Deck C : The Ring Will Have but One Master

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Fangorn
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This deck is designed for The Ring Will Have but One Master scenario.

Deck requirements : none.
Winning requirements : "The One Ring" has been played at Bag End and is stored at Barad-dûr. The gold ring item has to be played and to be tested at Bag End.



Character Pool

Starting Company
The Grimburgoth + Open to the Summons
Hador
Dunlending Spy
Luitprand
Eradan
+ Whispers of Rings

In deck
Elerina
Calendal
Nain

Not in deck
Taladhan
Ostisen


Ringwraiths Characters

Uvatha
Uvatha
Ren
Broin
Gulla


Resources

Scroll of Isildur
Secret Book
Secret Book
Secret Book
Blasting Fire
Blasting Fire
Blasting Fire
A Little Gold Ring
A Little Gold Ring
A Little Gold Ring
Palantir of Annuminas

A Nice Place to Hide
A Nice Place to Hide
A Nice Place to Hide
Not Slay Needlessly
Not Slay Needlessly
Not Slay Needlessly
The Tormented Earth
The Tormented Earth
The Tormented Earth
Veils of Shadow

Dark Tryst
Dark Tryst
Dark Tryst
Bade to Rule
Weigh all Things to a Nicety
Weigh all Things to a Nicety
Weigh all Things to a Nicety
Voices of Malice
Voices of Malice


Hazards

Ent in Search of Entwives
Ent in Search of Entwives
Ent in Search of Entwives
Pukel-men
Pukel-men
Pukel-men
Corpse-candle
Corpse-candle

Ren the Unclean
Alatar the Hunter
Gandalf the White Rider
Pallando the Soul-keeper
Radagast the Tamer
Lord of the Carrock
Baduila
My Precious

Alone and Unadvised
Covetous Thoughts
Despair of the Heart
Lure of Expedience
Lure of Expedience
Lure of Expedience
Lure of Nature
Lure of Nature
Lure of Nature
Lure of the Senses
Lure of the Senses
Lure of Power
Greed

An Unexpected Outpost


Sideboard

Dwarven Ring of Durin's Tribe
Magic Ring of Weals
Trifling Ring
Gold Ring that Sauron Fancies
Gold Ring that Sauron Fancies
The One Ring
Test of Fire
Test of Fire
Test of Fire
All Tought Bent Upon It
Focus Palantir
White Light Broken
The Water's Tithe
Forced March
While the Yellow Face Sleeps
Orcs of Dol Guldur
No News of Our Riding

Twilight
Something Else at Work
Golodhros
News of Doom
Durin's Bane
The Way is Shut
Itangast Ahunt
Itangast at Home
Scorba at Home
Dragon-sickness
The Roving Eye
The Balance of Things
Traitor


Sites

Bag End => A Little Gold Ring, Gold Ring that Sauron Fancies
Blue Mountain Dwarf-hold => Scroll of Isildur, Palantir of Annuminas
Moria => Scroll of Isildur, Palantir of Annuminas, Blasting Fire
Goblin-gate, Mount Gram => Blasting Fire
Ost-in Edhil, Tharbad, Himring => Secret Book
Dol Guldur => Orcs of Dol Guldur


Deck description

Starting company relies on sorcery-users : The Grimburgoth is a very powerful ranger/sage character (Opened to the Summons), and Hador quite strong.
Scouts complement starting company : Dunlending Spy, Luitprand and Eradan (which is moreover ranger).
Ostisen is the backup of scouts during character draft.
As backup of Hador, Taladhan lack of sorcery, but is a cool scout/ranger/sage.

Elerina is a strong scout/sage and playable at Carn Dûm (so is Gulla).
Calendal can use the Palantir of Annuminas to recycle Test of Fire.
Nain is a sage at low cost, as follower of Uvatha.

Uvatha can also recycle Test of Fire.
Whispers of Rings is mandatory because lots of ring tests will fail finding the One Ring.
A Dwarven Ring should thus be found, deserved to Broin, Nain or Gulla.


Resource MP are naturally only focused to find The One Ring at Bag End, thus no ally nor faction.
Resources are mostly attack canceller :
- Not Slay Needlessly against nasty Elves and aa at Bag End
- A Nice Place to Hide, all-around for scouts
- The Tormented Eath, all-around for sorcerers
- Veils of Shadow, against nasty aa at Bag End
Other resources are :
- Dark Tryst to speed up draw,
- Bade to Rule for Uvatha,
- Weigh all Things to a Nicety to access sideboard or recycle a useful card (Test of Fire, ...),
- Voices of Malice for nasty hazards (Something Else at Work definitively ruins scenario)


Hazard part is an heavy corruption theme, due to the influence of The One Ring.
Being less efficient against minion, opponent may not be prepeared to deal with.
Lure of Power cannot backfire due to the lack of factions.

Creatures are the excellent Ent in Search of Entwives and Pukel-men, the Beornings Lord of the Carrock and Baduila, and the Wizards (except Saruman who mustn't be played as permanent-event).
My Precious must be played face up as defense, to avoid opponent playing him.
There's only 1 An Unexpected Outpost to avoid adding hazards, which would otherwise decrease the chance to draw resources needed for the scenario.

News of Doom is the trump hazard in sideboard, because lots of scenario require factions.


Play Notes

Play Scroll of Isildur and Palantir of Annuminas as soon as possible (sideboard All Tought Bent Upon It if not early drawn).
These are best to be played at Moria, especially if Nain joined, and because of Blasting Fire playable there.
Otherwise search Blasting Fire in Goblin-gate or Mount Gram, or even Secret Book in a ruined town (reference to hero scenario).
Palantir of Annuminus in hands of Calendal (or Focused by another sage) allow to take Test of Fire to hand.

If Uvatha enters play soon, sideboard While the Yellow Face Sleeps to increase hand size for the combo.

Go to Bag End.
Use Blasting Fire to cancel all aa (or other cancellers).
Play A Little Gold Ring (artwork more thematic than Gold Ring that Sauron Fancies).
Untap Bag End with a Secret Book.
Test the Ring with Test of Fire.
Recycle Test of Fire to hand with Palantir, or to deck with Uvatha.
Repeat until The One Ring is found.

When The One Ring is found, it should be for The Grimburgoth or Hador if possible, because they can benefit from White Light Broken.
Sideboard The Water's Tithe to move from Bag End to Dol Guldur in one turn, and if very lucky Forced March to jump to Barad-dur !


Altough deck runs very well, I was never close to succeed the scenario (with 4 tries).
I found only once The One Ring during the last turn, due to very high roll dice difficulty (10+).


MP overview (expected / max)

Relevant only if scenario isn't fulfilled

Characters : 8 / 15
Items : 13 / 33
Factions : 0 / 1
Allies : 0 / 0
Miscellanous : 0 / 1
Kill : 0 / 0
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Total : 16 / 34
Hrum, Hoom ! Do not be hasty, that is my motto.
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