Deck Tech: Double Stewards 1.0

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This is a pretty basic two hero secrecy deck I played against Foundations of Stone on youtube.

As promised, a bit of discussion on the card choices.

Card Choices:

Strider and Light of Valinor are actually probably not necessary most of the time, but I used the extra willpower to good effect on the video. And Arwen's 1 attack was actually relevant once.

Sneak Attack and Gandalf, because it's just such a good toolbox. I generally pick draw or damage, but sometimes the threat reduction is valuable if you have a bunch of secrecy cards in hand.

Timely Aid is probably the best of all the secrecy cards. Especially in a deck where the average ally is expensive, like this one. I'd normally include some Northern Tracker for a great Timely Aid target, but I ran out of space this time. Some of the Silvan allies could go to make room, though.

And probably the most interesting card: Steward of Orthanc. Elven-light turns into one resource and one threat for three cards, effectively, which is an insane bargain. And if you get it early enough, Elrond's Counsel turns into a really great cantrip.

Final Thoughts:

I'm a little out of practice. I know I made a few mistakes. And I definitely missed Theodred's resource a handful of times, which could have saved me a round or so. Maybe a little threat. Secrecy's solo resource generation is still quite impressive, and the quality of expensive allies has gone way up in recent cycles.

I was originally thinking about OHaUH Gandalf instead of Core Gandalf, but I've recently decided that it isn't a huge deal to lose two willpower from Strider. Generally the ally that pushes you over the edge is worth about that much, and the freedom to keep building is great.

I think I'm going to retry some three hero secrecy builds in future videos, so expect to see some of these shenanigans again.