Songs of Mithlond 1.0

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Wow... Card draw monster deck, here! Have you tested it?

Yes, I have tested it. While testing it, it has beaten:

1) Journey Down the Anduin.

2) All of Khazad-dum.

3) All of Voice of Isengard.

4) Ring Maker up to Trouble in Tharbad.

Between Erestor, Bilbo Baggins, and Círdan the Shipwright, you draw six cards a turn (and throw one away, if you don't have your Silver Harp equipped yet), and on top of that, get additional card draw from both Rivendell Minstrel (songs only) and Drinking Song (because you get the bonus card for having a Hobbit), so you actually burn through your entire deck in 7 or 8 rounds; its ratio of cards in the deck to number of turns you need to draw them all is actually much lower than the average deck. The bonus resources from Love of Tales and the resource saving from To the Sea, to the Sea! also combine to help you get things out more quickly than you otherwise might, meaning you're both milling through the deck quickly and playing more than you might otherwise be able to. And because Elrond's Counsel is free, that means your threat often drops low and, because you mill through so quickly, stays low, even if you don't get lucky by having a location in play when you draw Woodmen's Clearing (in which case it just becomes discard fodder for To the Sea, to the Sea!).

It also does well both at questing and combat so far, and although it's not always entirely reliable, Tale of Tinúviel can provide some valuable windows to either really power quest (with Círdan the Shipwright questing under the influence of Light of Valinor and also powering up Súlien), or power defend & attack (with Súlien powering up one of your Noldor, usually Gildor Inglorion in my case). Rivendell Minstrel can search for it, so it can be more accessible than straight statistics might otherwise imply.

I'm really enjoying it so far. One big weak point I've come across is how vulnerable it is to two of the three stage 2 "Through the Marsh" cards in the NIn-in-Eliph quest. "A Weary Passage" is fine, but "No End in Sight" completely screws it for three rounds straight, and "A Forgotten Land," while not as bad if you get it as your second location, really ruins your first turn. Swapping out Erestor for Galdor of the Havens could help mitigate the impact of "No End in Sight" a bit, but when I tried it, I was not happy with how slow I was getting through the deck. Love of Tales as resource generation relies pretty heavily on both getting at least two of the three out quickly, and playing a song almost every turn, and Erestor is the biggest factor in making that happen.

Thanks for the elaborated reply, sir! I'll surely give this deck a try!

I was browsing through decks to see if anyone had made clever use out of Tom Bombadillo! and Tom Bombadil and stumbled upon your deck. While not exactly what I was looking for, this is a really intriguing deck and the little extra leverage using the Song keyword provides scratches my curiosity.