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That's true! Though I am not 100% which of the unique eagle allies would be the best option. Most of them would whiff unless there are certain scenarios which start with a location in staging (for Meneldor), a way to discard eagles from your starting hand like with...

Thanks for the suggestions @The BGamerJoe. I’ll add these cards to the sideboard and see how I go later this week.

The one thing you can't do is pay the 1 resource to hold onto the Winged Guardian, but hopefully you have the Eagles of the Misty Mountains out by that point so you don't need to

You could swap 1x Anfalas Herdsman for 1x Ethir Swordsman, and you'd end up questing for 5 more. You'd still have 2 on each of the Outlands allies, to protect you...

@Flamewright Yes I finally had a chance to try it, and it's quite good! It's got a slightly different piloting. I may publish a full version of it soon, so it has its own page.

@Jtothemac: Misclick. ;)

What helpful feedback! Yes, of course you're right about Gondorian Shield. I quite like the idea of putting Snowmane and the Golden Shield on Fastred instead; that also lets me find space for Herugrim on Eowyn, which should turn her into a beastly monster slayer by late game.