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Herumen 565
BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS THE MORNING AND THE NIGHT!
"'And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!'"
--Galadriel, LotR II, p.473
DECK OVERVIEW
I've often thought that the Spirit sphere was the best-suited for a solo mono-sphere deck; contrary to popular & learned opinion, which says Leadership is the way to go. Generally speaking, Leadership probably is the better mono-sphere choice, as a mono-Spirit deck needs to be fairly specific to compensate for that sphere's lack of combat ability and resource acceleration. That's what I've tried to do with this Elven Secrecy deck. Fair and Perilous gives Noldor/Silvan characters some teeth, and Secrecy enables Resourceful.
PLAYING THE DECK
Mulligan for Elven-light; Resourceful & Light of Valinor are nice, too. Use threat reduction to stay below secrecy level and quest with all three heroes. If engaged, avoid combat with Out of Sight unless Against the Shadow is available for defense. Attack enemies with Fair and Perilous, even while you are Out of Sight. Note that Against the Shadow & Fair and Perilous can also affect allies and that the hero boosts from Star Brooch, Miruvor & Elrond's Counsel can benefit both events.
Glorfindel gets Light of Valinor & Star Brooch. He is also the primary defender/attacker, defending at 4 with Against the Shadow or attacking at 7 with Fair and Perilous. Miruvor can ready him for an additional action and further boost his stats. Arwen Undómiel also gets a Star Brooch and generates 1 resource each turn by discarding an Elven-light. She can also serve as a back-up defender/attacker at 4 /5 in the same fashion as Glorfindel. Merry gets Unexpected Courage so he can ready after questing to use his threat-reduction effect. All three heroes can gain resources with Resourceful or recycle key events with Map of Earnil.
CARDS BY FUNCTION
Resource Acceleration: Arwen Undómiel, Envoy of Pelargir, Resourceful
Card Drawing: Gandalf, Lindir, Elven-light
Discard From Hand: Arwen Undómiel, Elven Jeweler, Elven-light
Card Recycling: Galadhrim Weaver, Map of Earnil, Elven-light
Threat Reduction: Merry, Galadriel's Handmaiden, Gandalf, Elrond's Counsel
Willpower Boost: Pelargir Shipwright, Sailor of Lune, Miruvor, Star Brooch, Elrond's Counsel
Location Progress: Northern Tracker
Engagement Control: Out of Sight
Treachery Control: A Test of Will
Shadow Control: Hasty Stroke
Defense Boost: Against the Shadow
Defending v. Undefended attacks: White Tower Watchman
Attack Boost: Fair and Perilous
Direct Damage: Gandalf
Readying: Light of Valinor, Miruvor, Unexpected Courage
Secrecy: Celduin Traveler, Resourceful, Out of Sight