There seems to be a dwarf revival! The RingsDB homepage has been dominated by dwarf decks all week! I'm happy to see dwarves get some play again! Maybe the recent errata has been healthy for the dwarves. It's true that they have some very powerful options available that can become overpowered if built "correctly," but … Continue reading Deck #37 Dain, King Under the Mountain
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Deck 36 Cheaters Prosper
Today I'll look at a new deck on RingsDB that focuses on getting expensive into play for "free." Cheaters Prosper was created and uploaded to RingsDB by user Denison. The deck contains 40 allies and a few key attachments and events to help get them into play for reduced cost. First Impressions It looks like … Continue reading Deck 36 Cheaters Prosper
Deck #35 Tireless Rangers
This mono Spirit deck was created and published by RingsDB user McDog3. There seems to be a bit of a Vigilant Dunedan craze lately with decks featuring this ally published by TheChad, McDog3 and myself within 24 hours! The deck description is well written and helpful in pointing out several combos and interactions between cards. … Continue reading Deck #35 Tireless Rangers
Deck #34 Adventures of Thorongil: Counsel of the White Wizard
This Doomed deck was created and uploaded to RingsDB by user WingfootRanger. The deck has a thematic focus on Aragorn's adventures in Middle Earth before the events of the LOTR trilogy. First Impressions It's hard to go wrong with Grima! He's really an extremely strong hero for solo play! Erkenbrand is another of my favorites … Continue reading Deck #34 Adventures of Thorongil: Counsel of the White Wizard
Deck #33 Return of the Rune Masters
This deck was created and posted to RingsDB by user kinpatsusamurai. You should kinpatsusamurai on Instagram where he posts pictures of the Lord of the Rings LCG along with a wide variety of other gaming goodness! First Impressions I think Erkenbrand is one of the most undervalued heroes currently out there. With good defensive stats, … Continue reading Deck #33 Return of the Rune Masters
Deck #32 The North United
Here we have a thematic deck focusing on the people of the North, the Hobbits and Dunedain. The North United was created and posted to RingsDB by user Fantasty. Sam and Folco go hunting with a Dunedain troop but Boffin is bound to head home come lunch time and keep the hunting party in Secrecy … Continue reading Deck #32 The North United
Decks #30 and #31 – Deep Knowledge
While I usually test decks alone in a "true solo" context, today I have the chance to test a 2-handed fellowship consisting of The Hunters of the North and Eyes of the White Tower decks. This fellowship was created and sent to me by RingsDB user Onidsen. First Impressions The entire fellowship is primarily made … Continue reading Decks #30 and #31 – Deep Knowledge
Deck #29 Bastards of Thorondor
This deck posted by RingsDB user curiousboss combos a huge amount of card draw and cost reduction to make the eagles set up super fast. Hirgon is good, Elrond and really good and Gandalf is crazy good so this should be wild! First Impressions The description claims that it can empty the 50 card deck in … Continue reading Deck #29 Bastards of Thorondor
Deck #28 Some Very Good Tales
This deck focuses on getting temporary big allies into play through various means, then using them to get permanent beefy allies into play with A Very Good Tale. The deck was posted by RingsDB user Roka. The Tactics version of Prince Imrahil is the only hero I've never played before. I think I have an … Continue reading Deck #28 Some Very Good Tales
Deck #27 Teach a Tree to Talk: Teach a Tree to Smash
Another Ent-themed deck! This deck was submitted to the blog by The Purple Wizard. While this deck shares two heroes with the last deck I tested this week, it should feel a good bit different with Treebeard as a starting hero! I haven't played hero Treebeard for a while so I'm looking forward to this! … Continue reading Deck #27 Teach a Tree to Talk: Teach a Tree to Smash
LOTR Deck Testing Ground 