A Stereotypical Traps Deck 1.0

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This deck is not creative at all, it is a crowdsourced Traps deck.

My procedure was as follows -- I analyzed Anborn decks s to see what the most likely hero lineup would be. After settling on Damrod/Faramir/Haldir of Lórien, I then looked at 7 decks using that lineup from different creators to see which cards were used the most, and what the median ally/attchment/event count was. (There were also seven decks using Mirlonde instead of Haldir, but Haldir was used slightly more often in Anborn decks so I went with him in the stereotypical linuep). You can see the raw information here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1521375/deck-analysis-part-19-traps

To turn that information into a deck, I then used the median count to apportion card slots to the most popular choices in each category, trying to use the most popular count for each until I ran out of space (I did lower the count at the end of each list so I could fit cards with same approximate selection). I also limited the cards to a single core set.

The end result should be a stereotypical Traps Deck -- one that only includes cards that others have used the most (by percentage, not raw count) in their own Trap decks. If you want the typical Gondor experience, this may be a good fit -- and if it's not, don't blame me, blame the committee!

As you can tell it's a little light on willpower and defense, so would work best as a multiplayer deck. In any case the general strategy would be to place traps and enjoy the mayhem. Henamarth Riversong, Interrogation and Scout Ahead can help you determine which trap would be best for an empty staging area. Wingfoot should go on Faramir if trying to play solo, as he's your only possible non-chump defender. In multiplayer where someone else is dealing with enemies that get through the traps, Haldir would be the best choice.

Although Anborn is the card I think that separates a Traps deck from a Traps side-line, it's not important that he come out right away -- you won't need him to recycle traps until you've already played quite a few, and the draw will get you him soon enough. Count the traps plus Master of the Forge in your opening hand, if it's less than two try again.