Haldan gets the Bling

Questlogs using this decklist
Across the Ettenmoors - 1 Player - 2019-09-03
The River Running - 1 Player - 2019-09-07
Danger in Dorwinion - 1 Player - 2019-09-07
The Temple of Doom - 1 Player - 2019-09-09
The Redhorn Gate - 1 Player - 2019-10-09
Road to Rivendell - 1 Player - 2019-10-11
A Journey to Rhosgobel - 1 Player - 2019-10-15
The River Running - 1 Player - 2019-10-26
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Alduc 596

Mono deck with a very Hobbit-like starting threat. The main goal here is to deal with enemies as less as possible. Discard them, shuffle them back into the deck, prevent them from spawning, good riddance.

I build the deck with fun in mind more than raw power, but on my first try it handled Across the Ettenmoors without batting an eye.

There's no designated defender in the deck, but plenty of chump blockers for when an enemy do get through.

7 comments

Sep 05, 2019 Rimogard 309

I'd probably give Mirlonde the bling! Just kidding though, Haldan is probably the safer choice. Maybe one copy of Mablung and one copy of Ghan-buri-Ghan can be quite helpful in this type of deck? In any case, it looks awesome! I'll give it a try :)

Sep 05, 2019 Alduc 596

Thanks for the comment! Both the Forest Road Traveler and the Mirkwood Hunter are newer allies I wanted to test out, dropping them back to two copies to add Mablung and Ghân-buri-Ghân should give the deck a bit more flexibility.

Let me know how it goes for you!

Sep 06, 2019 The Broken Meeple 60

I have a similar idea in the works now that Put Off Pursuit is with us. Minor differences on the allies, the rest is fairly consistent, but I opted for Pippin instead of Mirlonde - threat wise, it's the same really (1 less threat vs +1 engagement cost) but you get the added card draw for engaging an enemy early on. Yes you ideally don't want to engage enemies, but you'll get that occasional super-low threat enemy in some quests that you can't do much about, but are usually easily dealt with.

Sep 06, 2019 Alduc 596

Good idea. When running Hobbit heroes I like to include some support to boost their hit points, especially since many of the recent quests have been quite efficient in dishing out direct damage to characters. If using Pippin instead of Mirlonde I would probably squeeze in a couple of Boots from Erebor in the deck.

Sep 06, 2019 Rimogard 309

Adding Pippin is probably a good idea. I wonder if finding a spot for 2x Resourceful is a valid option with Mirlonde... Also, 1x Gaffer Gamgee saved my butt against The Massing at Osgiliath.

Sep 06, 2019 Raiderjakk 58

Gave this deck against Journey Along The Anduin and it won twice. Good work. I didn't think it had enough willpower or defense but it did just enough to trudge along

Sep 06, 2019 Alduc 596

Newsflash: Thrór's Key just got nerfed, with the new errata it must be discarded to prevent the travel effect. Squeezing in a single Ghân-buri-Ghân just became much more worthwhile.

@Rimogard Gaffer Gamgee rarely fails to do some strong work! I'll have to test it in this deck. As for Resourceful, I think it's really a question of deck space. Currently only Elf-stone fills the resource acceleration niche, further playtesting will determine if it's enough.

@RaiderjakkGood to know! The Mirkwood Explorer needs some time to pick up steam, but in the late game he does wonder to keep the quest going.