[starting]
Cram (for Sam)
Thrall-ring (for surion, as Rolled down protection)
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The Forge-master (Surion)
Thrall of the Voice (Surion)
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Surion
Fatty Bolger
Sam Gamgee
Anborn
Asternak
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Robin Smallburrow
Ioreth
Denethor II
Firiel
Damrod
[characters]
Saruman@
Saruman@
Saruman@
Arwen
Adrazar
Jerrek
Eradan
[resources]
Scroll of Isildur
2x Longbottom Leaf
2x Marvels Told
2x Smoke Rings
2x Dark Tryst
2x Weigh All Things to a Nicety
2x Concealment
2x A Nice Place to Hide
2x Gold Ring that Sauron Fancies
2x A Little Gold Ring
2x Ruse
2x Stealth
2x Sneakin’
2x Token of Goodwill
2x Old Friendship
Wizard’s Test
[sideboard]
A New Ringlord
A New Ringlord
A New Ringlord
The One Ring
Voices of Malice
Promptings of Wisdom
Wizard’s River-horses
Vanishment
Dagger of Westernesse
Dagger of Westernesse
Hidden Haven
Hidden Haven
A Friend or Three
A Friend or Three
Wizard’s Test
Okay, what’s the deal?
Turn 1, equip Asternak with a Dagger of westernesse from the Forgemaster. Depending on what you have in hand, move both HL2 companies to Carn Dum (with Hobbits if you have the Scroll), Gladden Fields and/or Ost-in-Edhil (if you have Rings) or Worthy Hills (if you have a Token of Goodwill).
Best case scenario, at the beginning of turn 3 you have a Scroll, one or two rings and Saruman at minion Isengard tapping to put 5 spells to discard. In that case, move everybody to Isengard, play a second/third ring there, then at the beginning of turn 4 play a Hidden Haven and A New Ringlord on Saruman. Move to Amon Hen and win the game, or play a Hidden Haven and A New Ringlord there and win the game at Dimrill Dale.
How it really goes? Horribly. Just don’t play this deck, or A New Ringlord in any deck.