversong, which meant that I could easily prepare for whatever came off the encounter deck. At that point the game was pretty much over.
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Nov 03, 2018 |
Nov 03, 2018Thanks! Yeah, Beravor was key for finding those Anfalas Herdsmen quickly, and I knew that I could always use Men of the West to rebuild should the worst happen. |
Nov 04, 2018Did you consider including Ranger Spikes? Maybe instead of the Hammermiths? The spikes can help keep the Spiders, Elites and Traitors in check. Then again the 3 health helps a lot in the Druafan Forest, while the spikes do nothing. |
Nov 04, 2018Yeah, Ranger Spikes probably would be a good swap for the Hammersmiths. I included them both as hit point soaks and as insurance in case a shadow effect discarded Steward, but I never ended up needing them for either purpose. I think I used one as a chump once. The Spikes probably would have been useful multiple times. |
Nov 04, 2018Heh, tried the deck out (still with the smiths) and got crushed twice by Into Ithilien. One of the games I get out a squire and envoy, keeping 1 resource on Boromir. The heroes and envoy quest for 10 str, while the squire remains behind to chump. Staging: The +X threat (X = #questers) surges into a second Company. So while I managed to get rid of the active location, we end up with a threat of 33 -> 34 and both Companies plus a Spider came down to spank our weenie bottoms in round 2. :) |
Nov 04, 2018Oof, yeah I may have gotten an ideal set-up. If I recall correctly I got down a Knight of the Swan and an Envoy of Pelargir, and quested with everyone. The reveal was a Morgul Spider, which I was forced to take undefended on Boromir, but I was able to regain my ground on round 2 (which must actually be the turn I saw those Blocking Wargs, because I remember being glad that I had held back Boromir to kill the spider) . |
Nov 04, 2018With five questing characters, Watcher In The Woods surging into the second Company would actually have killed two of your heroes in round 1. :D That quest is just brutal. |
Nov 27, 2018This deck took first and second place in the November league |
Congratulations! Great deck and fantastic result.
I tried the Outlands guys too, but quickly gave up on them as I thought they were too vulnerable to the Traitors and archery. I could also not consistently reach the 11 strength needed for Into Ithilien round 1, but you solved that with LeBoromir. Well played, sir!