FW Radagast: the garden of tranquility

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zarathustra
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The victory conditions are:

R1: Send tresspassers away: Engage in CvCC with opponent's company while in Master of Shapes mode or make an influence attempt against one of his characters.
R2: Listen to the sounds of nature: Cancel an attack using Fifteen Birds in Five Firtrees with Crown of Flowers.
R3: Find new friends for Black Bird: Successfully influence a faction with Radagast's Black Bird.
R4: Grow a tree at Rhosgobel: Play The White Tree at Rhosgobel.
R5: Show the power of nature: Take a character prisoner with Flies and Spiders.
R6*: The Garden of Tranquility: Play Girdle of Radagast (win).

[starting] (at Rhosgobel)
Healing Herbs
Radagast@
Master of Shapes
Cram
Peath
Wacho
Gisulf
Eradan
Woffung
Thrall of the Voice
Thrall of the Voice

[sideboard]
Girdle of Radagast
The White Tree
Gwaihir

[characters]
Leamon
Eun

[resources]
Great Patron
Radagast's Black Bird
Wizard's Trove
The Great Eagles
Blackbole
Quickbeam
Sapling of the White Tree
Crown of Flowers
Crown of Flowers
The Cock Crows
A Panoply of Wings
New Friendship
New Friendship
Ruse
Ruse
Glamdring
Swift Strokes
Swift Strokes
Marvels Told
Marvels Told
A Chance Meeting
Fifteen Birds in Five Firtrees
Smoke Rings
Fair Travels in Wilderness
Noble Steed
Noble Steed
Vanishment
Vanishment
Hundreds of Butterflies
Hundreds of Butterflies

[hazards]
Enchanted Stream
Enchanted Stream
Lord of the Carrock
Beorning Skin-changers
An Unexpected Outpost
An Unexpected Outpost
Nature's Revenge
Old Man Willow
Lure of Nature*
Lure of Nature*
Giant Spiders
Giant Spiders
Giant Spiders
Neeker-breekers
Neeker-breekers
River
River
Flies and Spiders
Flies and Spiders
Ent in Search of the Entwives
Ent in Search of the Entwives
Ent in Search of the Entwives
Black Vapour
Twilight*
Twilight*
Wargs*
Wargs*
Wake of War
Full of Froth and Rage
Full of Froth and Rage


Strategy:

Your main sites are Rhosgobel, Buhr Widu, Eagle’s Eyrie and Wellinghall. Always move Ragagast’s company through maximum number of Wilderness to draw as many cards as possible.

Leave Wacho at Rhosgobel, where he will play Marvels Told and Blackbole. Your main company should stick together if possible, as it is safer that way. Only if you have enough cancel in hand, should they divide. If you have nothing to play, move to Buhr Widu and draw lots of cards. Note that movement between Buhr Widu and Wellinghall requires Cram for an extra region.

Peath is good if you need to fight a Ringwraith, so she should get Glamdring.

If you want to do CvCC with Radagast, you may want to divide the company as other characters are not very strong.

Tap Radagast to sideboard when you have Hundreds of Butterflies, so he can get untapped during movement/hazard phase.

Note that normally you do not have enough SP for playing Girdle of Radagast. You should have multiple companies at Rhosgobel and/or Deep Mines to achieve this.

MARK:

Comment on R5: is this possible now that you've changed it to ruins and lairs, not just any site? What about an underdeeps opponent?...

MIKKO:

The reason it's R&L is theme. There are plenty of R&L sites out there, but no, it won't necessarily be possible every turn. The two games I played with this deck I managed to get this VP though.

I am aware there is no getting this VP against someone who sticks only to underdeeps, just like seized by terror in Khamul deck. The solution is to have the underdeeps decks move upstairs a bit as well (maybe going for their 'interactive' VPs), at least when they face a non-underdeeps opponent.

I am sure some VPs will change at least for this and Khamul deck, but for now I think we should make a few new decks. The VPs are a good way to balance the decks, make them harder if the deck seems too strong. Radagast is quite strong because he draws a lot of cards, but we'll need to see how other decks fare against him.
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