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ironwill212 1350
I have been using this deck in tandem with a Leadership/Tactics eagles deck to play successfully through the Shadows of Mirkwood cycle with only cards released thru Return to Mirkwood.
As a & build, this deck handles the lion's share of everything that's not combat:
- Beravor is still one of the best ways to draw cards in the game. She can dig for whatever either deck is in need of. Her balanced stats allow her to contribute to questing, attack, or defense, but the goal is generally to use her ability each round (she's also the most common target for Unexpected Courage).
- Eleanor locks down the most nasty treacheries that the encounter deck has to offer (from The Necromancer's Reach to the many tantrums of Gollum). She can also serve as a defender on rounds when treacheries don't show up (give her Song of Wisdom, A Burning Brand, and Protector of Lórien).
- Éowyn remains arguably the best quester in the game. Once deck two gives her Celebrían's Stone, she becomes even more of a powerhouse.
Questing
In support of Éowyn, West Road Traveller and Escort from Edoras supply the raw willpower. This deck specializes in location control and has numerous tools to accomplish this:
- Northern Tracker and Lórien Guide place progress each quest phase.
- The Riddermark's Finest and Ride to Ruin are capable of targeting specific locations and neutralizing them.
- Strider's Path is, in my opinion, an under-appreciated card. It is an excellent counter to the Brown Lands, and can shorten your wanderings in the Hills of Emyn Muil when that last staging reveal is yet another Emyn Muil location.
Combat
This deck is not designed for heavy combat, and so relies upon the ranged and sentinel characters of deck #2. As mentioned above, Eleanor and Beravor are capable of providing defense on occasion.
Miscellaneous
Between Beravor and Ancient Mathom, card draw should be no problem for the fellowship. Daughter of the Nimrodel provides access to healing (Lore of Imladris is sideboarded specifically for Journey to Rhosgobel). Miner of the Iron Hills is the counter for the Caught in a Web condition (although it has to get past Eleanor first ;) ). Forest Snare still works great for Hill Trolls and Attercops. Song of Wisdom and Song of Travel are present to grant resource smoothing (and can be fetched by Rivendell Minstrel).