Mordor's simply-walkers (Saga) 1.0

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• 1.0

This is my Hobbit Fellowship deck adapted to play saga scenarios.

I removed Frodo Baggins, The One Ring, and the 4 copies of the master cards (Inner Strength + The Master Ring x3).

In replacement, I added Fatty Bolger as the hero. His ability is pretty terrible, but we need his defense stats ( + ). Furthermore, our initial threat level will remain the same with him.

Next, I filled the 5 gaps on player cards with Ring Mail x2 + Frodo's Intuition x3.

With two Ring Mails, Fatty's stats will go to 4 / 5 . Additionally, the contract boost + Rosie's action will put him in 8 .

Without Inner Strength we are losing some shadow cancellation advantage, but it will still be possible with Gandalf's Staff.

Finally, the encounter cancellation we lost with The Master Ring will now be provided by Frodo. And now we can get 3 cards and +4 for just two resources!

With the insane amount of card-draw we have here, it won't be that rare to play about 2 hobbits per round and flip the contract by round 3.

Heroes:

• Gandalf
  • Gandalf's Staff
  • Shadowfax
  • Wizard Pipe
  • Expert Treasure-hunter
  • Song of Healing
• Fatty Bolger
  • Ring Mail x2
  • Fast Hitch
  • Protector of Lórien
  • Song of Healing
• Pippin
  • Protector of Lórien
  • Expert Treasure-hunter
  • Don't forget his ability to repel the enemy for 2 extra rounds!

Notes:

• Mulligan for the Staff. Any other Gandalf shenanigan could also work.
  • The Pipe will be a good target if Rosie or Sam + Bill are also in the opening hand.
  • If mulligan does not help, we still have Drinking Song and Daeron's Runes (both are better to be played from the top of the deck).
• We also have several other useful cards to improve card draw and find missing hobbits as soon as possible:
  • such as Expert Treasure-hunter, Gandalf's Staff, Word of Command,
  • or even Pippin and Odo Proudfoot.
• Rosie Cotton and Bill the Pony are vital. They must be part of the 9 fellows.
  • Bilbo (for direct pipe draw) and Sam are also very-nice to have.
• 2nd and 3rd Fast Hitches on Rosie.
  • This will allow her to use and share her in quest phase, and then share it once again in combat phase.
• Word of Command is a good card to find missing Galadhrim's Greetings.
  • By the time we need them, Shadowfax will already be in play.
• Protector of Lórien and Song of Healing will make valuable every dead card in hand.
  • Song of Healing in Gandalf will allow us to take some undefended attack without affecting our threat, something that could be useful in the early game.

Sideboard:

• Since Gaffer Gamgee's ability goes against the conditions of the contract, it could be removed to make space for a better card. Narya maybe?
• Tom Bombadillo! could be an interesting choice for this deck...
  • If Fellowship is on Side A: Tom Bombadil will be another controlled unique character. Once revealed, he potentially could flip the contract over for the rest of the round.
  • If Fellowship is on Side B: since he was never played (you just gain control of him when revealed), he can be used as a 10th unique character for the rest of the round (contract's +1s also affect him).