Bard's Brand, Brand's Hands, and Herubrand

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frobp 148

Every Forth, The Three Hunters! deck on RingsDB that has A Burning Brand either has a lore hero or Gandalf. I thought I'd try something new since Bard son of Brand can pay for and hold the Brand. Then I think Bard doesn't go anywhere without his Dad, so I included Brand son of Bain, who is only better than his Leadership counterpart in a deck with no allies. Brand likes playing Hands Upon the Bow. Then since there are two heroes with "brand" in their name it seemed appropriate to choose Herubrand as the third hero.

The rest of this functions like any Three Hunters deck. Get restricted attachments out as fast as you can and shoot stuff down in the staging area with Hands Upon the Bow or Great Yew Bow.

This deck is honestly not very good -- for one thing, it's really low on HP. But it was a fun concept anyway. It is frustratingly difficult to increase Brand's attack.

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Oct 01, 2021 Alonewolf87 2212

Have you considered slotting in Mighty Warrior for Brand son of Bain to make it easier to boost him?

Oct 01, 2021 Imrahil13 1272

I enjoy that this deck includes four "brand" cards.

Also, I wouldn't entirely dismiss Leadership Brand son of Bain just because a deck has no allies. My go-to Dale 3 Hunters deck uses Leadership Brand (alongside Bard) and the little bit of extra card draw helps just enough to sometimes get the deck to a Contract flip by the first or second Refresh phase. The additional WP is nice also.

Oct 01, 2021 Sfrug 370

Great name.

Oct 01, 2021 frobp 148

@Alonewolf87 very good point -- Brand's lack of Warrior trait is quite frustrating. I have ignored Mighty Warrior in the past because it feels like it takes up a slot where I'd rather have another restricted attachment, but of course you draw a card after you play it, so it replaces itself immediately.

@Imrahil13 that's a very interesting idea; I often find myself with 4 or 5 restricted attachments out on turn 1, and if I could just draw one or two more cards I might be able to flip the contract at the end of turn 1 -- Leadership Brand's draw (and bonus willpower) would certainly help that. Of course you miss out on the ranged but if you're actually making a serious deck you'd probably use Lanwyn for the third Dale hero anyway.

Oct 02, 2021 FranekWojtek 18

Maybe try put more tactic attachments or replace Brand son of Bain with his version