Beorning Eagles: Pure Series #2 1.0

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Pure Series:

I realized that my original Pure Series has become out of date, so I've remade many (if not all) of my decks.

This is a series of about 10 decks that I made that don’t share any cards with each other. Meaning I can only use Steward of Gondor in one of my 10 decks. This forces me to use different methods of card draw and resource generation.

I have every expansion, but only 1 core set :(

I do include different cards of the same unique character in different decks. (Ex. Haldir of Lórien hero in my Scout deck and Haldir of Lórien ally in my Silvan deck.)

Beorning Eagles Deck:

The Eagles have teamed up with the Beorning as they are both woodland creatures. More importantly, they are both creatures that benefit from Radagast. This is a pure battle deck that has a presence on the table from turn 1 and can usually take the heat while your other decks are building up their army.

Opening Hand:

In your opening hand, you really want to see Radagast's Staff for the resources.

Card Draw:

Being a battle deck, the limited card draw comes from Gandalf, Messenger Raven, and The Eagles Are Coming!.

Resources:

Even though we have a Lore hero, we don't have a single Lore card. This is because of Radagast's ability to pay for any ally in this deck. Radagast's Staff is your way to pump out high costing allies quickly, and you want to see it early on - it's as powerful as Steward of Gondor in this deck.

Allies:

This is a pretty straight forward, play some allies and destroy deck. Like all eagle decks, you are slowly powering up Eagles of the Misty Mountains. Gwaihir does an excellent job of this - being able to put a Vassal of the Windlord or Winged Guardian into play for the turn and then returned to your hand or onto Eagles of the Misty Mountains. Gwaihir's Debt does relatively the same thing, but you have to wait till you have either Meneldor, Landroval, or Gwaihir in play. If you are able to power up Eagles of the Misty Mountains enough or have Vassal of the Windlord or Winged Guardian out, Support of the Eagles is really nice and goes on Grimbeorn the Old. Landroval to resurrect fallen heroes (if I'm not mistaken, he can't be used on Beorn though).

Secret Vigil to lower your high starting threat (Gandalf can also do this if needed). Tireless Hunters to engage as many enemies as needed.

And that's it! If you are teaching someone to play for the first time - this is the deck to give them as it's simple and good. In my opinion, the Eagles are a little underrated for how powerful they are, especially when that 2 damage from Descendant of Thorondor or 2 progress from Meneldor is just enough to defeat an enemy or complete a location.

If you have any suggestions or questions comment below

Thanks!