Ticket to Ride 4.0

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• 4.0

Heroes:

• Théoden
  • Snowmane
  • Golden Shield
  • Silver Circlet
• Éowyn
  • Windfola
  • Horn of the Mark
  • Song of Travel
• Éomer
  • Firefoot
  • War Axe
  • Song of Travel

Notes:

• Snowmane or the Song of Travel in the opening hand are going to be a good start for this deck.
• Gamling's response to get back:
  • The Riddermark's Finest
  • Westfold Horse-breaker
  • Westfold Lancer and Outrider
  • Ride to Ruin's discarded ally (see Sideboard)
• Guthlaf will be useful even without Théoden's discount.
  • If the songs (or the storm) are not in play, we can still play him together with any non-unique ally within the same turn.
• The Horse-breeder and Mustering the Rohirrim will find cards and thin our deck at the same time.
  • They are our best options while Gamling + Horn are not in play.
• The Horse-breaker is great to ready Éomer or Éowyn for combat phase and use their boost multiple times.
  • Discard it before resolving Éomer's first attack. He will be ready and boosted for that attack and the next one.
  • Discard it after Éowyn's first +9 attack to attack once again (since her boost will remain until the end of the phase).
  • Théoden won't have any boost but can be readied to defend again or counter-attack.
• Riddermark's Finest are great for location control, especially if Gamling is already in play. Their 2 is also great for this deck.
• Westfold Lancers are versatile but they are mainly here for questing.
  • If we need to press the red button, we also have their response, boosting Éomer at the same time.
• Discard Outriders after enemy attack resolution to engage another enemy bypassing the enemy attack step (and boosting Éomer as well).
  • 2nd War Axe may also be played on one of them.
• Keep Watch is here because this deck doesn't have any healing option... at least we'll reduce some damage in combat.
• The Storm Comes will be an alternative if we cannot find the songs.

Sideboard:

• Elfhelm is great and even more so when the only threat reduction we have is Gandalf. The only drawback is his cost.
  • He is also the rohan ally with better defensive stats ( + ).
• Háma is a great defender but we need Gamling before him.
  • My major issue here is that I don't really like cycling a 2-cost ally.
  • I see it more beneficial to stay with Théoden, Éomund and the Horse-breeder for defensive duties.
• Mithril Shirt can be seen as a healing option for Théoden.
  • It was originally in the deck. I swaped it by the Silver Circlet.
• Ride to Ruin will make it easier claiming the Mithril Shirt.
  • The Horse-breeder is the best target for its discard cost (so much better if Gamling is in play).
  • Regardless the Shirt, if we still have some missing mount, the Ride to Ruin + Gamling combo may be useful to have another chance to play the Horse-breeder.
  • The Riddermark's Finest are also another way to handle the Shirt.