A Stereotypical Treebeard-ally Ent Deck

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This deck is not creative at all, it is a crowdsourced Ent deck using Treebeard as an ally

My procedure was as follows -- I analyzed Entmoot decks with ally Treebeard to see what the most likely hero lineup would be. After settling on Bifur/Faramir/Mablung, I then looked at 10 decks using that lineup from different creators to see which cards were used the most, and what the median ally/attchment/event count was. You can see the raw information here along with a comparison to Treebeard the hero decks:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1518284/deck-analysis-part-nine-ents

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 also limited the cards to a single core set.

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

The key card is Treebeard, of course. Mablung can pay for red ents with the help of engagement resources, and Bifur can pay for green ones by stealing Faramir's resource every turn, but Treebeard is your strongest Ent and can both help you pay for Ents and ready them. There are two cards that can help you pay for Treebeard on turn one -- We Are Not Idle can exhaust Bifur to get a fourth resource, and Gaining Strength can also be used on Bifur (after he steals Faramir's resource.

Gondorian Shield boosts the defense of both Faramir and Mablung, Faramir is slightly better as a defender because of his extra hit point. King Under the Mountain can only go on Bifur, but will require two turns of Faramir's resources -- if you have Ents to play, prioritize that first. Don't forget Faramir's ability to ready an Ent when you engage an enemy, since that's the only reason he's in the deck.

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