Solo Argalad - Knives, Pipes, and Bows 1.0

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Sorry to spoil this, but Argalad is not a ranger.

Ignore my previous comment, I just assumed the bows were going on Argalad as soon as I saw your deck. My bad.

I don't think I've ever seen a deck that starts out of secrecy with the intention to drop into it. A pretty cool idea! I'll have to give this a try it looks really fun. Nice deck!

@D4rkWolf10Thanks! Let me know how it goes!

Well Warned might be a good include given you have a scout and a noble hero.

@BizTheDadIt would indeed!

Looks like an amazing deck. Indeed I would add a couple copies of Well-warned, as it also could work with Guardian of Ithilien to send it back and with Pippin to draw a card. My only question would be, what happens when you engage an enemy? Can't wait to build this when I get my Drowned Ruins though!

@GizlivadiThe deck's main defense against enemies is low threat and Guardian of Ithilien. But if you want to see some examples, check out the video. In it I engage several enemies.

Basically, Arwen and Argalad can both defend an attack of 4, and enemies with more attack than that generally have high engagement cost (although there are many exceptions). Then you can heal off the damage and push them back to the staging area.

No Mablung ally? Ranger trait, solid 2 willpower, pushes enemies back into staging area

@RajamYes, his ability would be good for the deck, although the Guardians are cheaper. His Ranger trait doesn't help because I wouldn't want to put a bow on him. His willpower is nice though.

What do you think of Haldir vs Argalad? I guess you made this deck around Argalad to give him a try, but now that you've done so, which one do you think it's better? I find them both rather similar; Argalad helps more during the quest phase, but Haldir can deal with enemies with toughness...

@RajamHaldir gets much better in multiplayer, where you can have another player engage enemies. In solo I might preter Argalad. His ability to adjust questing power after staging is underrated.

@SeastanI watched some of your video on YouTube, and I saw you used some kind of computer program with all the cards in it? I didn't even know such a thing existed. Does it cost something? How would I get ahold of it?

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@Seastan Thank you so much!

Fun deck, thanks for posting it! Just beat Escape from Umbar with it, bit of a struggle to finish off the second phase, though (so many enemies by the end!). I'm swapping out one The Galadhrim's Greeting and the Double Back for two A Light in the Dark to get some instant speed enemy disengagement, I think there are plenty of useful cases for that card. Thoughts?

Fun deck and surprisingly versatile. Beat Escape from Umbar and Mumakil with it.

Had a lot of trouble with that quest until I realized that Southron Champion can be canceled with A Test of Will.

@wlkYou can't cancel when revealed effects on side quests.

Right, just read that in the rule booklet. So that's not that easy then. How do you deal with the Champion then ? Especially since it seems I always get an Archer or a Soldier as the champion...

You have to engage it then chump block it and kill it off with Argalad and allies.

@Seastan There is a problem with your last turn in your video (arround 47'30"): you didn't trigger the forced effect at the beginning of the quest phase on 'Flee the city', so that should put a new enemy engaged with you, which prevent you to win. That's basically the issue because it's hard to defend without loosing a character and killing the enemy the same turn.