Minion Decks
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Basic Minion Points Deck
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Starting Company
- Lieutenant Of Morgul Whip
- Ufthak
- Shagrat
- Orders From Lugburz
In Deck
- Lugdush
- Radbug
- Wuluag
- Doeth
- Burat
- Tuma
- Dogrib
- Muzgash
- Grishnakh
- Hoarmurath The Ringwraith x 2
- Dwar The Ringwraith
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Resources
- Ice Orcs
- Wargs Of The Forochel
- Hillmen
- Bairanax Roused
- Scorba Roused
- Burning Rick, Cot And Tree
- Great Lord Of Goblin Gate
- The Warg-King
- High Helm
- Blackbole
- Palantir Of Amun Sul
- Sable Shield
- Palantir Of Osgiliath
- Scroll Of Isuldur
- Thong Of Fire
- Ancient Black Axe
- Weigh All Things To A Nicety x 2
- Threats
- Gifts As Given Of Old
- Orc Quarrels x 3
- I'll Report You
- Voices Of Mailce x 2
- Swarm Of Bats x 2
- Dark Tryst x 3
- No More Nonsense
- By The Ringwraith's Word
- While The Yellow Face Sleeps
- Bade To Rule
- A Nice Place To Hide x 3
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Hazards
- Alone And Unadvised x 2
- Slayer x 3
- Covetous Thoughts x 3
- Lure Of The Senses x 2
- Wild Fell Beast
- Ren The Unclean
- Cave-Drake x 3
- Saruman The Wise
- The Balance Of Things
- Corpse-Candle x 3
- Despair Of The Heart x 2
- Greed x 3
- Twilight x 2
- Lure Of Expedience x 3
- Weariness Of The Heart
- Lure Of Nature x 3
- Dragon Sickness x 3
- Traitor
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Sideboard
- Sudden Call
- Hoarmurath Unleashed
- Weigh All Things To A Nicety
- No News Of Our Riding
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Strategy
Deck Idea: This deck is very simple. Orcs smash and bash their way around Middle Earth to get what they want. The Ringwraith stays at home and oversees things. The resource half is straight-forward too, also involving the usual item gathering and a few factions and allies.
The hazard deck I'm using here is my standard corruption deck. There's no need to explain much. Again, the characters you play here don't matter too much. Choose the ones you like, but make sure they're Orcs, Trolls or men, 'cos this is an overt deck after all. The sideboard contains some cards which are necessary for the deck and some which might simply come in handy.
By Jp Corkery
A Mouth of Sauron Deck
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Starting Company
- The Mouth (Blazon of the Eye)
- Tarcil
- Asternak (Black-hide Shield)
In Deck
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Resources
- Stinker
- Blackbole
- Agburanar Roused
- Daelomin Roused
- Leucaruth Roused
- Scatha Roused
- High Helm
- Sable Shield
- The Mithril-coat
- Palantir of Annuminas
- Crooked Promptings x3
- Ruse x3
- Crept Along Cleverly x3
- Blow Turned x2
- Swift Strokes x3
- Weigh All Things to a Nicety x2
- Dark Tryst x3
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Hazards
- Assassin x3
- Cave-worm x3
- Rain-drake x3
- Adunaphel
- Uvatha the Horseman
- Khamul the Easterling
- Witch-king of Angmar
- Indur Dawndeath
- Ren the Unclean
- Foolish Words x3
- Lure of the Senses x3
- Lure of Expedience x3
- River x3
- An Unexpected Outpost x3
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Sideboard
(35 cards + 3 for fallen-wizard)
- Voices of Malice x3
- Hoarmurath Unleashed x3
- While the Yellow Face Sleeps x1
- Above the Abyss x3
- Piercing All Shadows x1
- Sudden Call x1
- Gulla
- Threllin (sp?)
- Bane of the Ithil-stone x1
- Lure of Nature x3
- The Burden of Time x3
- Twilight x2
- Knights of the Prince
- Elf-lord Revealed in Wrath x3
- Durin's Bane
- Nameless Thing x3
- The Ring's Betrayal x1
- Unhappy Blows x1
- Covetous Thoughts x1
- Alone and Unadvised x1
- Echoes of the Song x3
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By Julian "Michael" Wilson
The Hunters and the Killers
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Starting company
- Shagrat
- Radbug
- Lagduf
- Ufthak (Binding Ring)
- Grishnahk (Saw-toothed Blade)
In deck
- Khamul the Ringwraith x3
- Muzgash
- Tuma
- Burat
- Wuluag
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Resources
- Palantir of Amon-sul
- The Mithril-coat
- Black Mace x1
- High Helm
- Helm of Fear
- Broad-headed Spear x1
- Ice-orcs
- Orcs of Gundabad
- Orcs of Moria
- Great Lord of Goblin-gate
- Creature of an Older World
- Forced March x1
- Leg It Double Quick x1
- I'll Report You x1
- Swarm of Bats x1
- Swift Strokes x1
- A Nice Place to Hide x1
- Threats x2
- Weigh All Things to a Nicety x2
- Black Rider x3
- Khamul Unleashed x2
- The Tormented Earth x2
- Some Secret Art of Flame x1
- Sudden Call x1
- Crept Along Cleverly x2
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Hazards
- Chill Douser x3
- Stirring Bones x3
- Barrow-wight x2
- Ghosts x2
- Assassin x2
- Doors of Night x3
- Will of Sauron x1
- Peril Returned x1
- Twilight x1
- An Unexpected Outpost x1
- The Moon is Dead x3
- Plague of Wights x3
- Sleepless Malice x1
- Clouds x1
- Icy Touch x1
- Pale Dream-maker x1
- Angmar Arises x1
- Reaching Shadow x1
- Power Built by Waiting x1
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By Julian "Michael" Wilson
A Lidless Eye Overt Deck
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Starting Company
- Lieutenant of Morgul
- Orders from Lugbúrz
- Lieutenant of Dol Guldur (Troth-ring)
In Deck
- The Witch-king x2
- Grishnákh
- Lugdush
- Muzgash
- Snaga
- Búrat
- Túma
- Wúlag
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Resources
- Blackbole
- Creature of an Older World
- Great Lord of Goblin-gate
- Two-Headed Troll
- High Helm
- Thong of Fire
- The Iron Crown
- Helm of Fear
- Ancient Black Axe
- Ice-orcs
- Nurniags
- Smaug Roused
- Woodmen
- Kill All But NOT the Halflings
- Black Rider x2
- Heralded Lord x3
- By the Ringwraith´s Word x2
- I´ll Report You x2
- Sudden Call x2
- Blow Turned x2
- Bold Thrust x2
- Swift Strokes x2
- Under His Blow x2
- Voices of Malice x2
- Sojourn in Shadows x2
- The Witch-king Unleashed x2
- Weigh All Things To A Nicety x2
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Hazards
- An Unexpected Outpost x2
- Tidings of Bold Spies x2
- Dragon-sickness x2
- Weariness of the Heart x2
- Lure of Expedience x2
- Lure of Nature x3
- Mouth of Sauron
- Rebel Talk x2
- Ren the Unclean
- Uvatha the Horseman
- Cave-drake x2
- Marsh-drake x2
- Wild Fell Beast
- Winged Fire-drake x2
- Watcher in the Water x2
- Corpse-candle x2
- Ghosts x2
- Durin´s Bane
- Ambusher x3
- Assassin
- Slayer x2
- Wandering Eldar x2
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Sideboard
- Adunaphel the Ringwraith
- Dwar the Ringwraith
- Bairanax Ahunt
- Nothing to Eat or Drink x2
- Itangast Ahunt
- Scorba Ahunt
- Smaug Ahunt
- Stormrcrow x2
- Twilight x2
- The Warg-king
- Coirsairs of Rhun
- Wain-easterlings
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Strategy
I have planed for the Troll Lieutenants company to get the following things : Black Bole (Sarn Goriwing), Great Lord of Goblin-gate (Goblin-gate), "Two-headed" Troll (Buhr Widu), High Helm (Dead Marshes/Buhr Widu), Thong of Fire (Caves of Ulund / Irrock), Ancient Black Axe (The Under-leas), Ice-orcs
(Lossodan Cairn / Gold Hill),Woodmen (Woodmen Town), Kill All But NOT the Halflings (Bag End).
The Witch-king is going to get the following things :Creature of an Older World (Barad-dur), Helm of Fear (Barad-dur), The Iron Crown (Moria), Nurniags (Nurniag Camp). In Hearalded Lord mode with some help form Dwar and/or Andunphel his going to The Lonely Mountain and get
Smaug Roused (w/ The Witch-king Unleased).
By Henrik Söderberg
A Minion vs Hero Deck
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Starting company
- Lieutenant of Morgul (with Orders from Lugburz)
- Mauhur (with Blazon of the Eye)
- Radbug
- Muzgash
Other Chararacters
- Akhorahil the Ringwraith x2
- The Witch-king
- Lieutenant of Dol Guldur
- The Grimburgoth
- Baduila
- Ugluk
- Wuluag
- Burat
- Tuma
- Lagduf
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Resources
- A Malady Without Healing x3
- Bold Thrust x2
- Under His Blow x2
- Blackbole
- The Warg King
- Great Lord of Goblin Gate
- Creature of an Older World
- Ready to His Will
- Black Rider x2
- Gifts as Given of Old x3
- Grey Mountain Goblins
- Orcs of Gundabad
- Orcs of Moria
- Morgul-orcs
- Ice-orcs
- Thong of Fire
- High Helm
- The Arkenstone
- Palantir of Minas Tirith
- Dark Tryst x2
- We Have Come to Kill x2
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Hazards
- Alone and Unadvised
- An Unexpected Outpost x2
- Assassin x3
- Bring Our Curses Home
- Cave Drake x3
- Corpse Candle x3
- Scorba at Home
- Ren the Unclean
- Traitor x2
- The Balance of Things
- The Burden of Time x2
- Lure of the Senses x3
- Lure of Expedience x2
- Lure of Nature x2
- Mouth of Sauron
- Uvatha the Horseman
- Slayer
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Strategy
Then, when you set about your business, remember this trick... This is the one that turned this deck from an average deck into a tournament winning deck: the deck has two companies. The starting company may gather extra characters and may even split, but a splinter group does essentially the same thing--it gathers ally, faction and, maybe, item points... The second company is your
Ringwraith. Never discard A Malady Without Healing, and hold those Fell Rider modes. Then lay everything down at once and launch at an opponent's company, blasting them apart. They have all they can handle keeping up in MP accumulation against a fairly strong company getting simple and steady points, and when a Ringwraith busts them up, it's time to call the Audience with
Sauron and gloat. Hang up the dead Heroes and cackle with Ringwraith-like glee!
This is the two deck version, and there should be two or three copies of Fell Rider in the sideboard. For One Deck replace the two Akhorahils with another two Witch Kings and replace the two Black Riders and The Creature of an Older World with three Fell Riders.
By Joshua B. Grace (a.k.a. Beorn)