Re: The Twilight World - Her Ladyship!

[ket_the_jet]

I don't think that her strength pump is that ridiculous - in a normal deck, she would not be that big until late in the game. The two things I see that need watching out for are: 1) splashability, which I think I have a solution for which I will post in a second, and 2) combo deck potential (what I mean by this is a deck of say 90 cards made up entirely of minions that just burns through the deck and can reliably play Shelob every site. Now I don't know whether this possible, I'm just saying it's something to watch out for).

So, my new proposed version of Shelob is:

•Shelob, Terror of the Mountains
Minion • Spider
Str: 8
Vit: 8
Sit: 8
Fierce.
While you can spot another card, Shelob is strength +1 for each minion in your discard pile.
Skirmish: Discard a skirmishing minion to play Shelob from your hand. If the minion you discarded was Gollum or Ufthak, you may have Shelob replace him in that skirmish.
T R 32

Now you have to at least work to within the culture to make her into a beast. I do love the text, and I think general reaction to the concept is good, and I'd rather not have a limit, but if need be that's definitely an option. I don't know where this leaves problem 2, but what do you think?

Thranduil

I guess that's fair enough. I mean, if I was playing that Shelob, I might play Web or some conditions too...Final Strike, Evil-Smelling Fens, etc. which might splash well enough.

But fair enough. That should be rare+ because I'd never want to see it.
-wtk