Amarthiúl Rides For Gondor

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This deck takes advantage of the unique synergy between Amarthiúl and Elfhelm to make Marty a great attacker/defender. He already has an amazing stat line, but the bonus from his Rohan friend can push him over the top with very little investment. The goal is to get either Roheryn or Armored Destrier on Amarthiúl. This gives him a static +1 , but because he gains the icon when you engage an enemy, he will also have +1 for combat. Add a few Dunedain Signals and a Sword of Númenor to him and he becomes a savage warrior.

The rest of this deck is a pretty straight forward Gondor deck. Get Visionary Leadership on Denethor and pump out allies with Steward of Gondor and A Very Good Tale. Galadriel is here to help you fetch your mounts and Gandalf is here for his typical Sneak Attack shenanigans.

Aragorn has a similar interaction with Elfhelm once he has Roheryn attached. I have included a suite of cards in the sideboard if you want to sub out Amarthiúl for the king of kings. Note that Celebrían's Stone gives Aragorn the icon which further boosts his when he has a mount attached. Also, this deck is light on multiplayer interactions, so check the sideboard for more ways to help out the team.

Thanks for checking out the deck.

4 comments

Sep 20, 2016 TheChad 14455

this deck looks great. I was thinking of a mono leadership deck with Elfhelm and this is really close to what I had. I think Steed of the North will be good in it when that comes out (even though I panned that card when I first saw it). well done!

Sep 20, 2016 Stoved86 413

@TheChad Thanks bro. I am looking forward to the new steed of the north. At 1 cost it will be a good mount for decks like this.

Sep 21, 2016 wehehe 1335

I really like the idea. As soon as Elfhelm was spoiled, I thought in Amarthíul as his ideal partner. I tried it in a Rohan deck, to use Westfold Horse Breeder to fetch mounts, but it didn't work quite well.

How is this working for you in quests demanding high willpower since the beginning, like massing at osgiliath?

Sep 21, 2016 Stoved86 413

@wehehe I have found that this deck lacks a little bit in the up-front willpower quests, in spite of the fact it can play a lot of cards early. However, it can get up to questing well after turn 2 or 3 with a swarm of allies and visionary leadership. In all honesty I consider this kind of a generalized deck. It is good for a wide range of quests, but not great for specialized quests like massing.

While we are on the topic of this deck's weaknesses, another problem it has is what to do about duplicate uniques. There are several unique cards here which means it commonly runs into the issue of being unable to play them. I tried Erestor, but he felt clunky and out of place. Any suggestions are welcome.