Gaeronel's Mithlond Mission - Noldor Alternative 1.0

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• 1.0

Gaeronel is a fun puzzle, trying to get value out of her different boosts. I was surprised to see basically no Three Hunter decks with her, so thought a nice excuse to lean into an Alternative Noldor Discard build for Solo Play. Bump on Trucks/ALEP short story about Gaeronel for those who haven't read it, thanks as always to the team:

https://alongextendedparty.com/2022/02/15/the-spear-of-mithlond/

Having successfully protected the Grey Havens for Cirdan, Gaeronel is now entrusted with protecting other Noldor Nobles, Arwen and also (not that he needs the protection) Glorfindel.

Basic Gaeronel Mechanic is she's your key defender with Armored Destrier, One Ring/Inner Strength & Relic of Nargothrond which is the key and fun card. Whenever need to, just discard Relic (to get + boost from attachment in discard pile) and that gives Gaeronel 2x 6 and shadow cancellation per turn. Before you flip the contract its also free to play.

For Questing, once have Unexpected Courage, use Arwen to discard Elven-light Elven Light so Gaeronel gets +2 plus the +3 from Restricted attachments so is able to flank Arwen & Glorfy. Total questing is easily 20+ and as high as 25 with Glorfy & Gaeronel ready for multiple combat actions.

Mulligan for Elven Light and/or Thorongil though can be searched for (or Steward or Anduril) quickly enough with A Fair Exchange.

2x card per turn thanks to Stone of Elostirion from Riddle Game with plenty of 0/1/2 priced cards. Gets to 3x card draw per turn with Elven Light and Arwen in action.

Gaeronel setup for 2 x6 defense blocks and 6 willpower per round:

• One Ring (R) - Setup
• [Armored Destrier] (R)
• Relic of Nargothrond as third (R)
• 1x Unexpected Courage

Glorfindel setup for 7 willpower potential + 2-3 attacks at 10+ consistently and crazy high if use Gondorian Fire/Fair & Perilous etc

• Valiant Sword (R)
• War Axe (R)
• Anduril (R) is ideal but can end up being a Circlet/Stone if slow to turn up
• Light of Valinor, Steward of Gondor, Thorongil, Gondorian Fire, Heir of Mardil Lay of Nimrodel can be elite for final quest push once built up good number of resources with Glorfy (which typically happen in 3 hunters)

Arwen for c.10-12 willpower

• Stone of Elositrion (R) - At Setup
• Silver Circlet (R)
• Steed of Imladris (R)
• Strider

Recognize that could open up more Restricted options to flip even faster if use Tactics Glorfindel but do like the balance and threat offset this offers starting at a manageable 26. V1.0 would welcome any feedback.