Dori the Hunter 1.0

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• 1.0

This has to be one of my favorite mono tactics deck. I looked to see if anyone had thought of teaming up Dori with Grimbeorn the Old with any success and found a few decks published. This iteration was inspired by Grandson of Gror, who has a solid monotactics deck swapping out Aragorn for Éowyn. His description said the deck struggled with questing, so I sought to remedy that with Forth, The Three Hunters!.

This is REALLY fun to play. It had absolutely no issue with Journey Down the Anduin and Into the Pit.

The idea is that Grimbeorn is a solid defender and attacker out the gate, and can handle some middle-tier enemies without issue. If a boss fight happens, Dori is there to add his defense to Grimbeorn. Therefore, all defense attachments go to Dori, and all attack boosts go to Grimbeorn.

In my limited experience, Beorn's Welcome pays for itself pretty quickly, so you wouldn't be mad to see that in your opening hand. Early game questing might struggle a little, so you might mulligan for Strider. I hate to include dead cards, so I only included one copy of "limit 1 per" or unique. The exception is Ring of Thrór, one of my personal favorites. In a three hunters deck, Ring of Thror takes care of the contract and the readying issues, at a small price of one extra card in the staging area. If you are lucky, it's attached to an enemy and can be dispatched of quickly.

Grimbeorn gets the ring and Strength and Courage. That means he defends for 3 (or 5 with Dori) and can attack for essentially 9 (3 base + 1 SaC static + 3 SaC exhaust + 2 enemy defense drop). Keep an eye on your threat. I haven't had to trigger Eowyn, so I've kept my threat low. Favor of the Valar works hard at the end of the game!

If you start swimming in cash, don't be afraid to play Hour of Wrath outside of Valor. If you are dealing with a swarm, chances are Grimbeorn can handle it even with his only base 3 defense. Dori won't be a slouch on defending either if you are running low on actions. Load up your heroes with restricted attachments, golden belts, and anything else you can legally play.

I am debating including a couple copies of Mighty Warrior so that these other attachments can go on the other heroes. I might have to sacrifice some of the events to get there.

P.S. I know the deck is mostly centered around Grimbeorn, but come on... how often do you see a SOLID Dori deck?? Gotta give him props!