Stealth and Steadfastness Suggested Fellowship of the Ring 1 1.0

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Here is the piloting instructions from the Fellowship of the Rings Saga expansion for one of the two suggested decks:

The unassuming Hobbits of the Shire are sneaky, and this is represented by them having low threat costs. This deck has a starting threat cost of only 20, and many enemies won't notice you since they have an engagement cost higher than that. Therefore, try to optionally engage enemies with engagement costs higher than your threat as often as possible. Each time you do, you'll draw 1 card from Pippin and ready and boost Sam Gamgee.

Playing a Hobbit Cloak (or two*) on Sam makes him a formidable defender, and Halfling Determination can give him a temporary +2 to help him survive most attacks. Feint can be used for the big attacks that Sam can't handle. Merry is very adept at attacking, and equipping him with two Dagger of Westernesse lets him destroy many enemies with a single attack.

*Chad edit here: Hobbit Cloak is limit one per hero.

This deck features several powerful allies with high resource costs, such as Gandalf, Beorn, Faramir, and Boromir. Elf-stone can get these allies into play a big discount, and Erebor Hammersmith can then bring your Elf-stone back from your discard pile to do it again. Gandalf and Beorn also work extremely well with Sneak Attack.

When these two decks are played together, replace the three copies of Gandalf with three copies of Elrond.

I have already made the Elrond/Gandalf swap for this fellowship so please adjust the deck if playing it solo. Also, I included Barliman Butterbur and Farmer Maggot as other options if you don't want to run 3x Elrond.