Re: Sam the Brave Takes it All The Way!!!!

[ket_the_jet]

Or, even better!

Frodo, Resolute Hobbit with The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles
Merry, Friend To Sam
Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver
Gandalf, Leader of Men

Sam, Resolute Halfling
Gandalf, Manager of Wizards

Bounder x2
Bilbo, Retired Adventurer
Barliman Butterbur, Prancing Pony Proprietor

Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs
Orc Armor
Brace of Coneys x2

There and Back Again x2
Birthday Present x3
Sent Back
The Tale of the Great Ring

Saved From the Fire x4
Servant of the Secret Fire x4
Impatient and Angry x4

That's 32 cards. Use Saved From the Fire on Gandalf, Leader of Men in the first turn to grab Saved From the Fire, Gandalf, Manager of Wizards, and Sent Back. Play Sent Back and Gandalf, Manager of Wizards...because you are going to site two, you can afford the extra twilight despite the weak companions. Don't move again unless you can without risk (i.e., the Hobbits stay alive).

Use the second Saved From the Fire to burn Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver and grab Sam, Resolute Halfing, Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs, and Birthday Present (or Bilbo, Retired Adventurer if you stumbled across Birthday Present already).

Use Birthday Present to recycle Impatient and Angry. With Merry's help (until you make him a speed bump), Sam should be strong enough to live (although he will take his lumps). Kill Frodo whenever you like and let Sam take it from there.

Uruk-Hai will destroy this deck, like it does for any solo Ring-Bearer or small fellowship deck because those damage bonuses are brutal.

There is not much in terms of burden removal (Brace of Coneys and Impatient and Angry being it) and part of me thought that this would be cool with pipeweeds and Gandalf's Pipe, but pipeweed decks are usually large and this deck should not be (Saved From the Fire, and all...)

Between Manager of Wizard's gametext and Saved From the Fire and Impatient and Angry, well, I think you'll be okay.
-wtk