Blacken the Sky *CotR Deckbox* 1.0

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The bow and arrow revolutionized warfare, and now it's doing fun things for LotR LCG. Skyward Volley awakened something in me. It seems like a decently powerful card at first blush, but it really requires a couple of things to get working. First, you need draw, which is its biggest issue. For the card to be truly effective, you need to see multiple copies of it, and to see multiple copies, you need draw. In tactics. Where it generally sucks. Enter Háma. He offers the recursion and flexibility you need to make the deck sing. The standard weapon/Foe-hammer combo is here, and with Háma, just gives you draw for days.

The centerpiece of the deck, though, are the direct damage events. Skyward Volley is prominently featured of course, and once you see the second one, the shenanigans begin. Many enemies just straight up die from 4 damage, and the ones who don't, well, are pretty easy for Háma to attack and start the whole thing over again. In the early game, the ol' Háma Feint-lock should keep you safe from the bigger enemies, and Faramir with a shield should be able to defend the rest.

The allies are mostly just small ranged bodies to fuel the events. In fact, you almost never want to traditionally attack with the Vassal of the Windlords and Trollshaw Scouts. Keeping them on the board for the events, especially a late game Hail of Stones is far more of a payoff in the long run. In fact, in early testing, much to my surprise, Hail of Stones becomes the rock star in this deck once it's set up. Popping 5-7 damage on an enemy in the staging area during questing becomes super easy, and if there's any left to clean up, Háma grabs it back for next time, with some nice synergy from Faramir to boot.

Now, go make a pincushion out of Sauron.