Alternately, you could start with Faramir, Captain of Gondor Aragorn, Strider and Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith, which is probably a stronger initial fellowship, considering that most minions are roaming until at least site 4 (taking advantage of Faramir’s +2 strength against roaming minions). Starting with these 4 companions allows you to get maximum use out of NL from the very start. Thanks to Boromir, Bearer of Council, a player can actually start with all 4 of these companions on the table, using Aragorn, Strider Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith and Faramir, Prince of Ithilien. NL lets you transfer tokens into a str +1 and dmg +1 pump in a 1:1 ratio, and allows you to add a token to it for each of the following you can spot when you play it: Boromir, Aragorn, Faramir, and Denethor. This is Part 1, which details a Noble Leader deck in the current standard format.įirst, I want to take a look at the card from which the deck gets its name: Noble Leaders (NL). In this article, I’ll detail a version of a Noble Leader deck I use offline, and how that deck will change as Hunters comes. One popular deck that can maintain its effectiveness - and possibly even improve - with the release of the Hunters block is the Noble Leader deck. The release of the Hunters block will see the rotation of the Two Towers block, and that means key cards for several popular decks will be rotated. Kings and Stewards: A look at Pre and Post Hunters Noble Leader Deck: Here's the first couple of paragraphs to whet your appetite. VOTE FOR IT! Check it out by following this LINK. Safely at home, I joined the early constructed tourney online, and was able to win that in 3 rounds with a build of the Noble Leaders deck I built in the article below. After a fun day of drafting and playing, I headed home. The keys to my wins were basically due to the fact that I had four damage +1 and fierce minions in it, I think. I won all three of my games in shadow kills, and was basically co-winner with another player, which was nice. All this combined to allow me to assemble a pretty decent deck that really beat down fellowships while keeping my own alive and kicking. :-) I also managed to pull 2 orc culture pumps and a copy of the shadows orc that lets you pull events back. Bloodlines copies of Faramir and Isildur were passed to me and I jumped on them, along with a Kingsfoil for Faramir's text. I also managed to pull a Sauron (WOW!) and a (foil) Porter Troll. Then I was able to accumulate 3 x Ride with Me, which is a very nice pump when used with Theoden. Then in my next pack, I got a (foil) Bloodlines Eomer! Very nice. I was focusing early on drafting usable companions and was fortunate to have a Shadows Theoden passed to me, which I kept. So in the draft, I was focusing on getting cards to support these two cultures, if at all possible. Due to the lack of an included draft pack, we were using 2 Shadows packs in addition to 3 Bloodlines packs. I got the Ranger/Orc set, which I wasn't too thrilled about at first, but then I realized that Horror of Harad is a beast if played properly. In the morning, I traveled to Eindhoven and participated in an Expanded Middle Earth draft.
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Ok, Saturday was a good day for me in LOTR TCG: