Mono Galadriel into the Pit 1.0

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Here is an effective and fun deck, which highlights the game mechanics of Galadriel in The Grey Wanderer contract. These support two particularly valuable dwarves in the first scenario of cycle 2: Bombur and Longbeard Orc Slayer. The deck is subtly thematic: Galadriel is part of the Council in charge of this mission and she also symbolizes the light in the midst of the darkness of Khazad-Dum.

Typical strategy:

• During setup, attach The One Ring and Nenya to the heroine; collect Well Preserved. Attach Cave Torch to her. This will be his second and final restricted attachment.

• In first hand, it is necessary to have an ally of cost less than or equal to 3, or Timely Aid. Do not hesitate to mulligan. Furthermore, Resourceful is a very important card here in the opening hand, as it will potentially speed up the hiring of Firyal. Ghân-buri-Ghân is also a very useful ally to move forward in this scenario.

• The response from Firyal will help you discard such a troublesome card at that moment. This can be an impactful treachery that you cannot (or not yet) cancel with A Test of Will, or an enemy that will engage you as soon as revealed without you being ready to face it (the Goblin follower for example), or even a location that you are not yet ready to manage with Bombur.

• Henamarth Riversong will combo with Cave Torch. You will exhaust him just before the torch, to know if an enemy is waiting for you in the shadows or not, and which one.

• Dwarven Tomb will ensure the recursion of a threat reducer (Elrond's Counsel, The Galadhrim's Greeting), a draw ( Ancient Mathom), from A Test of Will, or even of a Galadriel's Handmaiden.

• Protector of Lórien and Daeron's Runes will take advantage of duplicates.

• Attach Ever My Heart Rises to Bombur, and tap it or Longbeard Orc Slayer to place 4 tokens on active locations with the Underground trait.

• During the phase 1 action window, trigger the action of Galadriel. Then immediately after, trigger the contract action to ready Galadriel up and draw an additional card. You will thus arrive in the planning phase with 3 resources (+ those of the copies of Grim Resolve, a normal threat, and a heroine ready to bow again to activate Nenya.

• During phase 3, systematically engage in quest Firyal and Galadriel's Handmaiden. Exhaust Galadriel and Nenya during the action window following the staging step. In this order, the Dark and Dread treachery will not affect Galadriel and the Lady of Lorien will also be able to use Protector of Lórien with more precision, by adjusting the discarding intensity to the encounter card(s).

• By keeping the threat low enough (below 20 ; in a word : in secrecy), you will never fight any opponent other than the Goblin Follower, if applicable. Either Gandalf will be able to take care of him one-shot as soon as the wizard enters the game (phase 2), or you will simply absorb his attack without defending, thanks to Galadriel's 8 life points (4 initials + 1 thanks to Well Preserved + 3 with Ring of Barahir), and the tremendous regeneration allowed by Well Preserved. The technical cost of that latter (the increase of one point in the threat level) is insignificant, given the low starting threat and the large number of threat reducers. In addition, this card avoids having to resort to the contract to heal, which frees up the other options of The Grey Wanderer.

• Longbeard Orc Slayer is not vital to the deck, but its entering effect and attack can help us reduce the threat in the staging area. Incidentally, it can provide support for the Ancestral Knowledge event.

Once Firyal is in play, do not delay : quest as much as you can ! The step 2B of the quest do not force you to destroy all the ennemies, if you can put 11 tokens on it instead. The last quest 3B does not allow you to collect resources in phase 1 (which neutralizes Resourceful). However, you can continue to earn money in the action windows of the following phases, thanks to the contract.