Mighty Istari 1.0

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Never thought to use that contract with less than three heroes. Interesting.

@Raiderjakk I didn't realize either until I put in Gandalf and Saruman and was like "Oh, shoot, This thing's threat is 27 already," I looked at the contract which I thought made you have to use 3 heroes and was like, "YES!!!!"

Drop in one Helm of Secrecy and then you can have the "third" hunter drop in partway through!

Three Hunters with Gandalf only would be an interesting twist.

You could add in Folco Boffin for a free lore resource in the first turn and a free threat reduction of 1. And you still get to keep the two-hero deck after he yeets himself in the first turn.

Oh wait, never mind on the Folco idea. I just realized it doesn't work with Saruman.

Boromir could be an option. You could keep him around to buy weapons for the wizards, then ditch him later.

@AutumnRose The Folco thing does work, but he is not in my card pool.

@AutumnRose nevermind, you are right.

Card draw is amazing, surprisingly. I rarely use Gandalf's Staff for anything so at the end of the Combat Phase is just draw a card, and playing cards off the top of your deck with Wizard Pipe and Gandalf expands my hand so much shat I rarely end the game with more than 15 or 16 cards in my deck.

I just beat all of the dream chaser quests except for the city of corsairs with this deck.

I love the idea of two hunter deck. I will probably make my own version someday with different cards (less songs, changing restricted...).

You really should include Strider btw.

@Emmental What restricteds would you change? Strider is not in my card pool as I said in the description.

Sorry, i have not read this part of the description ^_^'

The restricted i think of if Legacy Blade, perfect if you want to flip contract. Also you could throw in a War Axe or a Ancestral Armor (it costs only 3 with the reduction, and with steward and gandalf staff it's easy to get) if you want stats.

I think the Staffs are really core items, so they should be ×3

Btw i just remembered having made a similar deck, but with Frodo Baggins as third hero (you have 7 more starting threat but Frodo will keep it in check, and you get another reading for Gandalf).

@Emmental Legacy Blade, but no Side Quests? War Axe didn't seem practical because Gandalf never attacked, and I would never put Song of Battle on Saruman. Ancestral Armor is not in my card pool (neither is Legacy Blade) and the staffs always come out.

Well i though a Song of Battle was a perfect fit for a heavy metall band leader like Saruman ;-)

Legacy Blade without side Quest, yes. For the same reason people put Round Shield in every Three Hunter Deck : a 0-cost attachment that can help flip contract anytime when needed (and eventually be replaced after). IMO it looks like A Burning Brand fills the same role in your deck (Saruman does not defend and Gandalf has Inner Strength), but for cost 2 ressources instead of 0.

Do you have Armored Destrier ? It's another great readying option for Gandalf.

@Emmental You deserve an award. Song of Battle will be going to Saruman every day of the week, twice a week for three decades.

A Burning Brand can go to Gandalf, as long as you play it off the top of your deck, which with Wizard Pipe, is highly possible. The no-cost attachment is a good idea... But I don't think I have any in my card pool. I do not have Armored Destrier, either. Click on my user profile for my owned expansions.