Bloody Beards 2.0

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• 2.0
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I've created this deck as a companion deck for my main dwarven deck. Even though it is quite solid by itself, this deck is not intended to be played alone.

Cards like the Longbeard Elder, Hardy Leadership or Lure of Moria will be way better with another dwarven company on the table.

Heroes:

• Thorin Oakenshield
  • King Under the Mountain
  • Hardy Leadership
• Thorin Stonehelm
  • Dwarven Axe x2
  • He is mainly here for his resources and because, in the early game, we are going to use Gimli for questing tasks most of the time.
• Gimli
  • Citadel Plate
  • Another Plate or an Axe are both fine as Gimli's 2nd restricted attachment.

Notes:

• Mulligan for King Under the Mountain.
  • If you have two cheap allies in your opening hand (Sellsword or Axehand), you could consider to keep it anyway.
  • If it's not in your initial hand, use Gandalf, Hidden Cache, and We Are Not Idle to find it as soon as possible.
• Bofur may be helpful for finding the Dwarven Axes.
• The Dwarven Sellsword, Veteran Axehand, and Ered Luin Miner are the only allies that can be played on the same turn they are drawn.
  • If we are not in a hurry and there are no other 2 dwarven allies in play, it is better to wait for a 2nd resource before playing the Sellsword.
  • It is pretty obvious that the Miner is more valuable when it's not in hand (and we already have King Under the Mountain), though.
• In case of need, Longbeard Orc Slayer's response could be targeted by the Sneak Attack.
• Veteran of Nanduhirion's damage handicap will be neutralized by Hardy Leadership.
• The most beautiful thing about Khazâd! Khazâd! is that, since the boost is applied to our dwarf, enemies with immunity will also suffer its rage.
• Every Cram should be given to Gimli.

Notable omissions:

• Cards like Erebor Battle Master, Dwarrowdelf Axe, A Very Good Tale and Durin's Song have been already taken by the Angry beards deck.

Sideboard:

• Thalin <> Thorin Stonehelm
  • Once Gimli is no longer needed for questing tasks, maybe it is better to start assigning Thalin into the mission, instead of having both Thorin and Gimli ready for the combat phase.
• Foe-hammer
  • It's probably the best card we can have to improve card-drawing. However, it needs some setup to work and our major problem is do not find the King Under the Mountain in the early-game.
• Lure of Moria
  • The Lure is a bit expensive but his ability is game-ending.