Four Spirit Heroes 1.0

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The Caldara deck got a big boost recently with the release of Sword-thain and Arwen Undómiel, and figures to become even better with the upcoming release of the spoiled Glorfindel ally in the Stormcaller AP.

There are many several eligible targets for Sword-thain, but the easiest to get out is Emery. With a good draw, it's possible to get her out, discard Hidden Cache for some resources (or use Arwen's ability), and then attach Sword-thain. Once you have four heroes out, look for an opportune time to discard Caldara and bring 3 allies from the discard pile. It shouldn't be hard to bring Caldara back with Fortune or Fate. There are several ways to get allies to the discard pile (Arwen Undómiel, Elven Jeweler, and Zigil Miner.

Arwen Undómiel and Zigil Miner are the main source of resource acceleration. Don't be afraid use the miner blindly. It helps get allies in the discard pile and there are many ways to get cards back.

Card draw is mainly through Elven-light. Light of Valinor and Narya on Círdan the Shipwright allows him to quest and ready allies to do the combat dirty work.

Desperate Alliance has two potential uses. Either handing off Caldara to another player running spirit or Círdan the Shipwright loaded with Narya to ready to of his allies to get out of a pinch.

This deck doesn't want to engage a lot of enemies, since killing enemies can be difficult early in the game, but can hold its own. Threat reduction in the form of The Galadhrim's Greeting and Elrond's Counsel should keep your threat low enough to allow others to take care of most of the combat.

There are several cards to return events from the discard pile. Dwarven Tomb can get any spirit card, and Map of Earnil can play an action event, including Dwarven Tomb to get the card you actually want. Will of the West can be used later in the game if your deck is running out, but you likely won't have many allies left in the deck by this point.