Eldest in Middle-Earth 1.0

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A casual deck for trying out the very powerful ent allies.

The idea for this deck was to use Círdan the Shipwright with Narya together with ents. Narya allows this deck to make use of the ent's powerful stat line several times every turn, and also mitigates the greatest weakness of ents - that they enter play exhausted. Once Cirdan has Narya, an ent can be played (exhausted) and readied in the same turn.

After choosing Cirdan, this deck needed one and one hero to pay for the ent allies. Merry and Pippin fit the bill perfectly, both thematically as well as well as tactically. They provide a very low starting threat, which gives the deck time to bring the ents into play and ready them if Narya is not in play yet.

Other notes:

• My favourite ent to use with Narya is the Wellinghall Preserver, who can quest for 3, ready with Narya and heal one point of damage, then attack for 3 and heal another point of damage in the Refresh phase.
• Together with Treebeard, this combination can keep the Hill-Troll (or some other enemy with 6) at bay: Treebeard, boosted by Narya, defends for 4, and the Wellinghall Preserver (readying with Narya) can heal the resulting two wounds per turn.
• Arwen Undómiel is included as another way to boost the defense of an ent or Cirdan if Treebeard and Narya haven't shown up yet. The Warden of Healing is there to keep the Hobbits alive, just like the Ent Draught.
• The Dagger of Westernesse is there to make at least Merry somewhat useful. Most enemies will have a higher engagement cost than the decks threat, so Merry can potentially attack for 6
• The Ranger Provisions can be played once Cirdan has Narya. I included them mostly for going with the theme of attaching stuff to locations as with Elf-stone and Ancient Mathom.