Caldara's Doom

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This deck is specifically built to do the Mount Doom quest. This version is for multiplayer. I haven't tried the quest yet, but I've tested the concept on some other quests.

WARNING: some mild spoilers ahead!

The big problem here is resources. Normally in a Caldara deck I would run the usual Zigil combo:

Unfortunately, in this quest more allies = bad, so I'm working on other options. Even though the Ered Luins make great chumps for free, I don't think I can afford to keep the Zigils and Imladrim. Without Stargazers, the Miners are too hit-or-miss; Emery is just going to discard whatever she finds.

There's a great new combo here, which I have to credit to a friend (but I can't because he doesn't have a ringsdb account). I'm going to use Caldara's action, then play Vanish from Sight, and follow that up with O Elbereth! Gilthonial! Since my threat counts as 20, I will then set my threat (probably lowering it) to the targeted enemy's threat!

For saga quests, this only works in multiplayer. If I have a Fellowship sphere hero, I can't play Vanish from Sight. But, since I'm building that combo, I'm also going to run Resourceful with it. and try to solve my money problems that way. I'm also adding a Wandering Took and Song of Eärendil, to steal all the other players' threat right before I Elbereth.

Other than that, I'm trying to quest for tons, but not have a lot of allies. I also want to make some pretty big Fortitude tests, so I want heroes with high willpower... and I want LOTS of heroes. So, my allies fall into three basic groups:

  1. Allies with 3+ willpower
  2. Cheap or free chumps, or REALLY good blockers
  3. Lindir

Card draw is a big problem in this deck, but I have as much as I can manage. As usual, the sideboard has a bunch of stuff I tried and barely ever used, so I cut it. One final note: this deck is great when Condition attachments happen, because it can just toss them onto Caldara or Prince Imrahil, and then kill them off.

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Oct 14, 2017 Stavo343 1

I'm thinking this unfortunately doesn't work for Mount Doom specifically due to the Dire keyword. I know that O Elbereth! Gilthonial! uses the term "set" instead of "reduce," but it's effectively reducing your threat, and I think it definitely goes against the spirit of the quest. I've been running a Caldara deck for my entire solo campaign, but I've hit a wall with this quest :(