Seastan's Nine Walkers 1.0

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Beautiful!

I'm probably missing something here, but how do you utilize Gandalf once you have flipped the Fellowship to Side B? Or is that the point at which he "leaves" to fight the Balrog in Khazad-dum; only becoming playable again after Boromir uses his secondary action at Amon Hen to save the hobbits? Unless of course you leave poor Bill in the wilderness to find is own way home... But seriously, Gandalf is fully locked out after the flip to Side B unless another character leaves play, right? Or did I miss something?

Ps. As I play mostly solo, love themed decks, and am awestruck by the synergies you endlessly find, I'm really excited to play this deck that checks all three boxes. Thanks for all the work you put in for this community. :D

@DarkPaladin13 I answer this in the deck description :). Check out the last paragraph of the Overview section.

@TheChad Thanks!

@SeastanWell, of course you did :D I guess I read the intro, then looked at the deck, and then jumped back to read the build, and totally skipped the overview... :P Thanks!

Looks like a really fun deck. On average, how many turns does it take to get your 9 unique characters out and flip over to Fellowship side B?

@Levache Maybe round 5 or 6? It's tricky, because it's essentially a 7 card combo (6 allies plus one card to get Sam into play). I find it helps if you get Legolas out early to build up your hand size so that you can do some deep Drinking Songs to find the missing pieces.

Great combo! That's the lineup I've settled on as well for being the strongest thematic one. Boromir is really the Star of the show and can make use of the extra stars for things like Hide tests and surprise attacks.

@SeastanWhat would you mulligan for in this deck? Since the Hill Troll attacks on turn one, I fell like I need Gondorian Shield, but there are not enough attackers to do any damage to it, nor enough resources to get a fighting team set up early....

@TheBeardedOne It's not the best deck to take against Journey Along the Anduin to be honest. Its starting threat is just at the level where the Hill Troll engages you. And being a fellowship deck, it naturally takes a couple turns to get rolling.

I think your best bet against this quest is to try to keep questing successfully and use Frodo Baggins's ability to keep your threat at 29.

Alternatively, you could slot in 1 copy of Strength and Courage, and give Boromir the One Ring. Then, mulligan for Sneak Attack. On turn 1, play Strength and Courage on Boromir, and quest with nobody. Raise your threat from failing the quest. Defend the Hill Troll with Boromir, hopefully only taking 4 damage. If there's another enemy, take it undefended on Aragorn. Then, ready up Boromir, trigger Strength, and attack with Boromir (7), Aragorn (3), Frodo (1) and any ally in your hand with Sneak Attack (1+). That would take the troll out turn 1. After that, hopefully you're in the clear.

@SeastanHow would you edit this deck to work in the Saga expansions? I was thinking of switching out Frodo Baggins for Sam Gamgee...and then what cards would you add in, having taken out Sam?

@Micah Galicinski Probably Ioreth. Helps to flip the contract quicker, and the deck needs healing.

Can I add arwen as an ally or hero, or it is non thematic? Also what about elrond arwen father?

Also is it better to play without the contract to add any ally cards we want?

You did see that this is a "strictly thematic" build, correct? Hence it sacrifices many more optimal options to maintain a theme consistent with the Fellowship of the Ring. You can certainly make the alterations you mention, but if that's what you're looking to do, there are likely better starting templates to choose.

@kjeld OK thanks alot dear friend.