Striding into the light 2.0

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Another example of janky elf nonsense, squeezing as much action advantage out of the game to get as much use out of two of the mightiest elf lords of the age. Use Strider and Light of Valinor to prevent either of our heroes from doing anything so pedestrian as exhausting to quest and just two characters will be spitting out 9 willpower per turn. While threat is low, give them Resourceful and you’ll never notice the missing third hero. Silver Harp will make sure Cirdan’s card draw isn’t discarding anything important. Combat is going to be a bit of an issue, but ideally your threat will stay low enough that Treebeard or Gandalf will be in play to handle defense before it’s too late, perhaps with an assist from Arwen Undómiel and Narya. Glorfindel should be able to take out most opponents in one shot if he’s Strider and Fair and Perilous (8 attack without any other boosts). Don’t get too caught up on the 5 character limit for Strider. We want Treebeard, Arwen, and a Northern Tracker out but forgoing that +2 so we can put out Gandalf and the Escorts is probably worth it in controlled pushes.

Some potential sideboard cards include The Galadhrim's Greeting to keep threat lower longer or Tale of Tinúviel to let Cirdan turn the Trackers into temporary badasses. White Tower Watchman can be another option for defense, as an Against the Shadow. Ride Them Down is useful for dealing with large enemies like trolls which can be difficult to handle.