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Ageolite 48
Some time ago I published the deck An unlikely team? and this is an attempt to turn it into a Forth, The Three Hunters! deck. So the hero line up is the same, Erestor, Legolas and Gandalf. The reason is simple, I thought Legolas and Erestor would work well together and I decided to see how well. And Gandalf's Staff was added for some fun! So here are how the heroes work in this adjusted deck.
But firstly, I only have a single copy of the original core set, so I only own in physical cards a single copy of Unexpected Courage. This made the deck building even more tricky and interesting. But for this, the three heroes work really well actually! Lembas is an option, two heroes are Elven, and Gandalf has Shadowfax.
Erestor is still the main defender, he is target for attachments like A Burning Brand, Gondorian Shield or Round Shield and obviously Elven Mail from the restricted attachments options. He gets the single copy of Unexpected Courage. If it is still not in play, Lembas is a good option and you can heal him as well.
Legolas is quester, which may sound strange with the 1 will power, but apart from the Light of Valinor he is target for Silver Circlet and Mirkwood Long-knife which help to boost his will power a lot. As does the contract. Dagger of Westernesse is also good on him as he is the attacker as well. His ability helps you to ready another questing hero, while Erestor supplies you with cards to discard.
Gandalf actually fits several roles. His main restricted attachment is his staff, of course. The additional include any of the following: Celebrían's Stone, Dagger of Westernesse, Gondorian Shield and Round Shield, since his basic statistics are good overall. And with Shadowfax, he can ready.
As this is a Forth, The Three Hunters!, I had to make changes to the deck and ensure I can get the necessary restricted attachments, which was not completely easy. So I decided to increase the number of Wizard Pipe to ensure I can play cards from top of my deck. I thought Reforged would be a great addition to the deck! If I have to discard something and want to play it later on, this card really helped!
Song of Healing I added to have some additional healing outside of the contract and it helps you utilize some of cards you discard.
Sideboard comments:
Generally speaking I am fine without the Will of the West even if I run out of the deck, which only happened few times, but I put it there for quest where running out of deck means losing the game. Bow of the Galadhrim I added for a multiplayer, which I never played, but it boost the attack more for enemies not engaged with you and Legolas has ranged.
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Dec 18, 2022 |
Dec 18, 2022Nerd, I considered it, but it would also mean realing on Song of Wisdom and Armored Destrier on Shadowfax which I was not sure I would regularly pull off. Even with Reforged. But yes, Armored Destrier crossed my mind. But its not too hard to boost Erestor defense. But yes, I used Gandalf few times as well as the defender, early in the game. |
Dec 18, 2022I'm not sure what you mean. Armored Destrier and A Burning Brand can always go on Gandalf as long as you buy it from the top of your deck. For thematic reasons, I would replace Gondorian Shield and some of the signals with another Lembas and Daeron's Runes. |
Dec 18, 2022Well, you are right, I did not think his ability would actually work like that. Thanks for the tip! And I do not think this deck needs Daeron's Runes, generally I do not miss that card with Erestor. Having 4 cards per round plus the fifth from the top of the deck is enough card draw. Do not take me wrong, I love that card, but I am not sure it is needed in this deck. Which has enough new cards to play each round and not enough discarding mechanisms to put those card to some use. Minus the Song of Healing. Maybe Protector of Lórien would be good addition. Hmm, pity I did not think of that card! |
Dec 19, 2022Unless you are excluding it because Daeron's Runes are overused and too strong, I would use the runes. When bought with Gandalf's ability, Daeron's Runes generates cards. If you draw them, it lets you filter uniques and useless cards with no downside. Even though Erestor helps with that, Daeron's Runes won't hurt. In addition, they will let you find restricted cards to flip on turn one, and non-restricted cards in the late game. |
Dec 19, 2022I do not see them as too strong, just I do not feel the need for them with Erestor. Do not take me wrong, in decks without him, I use them if have access to Lore sphere. I guess this is personal preference. One card I tend to avoid as overpowered is Steward of Gondor and try to find other ways to gain resources. But Daeron's Runes can be helpful as well as double edged sword, depending on what you draw. At times you hate to part with any of the cards. |
Dec 19, 2022The thing about the runes is that they are not a double-edged sword. Even in the worst-case scenario of every card being equally critical, Daeron's Runes have no down side. They simply let you view more cards than you otherwise would have. In addition, they effective let you run a 47 card deck, allowing you to include fewer copies of weaker cards. Thus, the runes are all slight positives with no negatives. Even Steward of Gondor can be a bad draw if you have no cards to play. Daeron's Runes is always good (unless you end up hitting them with a blind Vilya). I would definetly include them here as Gandalf can buy them without you needing to draw them. That is a free card with absolutely no downside. |
Dec 20, 2022I would say with Erestor they can be double edged sword, yes they let you see more cards, but if you cannot play them, then you must discard them and getting the cards back into play from discard is harder, since there are so few cards that allows you to pull cards back from discard. And since I drained this deck before even without them, I guess I did not feel the need. But like I said, we all have slightly different feel for decks and how to play so I can see someone including them. |
Dec 20, 2022Many Erestor decks use Will of the West for that reason, even without Daeron's Runes. I do understand your view though. |
Dec 20, 2022To be honest, that was part of the challenge, to avoid Will of the West in the main deck and see if I can make it work. And yes I can run out of the deck and still beat the quest, excluding quests where that is an auto loose condition. And why I put it into sideboard. You can say it is a deck which I built to push myself a bit. I usually use that card with Erestor and wanted to step back from it. Surprisingly I do not even miss this card in this deck. |
In this line-up, I would consider making Gandalf the defender. He can use Armored Destrier and A Burning Brand, while starting with better defensive stats. However, that would mean he could no longer use his staff, so Golden Belt would be needed.