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Changes since V1
-1 Barliman
-1 Gaffer Gamgee
-1 Ghan buri Ghan
-1 Gleowine
-1 Daeron's Runes
-1 Word of Command
+1 Wingfoot
+1 Narya
+1 Magic Ring
+1 Elrond
+1 Gildor Inglorion
+1 Treebeard
Since the first version of the deck , I realized :
- I could draw the whole deck in a single refresh phase when Sword-thain is in play. It makes you draw 4 cards when playing Mithrandir's Advice and it also lets you play the 3 copies of Peace, and Thought by reading Saruman and exhausting the 3 other heroes. So I don't really need Word of Command nor the third copy of Daeron's Runes as I only have 2 duplicates of Sword-thain to discard,
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I could make 9 resources per turn once the board is set up, so I can play more expensive allies like Gildor Inglorion,
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Allies that leave play before or during combat like Gaffer Gamgee or Ghân-buri-Ghân are not so good here because they make you lose the contract's bonuses. And here I don't have any means to put an ally in play outside the planing phase,
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The first version of the deck was lacking a lot of action advantage. Thus I added Wingfoot, Narya and Magic Ring. These cards are for late game but I found they are necessary against harder quests like Ruins of Belegost,
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Allies that leave play at the end of the round like Gandalf and Elrond or a discardable hero like Folco Boffin are very good in Fellowship decks because they let you optimize your Fellowship each turn.
How the deck works
Thi solo deck is built around the use of Helm of Secrecy, a card that I found intriguing since it's been spoiled.
The deck works a bit like Seastan's Pipe combo deck (https://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/16283/theonesuicidedeck-1.0). You try to get a sword-thain hero asap thanks to the Scroll of Isildur and Bartering combo. It makes 4 resources with Legacy of Númenor and make you draw 4 cards with Mithrandir's Advice.
Then you try to play all the doomed cards during a refresh phase and keep 4 resources to play Helm of Secrecy to reset threat with Aragorn. You can play twice Peace, and Thought in the same refesh phase by readying Saruman, or even thrice if Sword-thain is inplay.
In addition to Legacy of Númenor you make resources with Love of Tales by playing Drinking Song and with Resourceful that is free with the other copies of Bartering.
With all these resources you should be able to flip the contract turn 2 or 3.
Results
Escape From Umbar 2W-1L
Desert Crossing 1-0
Race Across Harad 1-0
River Running 1-0
Danger in Dorwinion 1-0
Temple of Doom 1-0
Ruins of Belegost 1-1
Now I am happy with how the deck is working! I think it's quite fun to play, and it surprises me that a card like Helm of Secrecy that seemed not very consistent at first finally enables a powerful doomed deck!
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Jul 19, 2020 |
Jul 19, 2020Ah I just realised that the name of your deck answers my question. You replace Saruman with Aragorn! |
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Jul 20, 2020WHY ARE YOU USING FALCO BOFFIN |
Jul 20, 2020
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Jul 20, 2020How long does it usually take you to get the Sword-thain/ally combo set up? How long does it take you to flip the fellowship? |
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Jul 21, 2020In my latest games I swaped Elrond and wingfoot for shadowfax and gandalf's staff. |
Aug 26, 2020Finally I found Shadowfax and Gandalf's staff to be winmore cards here, so I swapped them for A Burning Brand (to defend with Aragorn) and Wilyador. |
I've just tried playing with this, it's a fun deck, but I have a question. Can Aragorn reset your threat? Saruman's text says "When a player card effect would reduce your threat by any amount, reduce that amount to 1." and Loragorn's text says: "Refresh Action: Reduce your threat to your starting threat level. (Limit once per game.)" Since the word "reduce" is used in both, I would assume that Aragorn's ability does not work and you cannot reset your threat to your original starting value, you would only reduce your threat by 1.