This deck is the one I used to qualify first in the 2021 World Cup semi-finals. I also used it to finish first for my team in the 2021 “Light vs. Dark” tournament.
The idea of the deck is very simple, playing characters in his Home Site for playing what corresponds.
Pool
1 Luitprand (Strange Rations)
1 Dunlending Spy (Strange Rations)
1 Lieutenant of Dol Guldur
1 Uglúk
1 Náin
1 Orc Captain (backup de Ugluk)
1 Dorelas (backup de Nain)
1 Ostisen (backup de Luitprand o Dunlending Spy)
Characters
1 Baduila
1 Bill Ferny
1 Deallus
1 Dâsakûn
1 Gergeli
1 Layos
1 Leamon
1 Perchen
1 Shámas
1 Uchel
Resources
1 Aiglos
3 Awaiting the Call
1 Blackbole
2 Dark Tryst
1 Dunlendings [M]
3 Gifts as Given of Old
1 High Helm
1 Hillmen [M]
3 Not Slay Needlessly
3 Orc Quarrels
1 Orcs of Dol Guldur
3 Ruse
3 Sauron
1 The Dark Power
1 The Great Eye
2 Voices of Malice
Hazards
1 Adûnaphel
3 An Unexpected Outpost
3 Assassin
2 Blind to the West
3 Cave-drake
1 Gandalf the White Rider
1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
1 Many Sorrows Befall
1 Mouth of Sauron
1 My Precious
1 Nobody’s Friend
1 Radagast the Tamer
1 Rain-drake
1 Revealed to all Watchers
3 River
1 Rolled down to the Sea
2 Sellswords Between Charters
1 Unabated in Malice
1 Wild Trolls
1 Ûvatha the Horseman
Sideboard
1 Burning Rick, Cot, and Tree
2 Eye Never Sleeping
1 Faithless Steward
1 Regiment of Black Crows
3 Long Grievous Siege
1 Ready to His Will
1 Sudden Call
2 The Dark Power
1 The Great Eye
2 Tribute Garnered
1 We Have Come to Kill
1 Alone and Unadvised
1 Call of Home
1 In the Heart of his Realm
1 Incite Denizens
1 Lost in Free-domains
1 Muster Disperses
1 Pilfer Anything Unwatched
1 Seek without Success
1 Seized by Terror
1 So You’ve Come Back
1 The Roving Eye
1 The Will of the Ring
1 Twisted Tales
1 Unabated in Malice
Sideboard vs. fw
1 Blind to the West
1 Cruel Claw Perceived
2 Heart Grown Cold
2 Heedless Revelry
1 Inner Rot
1 Ire of the East
1 Searching Eye
1 Stench of Mordor
Deck Explanation
The objetive is to play it all as it comes out. The companies are small and each one has a specific mission. One of the strengths is that you end up having seven companies in similar sites. That means that the opponent does not have much to play. He also does not know where you are going to play something, so you create a sense of confusion that works in your favor. He can put many cards on guard to draw but there comes a time when he cannot play much of you and you overload his hand, which begins to not play anything and even has to discard important resources because they do not fit.
The trickiest moment is when Sauron gets stuck that you can only take out one character per turn and there is little influence problem. When Sauron comes into play it is already a ride. You have to put up with Awaiting the Call.
You can use Nobody’s Friend to find the agent you need based on what you have in hand.
You can use the agent characters as a hazard if you see that they can affect the opponent with Attacks, Pilfer, Twisted Tales or Seek without Success.
Remember that a character can cancel an automatic attack in his home site.
Points
Characters: 15-18
Allies: 2-3
Items: 5
Factions: 9
Misc: 0-10
Total: 31-45
Characters
Lieutenant and Ugluk
Its objective is simple. Have one more card in hand, do Voices and play the Orcs of Dol Guldur.
Dunlending Spy
He goes to the Sulfurous-deeps to play Aiglos. With a Strange Rations and cancellers you just have to wait for it to come out. Once played it is best to return to Dol Guldur if you have Ruse in hand to avoid the Spell of Barrow.
Luitprand
He goes to Sarn Goriwing to find Blackbole. With a Strange Ratopms and cancellers it’s easy. Once played it is best to return to Dol Guldur if you have Ruse in hand to avoid the Spell of Barrow.
Nain
Travel around Cirith Gorgor, Barad-Dur, and Mount Doom to draw cards as the other companies are not moving. He can also do a Voices at any given time.
Uchel, Bill Ferny, Deallus and Leamon
They wait for Hillmen. If they finish the mission early they go to Geann a-Lisch and try to play a Faithless Steward.
Perchen, Shámas, Deallus and Leamon
They wait for Dunlendings. If they finish the mission early they go to Geann a-Lisch and try to play a Faithless Steward
Dâsakûn, Gergeli and Layos
Van saliendo en Shrel-Kain y sacan el Yelmo Alto. Lo ideal es jugar Aguardar la Llamada a Dasakun y Gergeli/Layos para que Gergeli o Layos pueda controlar a los otros dos con el Yelmo Alto. Una vez a salido el Yelmo, hay que meter el Quemando Almiares desde el sideoard y quemar el lugar.
They go out in Shrel-Kain and play the High Helm. Ideally, play Awaiting the Call to Dasakun and Gergeli / Layos so that Gergeli or Layos can control the other two with the High Helm. Once the Helm has come out, you have to put the Burning Rick from the sideoard and burn the site.