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Ipswatch 429
Welcome to the Prancing Pony!
This deck is my take on an authentic Butterbur deck. As such, I tried to limit myself to attachments for Barliman that are strictly thematic. This means no plate armor or the one ring, no matter how good they are for him.
Card Draw: A main goal of this deck is to find a weak enemy to engage and hold onto as quickly as possible. If you can get a 1 or 2 attack enemy taking a bite out of Barliman each turn, then you have decent card draw. Since the contract allows him to heal 3 each turn, he should always be getting more cards. On top of that, the traveling minstrel Gleowine is performing for the people of Bree, so he helps get cards as well.
Resource Acceleration: This deck has a few cards geared towards resources with Resourceful being the obvious one. A Very Good Tale and Timely Aid will also help get the expensive allies out, and since the deck is about 50% allies, they rarely miss. This deck stays in secrecy for a long time.
Questing and Combat: This deck can quest and fight, but it isn't a rockstar at any one thing. It won't be posting enormous questing numbers or delivering one hit kills to dragons, but it holds its own quite well. The nice thing with Butterbur is you have a defender that doesn't need to be readied. I've found that the Archet Alekeeper is probably the most important ally for killing enemies, but the Dunedain Hunter helps find the perfect enemy to engage for Barliman.
Gandalf: Gandalf is an amazing ally, particularly for a low threat deck like this, where he can stay in play as long as possible. He helps make sure that this deck can quest for enough to move everything forward.
Closing Thoughts: I love the AleP Bree deck and am hoping they expand the trait a bit more. I feel like this deck could use a Todd the Troll or Bill Ferny hero. Until that happens though, this has been my favorite take on the Bree archetype. it allows Butterbur to eat most of the attacks, it lets me get down a bunch of interesting Dunedain and Bree allies, and feels very thematic.
Successes so Far: *First three quests of the Harad Cycle
would include some more hobbits like