Boromir's Departure (#RCO + MotK) 1.0

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Revised Content Only + Messenger of the King

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Lore:

Boromir, Captain of Gondor journeyed to Rivendell to seek counsel, puzzled by the riddles from a cryptic dream.

There he would attend to the Council of Elrond and join the Fellowship of the Ring.

"Boromir had a long sword, [...], and he bore also a shield and his war-horn."

The company encountered many danger, and after losing Gandalf, his will started crumbling (despite a short rest in Lothlorien) and thus tried to take The One Ring from Frodo.

Here on Amon Hen he failed, but he also redeemed himself in a last stand as he sacrificed himself protecting the halflings.

Deck mechanics:

• Draw : Heed the Dream, Pippin, Hobbit Pipe & Gandalf

• Threat reduction: Merry, Smoke Rings, The Galadhrim's Greeting, Secret Vigil, Galadriel's Handmaiden & Gandalf

• Heal/Damage Mitigation: Ioreth, Elrond, Dori, Honour Guard & Gandalf

• Captain of Gondor adds versatility as we are almost always going to optionally engage enemies

• Vigilant Guard allows us to ready Boromir more freely, paired with Honour Guard and Dori helps mitigate the damage incoming

• Sword-thain can be put on any ally to help resource generation, on a Legolas it allows to put Dagger of Westernesse on him, making him deadlier / but it could also be used to increase the number of Hobbits Heroes boosting Pippin

• Horn of Gondor is really for the lore, I haven't really found it to be useful in this deck

Concerning Sideboard:

• In games with nasty on reveal effects: A Test of Will
• In games with nasty conditions: Miner of the Iron Hills
• In games with condition discard: Erebor Hammersmith
• If facing a scenario with lots of damage that could kill your hobbitses consider adding some Quickbeam & Ent Draught
• Include Legolas if he isn't already played by other decks
• Glorfindel + Elrond's Counsel can help further reduce threat + helps questing / fighting
• If you add Miner of the Iron Hills &/or Erebor Hammersmith, consider adding 3 Dwarf Pipe to further boost Smoke Rings
• Sam Gamgee is to be played in campaign mode with Frodo Baggins
• Elevenses is best played when having Frodo Baggins & Sam Gamgee to maximise its possible effect
• Fellowship of the Ring & Frodo's Intuition for campaign mode

An attempt to build a thematic deck around Boromir's journey, leading to his last stand, protecting Merry & Pippin from the Uruk-Hai swarm!

This is an anniversary thematic deck, as 26 February 3019 T.A. is the date of Boromir's death at Amon Hen.