Rossiel Can Do It All (except kill really big enemies) 2.0

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I've always wanted to make a successful Rossiel deck, and struggled to find something I liked. With The One Ring and The Grey Wanderer, the deck can get up and running pretty quickly. Obviously Strider is key, along with Power of Command for stronger questing. Inner Strength is nice too, for reliable defense and shadow cancellation. Because of Grey Wanderer, it's easy to play these non-unique cards. With an early Resourceful, you're generating 4 resources per turn, which is plenty. With an early Gléowine, you're drawing two cards per turn. Obviously the normal Lore card draw works well here to help you find what you need to get setup.

One other important early card is Out of the Wild, which sets up Keen as Lances, Rossiel's abilities, and The Door is Closed!. Though many Rossiel decks might remove a location first, I tend to remove an enemy first, both because I generally don't want to try killing enemies, and because there's often enough Willpower to make progress.

Rossiel is a great defender, readying multiple times per round, getting up to 7, and cancelling a shadow card when needed. But, this deck will struggle with any giant enemy.

Also, the deck is intended to be played solo and really control the encounter deck, knowing what's coming and avoiding enemies ever coming out. Or, if they do, shuffle them back in with the Woodmen's Path and Put Off Pursuit combo, which you can even trigger before resolving the quest phase with Asfaloth if needed.

The deck will also struggle against quests that churn through lots of encounter cards or very frequently reshuffle the encounter deck. For example, the deck almost certainly couldn't beat Beneath the Sands (http://lotr-lcg-quest-companion.gamersdungeon.net/#haradrim-cycle-quest-beneath-the-sands) but I was able to fairly safely beat The Black Serpent (http://lotr-lcg-quest-companion.gamersdungeon.net/#haradrim-cycle-quest-the-black-serpent), though it took two rounds to defeat the big boss at the end.

This deck certainly isn't for every quest, but I didn't see any other Rossiel Grey Wanderer decks in the DB, and I find it quite fun to control the encounter deck with precision, giving me the info I need to quest precisely and have favorable cards get revealed at the right moments.

Comments welcome, as always! The sideboard contains cards that I considered, but didn't use against The Black Serpent. I'm sure the deck could be improved.

v2.0: Fixed Celebrían's Stone with The Favor of the Lady