Powerful Guide - Orc Swarm

[MuadDib85]

This freeps is inspired by Olorin's PG deck, that bashed me to pieces enough times for me to build something similar..

The Shadow is my own creation and is crazy. If the game gets to region 3, it is very hard for anything to avoid being swarmed.

Please let me know what you think.


Ringbearer and Ring
*The One Ring, The Ring of Rings (11R1)
*Faramir, Bearer of Quality (RB)(17R28)

Sites
Anduin Banks (11U227)
(1) Doorway to Doom (18U134)
(1) Cavern Entrance (11S232)
(1) Neekerbreekers' Bog (11S249)
(2) Mithlond (18U136)
(3) Imladris (17U147)
(3) Heights of Isengard (11U244)
(3) The Prancing Pony (11S256)
(4) Sirannon Ruins (18U138)

Fellowship (34)
1x *Anduril, Sword that was Broken (17R27)
1x *Gandalf's Staff, Ash Staff (11R34)
1x *Radagast's Staff (0P57)
1x *Aragorn, Thorongil (15R55)
2x *Gandalf, Powerful Guide (15R29)
2x *Grimbeorn, Beorning Chieftain (14R6)
1x *Merry, In the Bloom of Health (17U107) Start
1x *Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver (7R324) Start
1x *Ghan-Buri-Ghan, Chieftain of the Woses Start
1x *Radagast, The Brown (9R+26)
1x *Treebeard, Enraged Shepherd (15R38)
1x *Traveler's Homestead (13R42)
1x Be Gone!(15U27)
1x For a While Less Dark (13C32)
4x Momentous Gathering (15U32)
1x Mysterious Wizard (12C31)
1x New-awakened (11U38)
1x Out of The High Airs (10R17)
2x Terrible and Evil (7R50)
1x The Flame of Anor (13U31)
2x Traveled Leader (12C34)
1x *Elendil's Army (18R47)
1x *Pallando, Far-travelling One (13R37)
1x *Glamdring, Foe-hammer (11R35)
1x *Radagast's Herb Bag (18R26)
1x *Shadowfax, Greatest of the Mearas (17R24)
1x Beorning Axe (18R18)

Shadow (34)
1x Spurred to Battle (11U139)
2x Massing Strength (13C111)
2x *Black Land Chieftain (15R99)
2x *Horror of Harad (14R13)
1x *Orkish Warg-Master (17R87)
3x Champion Orc (11C111)
4x Mountain-Troll (15R112)
4x Orkish Runner (17C83)
4x Orkish Scout (17R84)
4x Orkish Worker (11R133)
4x Relentless Warg (17R89)
3x Vicious Warg (17C92)

[legolas3333]

just a thought, add that guy that is like goblin runner, only not, for extra twilight/minions

[MuadDib85]

The twilight generation of this deck is already at full potential.


Edit: You mean Scurrying Goblin. The deck is not underground based at all.

[Witchkingx5]

I don't get the point havin Faramir, BoQ as a Ring-Bearer and then use Faramir, Captain of Ithilien...

otherwise, the Freeps seems very cool to me. using Pippin, ItBoH to use Momentanous Gathering is a nice trick, just pray your opponent doesn't run uruk hunters...

I always love seeing Massing strength in Swarm Decks, but still, 4x Mountain Troll seems a bit too much for me... I think 3 of those should be enough. I also think that twilight generation with Orkish Scout on a Relentless Warg at Sirannon Ruins is quite strong... the only problem I see with this Deck is building it; at least two Relentless wargs, 4x Orkish Scout, 3-4 Mountain Troll, Orkish Warg-Master, 2x Black Land Chieftan...

[MuadDib85]

You're absolutley right. Brain explosion adding two Faramir's. I still beat King89 last night with both though..

Changed the fellowship. Removed most Gondor Stuff.

All 4 Mountain Troll are required. He is the broken key to the swarm and Grimbeorn's best buddy.

[MuadDib85]

I have played this a few more times and changed both fellowship and shadow a little.

Added some more spells for fun with Powerful Guide, more condition removal (Traveller's Homestead and New-awakened to go with Pallando, Far-Travelling One), Rapid Reload is this decks major weakness. Also Removed the 4x SFTF and added a Watch and Wait.

For the Shadow I removed both Bladed Gauntlets (they were getting in the way but were originally in for Mountain Troll) and added a third Vicious Warg and 1x Spurred To Battle.

[Olorin]

Yay, Olorin's PG deck... I wish I'll have one someday