overview

this deck was designed to take advantage of the arkenstone by using elrond with vilya to ramp out your board of unique allies with spme support. with an army of allies, a buttload of willpower, and three strong heroes, quests wont stand in your way. this deck went through a ton of testing including, into the pit (standard and nm), a storm on cobas haven, nm foundations of stone, nm road to rivendell, and attack on dol guldor. the deck really holds its own when it gets going and has two solid defenders early on with some help. now the biggest weakness is if you cant get built up quick enough which is exactly why bilbo is in the deck. the goal of the deck is to get vilya down and either elrond or bilbo with a burning brand or protector of lorien. then build up the board and win.

starting hand

in your hand look for light of valinor, a burning brand, unexpected courage, vilya or a star gazer. you can get away easily with only one of those cards in your hand because of old bilbo so dont worry about it. good allies to have are treebeard, the warden or the stargazer.

card choices

Bilbo Baggins

bilbo is the glue that keeps the deck running early on. he helps you find your neccessary cards faster and he is a solid defender with a burning brand and protector of lorien for all those extra uniques you draw. he will keel your deck going and keep you alive, dont underestimate this old hobbit he does so much, also you dont have to but i ttpically put the arkenstone on him

Elrond

elrond is the heart of the deck, him with vilya allows the board to be built so quickly and he is a solid quester and defender and you could even take advantage of his two attack occasionally. his healing is amazing as well and itll keep defenders alive like jubayr and elrond himself

Glorfindel

glorfindel is here for his amazing stats and low starting threat and a cheap access to spirit. with a light of valinor his three attack is taken advantage of so often, all in all he just rounds out the heroes perfectly

The Arkenstone

the whole idea is to get unique allies to fill your board and the arkenstone beefs up your willpower and is amazing to push throught the quests. this card is the reason the deck was built but it is not vital to success but it will increase your chances of winning a ton and will speed up the game

Will of the West

discarding a bunch to protector of lorien is good to have a way to reshuffle butnit ismt neccessary so there is only one copy. its also great if your allies start to die or need your test of wills and elronds counsels. it is a late game card and just keeps the deck flowing in the longer games