This deck doesn’t try for The Great Hunt or lots of Dragon Factions. It’s just a quick little safe Eriador deck that might or might not get a single dragon faction. On the other hand, it’s unexpectedly fast and high-scoring. Give it a try!
Start:
Gloin / Squire of the Hunt
Gulla / Cram
Faramir
Beretar / Paste
Halbarad
Wizard’s Trove
In Deck:
3 Alatar
1 Fram Framson
1 Dasakun
1 Raisha
1 Ioreth
Resources:
1 Fortresss of the Towers
1 Gatherer of Loyalties
1 Huntsman’s Garb
1 Great Patron
1 Join the Hunt
1 Wizard’s Myrmidon
2 Dark Tryst
2 A Short Rest
2 We Have Come to Kill
2 Voices of Malice
2 Longbottom Leaf
2 A Friend or Three
2 Risky Blow
2 War-Wolf
2 War-Warg
1 The Warg-King
1 Tom Bombadil
1 Durin’s Axe
1 Orcrist
1 Sapling of the White Tree
1 Rangers of the North
Key Sideboard Cards:
2 True Fana
2 The Hunt
1 Scorba Roused (these 5 go into disc pile when alatar comes into play)
2 Marvels Told
1 Mischief in a Mean Way
1 The White Tree
1 Safe From the Shadow
1 An Untimely Brood
1 Wormsbane
Play Tips:
Leave Halbarad behind, of course. He brings in ioreth under him. They squat, play MT, and get wolves after Brood hits the table. If you want to be a little more dangerous, try playing with the Palantir as well (for the extra hand size). Meanwhile, the 4 guys have some fun in eriador: all have prowess >4, are warriors, and 3 are rangers as well. Use Weathertop and Ost-in-Edhil for Wolves. Get Tom, rangers at their respective sites. Grab the axe or sapling at Barrow Downs. Carn Dum is a nice stop for Orcrist, since gulla can let you in. Mischief up and store sapling/play white tree on your last turn for a big 7 MPs. All in all, a fun, cool deck!
MP Breakdown:
Character: 11
Item: 9-13
Ally: 9
Faction: 2-6
Misc: 1-8
Total: 32-47