This deck is designed to specifically beat "Dungeons deep and caverns dim" from the Hobbit-Saga. Yes, it's the one in which Bilbo meets Gollum and they have their riddle-contest.
The plan is to answer riddles whenever possible, and to always be successful. The majority of the cards have the following quality:
- sphere: spirit
- type: ally
- cost: 2
The only exceptions are 2x Glorfindel (5 instead of 2) and 2x Unexpected Courage (attachment, not ally). This means that you will 100% find at least 1 complete match and successfully master each riddle-card. The One Ring's action will only be used in the worst case (1st turn Great Grey Wolf, and all 4 off-cards in a row), and even then success is guaranteed (3 cards + 2 Bilbo-resources = 5).
Eowyn quests, Beregond defends, and you attack back with those random allies that you got into play by then. Note that allies stay untapped when questing in their 1st turn because of Galadriel. Also note that Glorfindel can be played even if he got discarded due to Eowyn or a riddle. Galadriel (together with Beregond) helps to keep your threat low so that you can avoid some of the tougher enemies and just quest to victory.
What has 4 letters, sometimes 9 letters but never 5 letters