Wingfoot looks amazing, art and ability!!

yay for Wingfoot, I enjoy decks that scry, and effects that work well with them Good news for our ranger friends: Elladan, Elrohir, Aragorn, Beravor, and Faramir. And surely that new Dunedain hero coming will also have the Ranger trait..

Wingfoot is very nice. I like the added bonus of a card draw for Follow Me! It's quite a fascinating card as it is, but that's a nice touch.

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I wish we could see the full stats and description on that Mirkwood Pioneer ally. This is probably my favorite of all four of the featured upcoming AP's. Love me some Rangers!

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You realize there were books too right?

There are so many ways to abuse Silvan Refugee now. You can even double dip with Children of the Sea and Island Amid Peril.

Silvan is on the table. Play Children of the Sea for a 2 point WP boost, after questing play Island Amid Peril to return the Refugee that was going to return anyway. (Granted it's only a 1 point threat reduction so you might want to save it for something else.)

After Neeker-Breekers see that the developers played in LOTR Online

You realize there were books too right?

I read Lotr, Hobbit, Children of Hurin and The Silmarillion but in Polish translation.

Okay I checked the Wiki, and indeed were in LOTR. I remember now

Mhhhm, Mirkwood Pioneer looks interesting. Reminds me of old Tom Bombadil. And I am excited about its ability, it looks like he will be attached to an encounter and make it out of play until the end of the phase or something.

As I guessed in the other thread, it really seems there will be a returning Silvan event for every sphere. It may be hard to create a four-sphere deck with them, especially the Tactics might seem out of place there (despite Legolas) but I can imagine Leadership, Spirit, Lore deck that bounces Silvan allies back and forth. It seems to me now that the Tree People (previewed with Dunland Trap) is a bit stronger than Island Amid Perils but the more the merrier here. And yes, as said above, Children of the Sea combos wonderfully with these events, especially for Silvan Refugee. He quests for 5 with Celeborn for one resource in total (if you have the other two cards) and you get to either lower your threat or likely put a different Silvan ally into play for combat.

Wingfoot is great, too. Lore really can do with action advantage and Denethor or Henamarth make sure they get it. With them, this is as good as Light of Valinor (Rangers vs. Noldor / Lore vs. Spirit).

The quest also sounds really fun too.

Like FoS & steward's fear with multiple possible directions.

I love those.

And like others stated, wingfoot is indeed amazing.

More so in multi-player, as the chances go way up to guess something that will pop up.

Really like this pack!

This looks great! Wingfoot will make Denethor and Henamarth more relevant. Can't wait for this cycle to begin! Also really looking forward to the final AP - the name is very promising for us Noldor players.

I am very very impressed! We knew this location was coming, sure, but what I really liked about the spoiled cards is the art. Finally, we got light, bright colors for our encounter cards instead of dark gray blurs, and though this may sound extremely geeky, I absolutely love the art on Wingfoot. Time we got clear blue skies depicted on a card! Give that artist more comissions!

As for the cards themselves, they look pretty good so far, and the quest with its random stages looks very promising. I got a feeling this will be my favorite cycle so far.

yay for Wingfoot, I enjoy decks that scry, and effects that work well with them Good news for our ranger friends: Elladan, Elrohir, Aragorn, Beravor, and Faramir. And surely that new Dunedain hero coming will also have the Ranger trait..

Surely he will have a Ranger trait (since it says a Ranger hero) but not sure about the Dúnedain one, haha. I am guessing more along the Gondor Ranger line.

"I Stand Amid Perils" is going to combo so nicely with not only the upcoming sylvan cards but the existing noldor/silvan synergies. I'm calling it now.... Elrond + Vilya + I stand amid perils + Map of Earnil + lots of 3 or 4 cost sylvan allies will be a key power combo. Throw in some stargazer to seal the deal. You can then save your Galadrim's Greetings for other players. Add Elrond's council and then you're getting into secrecy territory if you also have Mirlonde with Bifur. With secrecy you could add resourceful and needful to know. You'll need "Protector of Lorien" to dump the cards going back to your hand or you'll get pounded by the dunlendings (not an issue with quests outside the current cycle) and "Will of the West" will be critical to avoid milling yourself out of the game. The only problem I see with this deck is that it'll take a few turns to get all the pieces in place and many quests hit you hard right out of the gates so you'll need a partner who can pull all the heat away from you and keep it way until you can keep a few allies on the table. Still, this is definitely doable.

Look out Dain, the Silvan/Noldor deck is going to be a powerhouse to rival the dwarves! I just hope Gondor gets thrown a few bones this cycle to make a gondor deck to match the power of these other factions.

"Follow Me" is going to be hugely powerful for certain quests. Really powerful. Combine this with three Tomes of Atanator (I know it's unique, just play them one after the other) and you can lock down the first player token for pretty much the duration of a quest. This is really important for many quests where the first player is always get picked on by the encounter deck. You could have the leadership deck configured for whatever the problem is and it would free up the other deck designs to ignore the hate on the first player.

Wingfoot is really great in every way, and I especially like that they are boosting traits although I wish was for characters and not just heroes. I don't think that would break the card in any way. I fully expect to one day get Aragorn as an ally and it would be nice to be able to play this on him.

The quest itself sounds really fun. I enjoy semi-random quests and fighting some creatures will be a refreshing change from the steady diet of humanoids we've been seeing for the last two cycles. Superficially it appears to look like the deadmarshes without gollum, but I think that's a good think and I'm sure it'll have its own spin on how it plays out. I'm really looking forward to seeing the locations from this set.

Overall, this AP cycle is shaping up to be the best yet. I'm very excited!

There are so many ways to abuse Silvan Refugee now. You can even double dip with Children of the Sea and Island Amid Peril.

Silvan is on the table. Play Children of the Sea for a 2 point WP boost, after questing play Island Amid Peril to return the Refugee that was going to return anyway. (Granted it's only a 1 point threat reduction so you might want to save it for something else.)

Yes and Naith Scout would be another option... or perhaps more accurately, this is another way get Naith Scout back into your hand to play again.

Wow, really great preview. The quest itself looks like a blast, the random quest stage mechanics always make for a good and unpredictable time and I agree with Gizlivadi that I am also looking forward to a set of unconventional enemies, the more diverse our foes the more unique the playing experiences IMO.

The player cards provided a nice little treat as well.

Island Amid Perils, whilst oddly named, is a really good effect, more powerful than the tactics returning silvan card and even has the potential to combo with its arguably more powerful cousin the tree people. Everyone already knows this, but i cant overstate how exciting silvan is going to be to play. No doubt in my mind that Celeborn, Glorfindel (spirit), and Elrond is going to be the new power deck. I can see the "broken" topics springing up already. Makes me all the more anxious to see who the Silvan hero we get in Trouble in Tharbad is and if he/she ties into what will be an established archetype at that point.

I seem to be in the minority, but I cant really see myself using "Follow me!" much. The Hammer-Stroke is arguably a better card for the same purpose and is a better sphere match too. Dont get me wrong, I can see it having its uses...but with a 50 card deck I'm just not going to make space for it. In a multiplayer game I would think that at least 1 character is using tactics anyway to either drop Hammer-Stroke or have enough Heroes/allies with Ranged/Sentinel that it doesnt matter. The art is kind of off too so theres that.

Wingfoot is amazing. I think it instantly helps the credibility of Faramir as he can put all those extra stat points to good use with some action advantage and makes him an even better battle keyword quester than he already was. Beravor is perhaps the best candidate as she could quest and trigger her ability almost every turn providing an insanely consistent and strong source of card draw. It is also obviously a keen fit on Aragorn, but I'm almost disappointed in the fact that despite them being different spheres this almost instantly makes Leadership Aragorn not necessarily obsolete, but by far the lesser of the two versions by now a wide margin....hes practically the new lore glorfindel. Side note on the card: unless I already know what the top card is from scrying, I see no reason why anyone wouldnt pick "enemy" everytime. Unless they already have an enemy engaged with them they need to kill, it likely doesnt matter if you dont "hit" it on a location or treachery because killing enemies is what the extra action advantage is mostly used for...unless your Beravor (srysly this makes her OP again. Wingfoot is to Beravor is as Dagger of Westernesse was to Dunhere...reviving old heroes that have lost a step)

Lastly, while we didnt get a glimpse of the hero, the fact we know that they're a Ranger can help drive some speculation. I instantly thought of Halbarad, especially since this cycle seems to have some Dunedain support. The only other notable Ranger I can think of immediately is the Ithilien Ranger Mablung which would be cool to see as well. Then again maybe they'll surprise us with an FFG created hero.

exciting stuff

hopefully it's Halbarad

Art and mechanics on the enemies are awesome! =) this quest looks like its gonna be epicly fun. I wish this and trouble in Tharbad were coming out before dunland trap and three trials

Just had another thought on Wingfoot ~ it pairs nicely with ranger bow as well. Putting the bow on a hero always seemed like a bit of a waste of an action but now could be a solid strategy especially if those extra copies of ithilien tracker dont want to pop out of your deck.

Island Amid Perils, whilst oddly named, is a really good effect, more powerful than the tactics returning silvan card and even has the potential to combo with its arguably more powerful cousin the tree people. Everyone already knows this, but i cant overstate how exciting silvan is going to be to play. No doubt in my mind that Celeborn, Glorfindel (spirit), and Elrond is going to be the new power deck. I can see the "broken" topics springing up already. Makes me all the more anxious to see who the Silvan hero we get in Trouble in Tharbad is and if he/she ties into what will be an established archetype at that point.

I run them right now, or for about a month since Celeborn was previewed: Celeborn, Elrond, Glorfindel. But mark my words, I do not think it will be long till this line-up becomes obsolete once we get Galadriel and Haldir, both all but confirmed, Haldir in the third pack and Galadriel surely later as this cycle deals with Celebrimbor's secret.

The Tree People is an amazing card, Island Amid Perils is good enough, we can expect a nice Leadership event too. Naith Guide is excellent, Galadhrim Minstrel will search for something (check the preview) and we can expect a 2-cost Spirit Silvan ally. All together this will be an extremely exciting deck, especially if either Galadriel (very likely) or Haldir add a bit of synergy. Celeborn himself however, is turning the bouncing Silvan allies into an extreme force.

Just had another thought on Wingfoot ~ it pairs nicely with ranger bow as well. Putting the bow on a hero always seemed like a bit of a waste of an action but now could be a solid strategy especially if those extra copies of ithilien tracker dont want to pop out of your deck.

Yes again. Faramir was screaming for action advantage, now he can quest for 2 (3 when Visionary Leadership is around) and be ready to attack to shoot the bow.

Wingfoot ... this almost instantly makes Leadership Aragorn not necessarily obsolete, but by far the lesser of the two versions by now a wide margin...

Another good point. When Prince Imrahil was released, I was in a really suppressed minority thinking that he will be better than Leadership Aragorn. Well, of course all this depends, but I think right now it is quite safe to think Imrahil finds his place much more easily than Aragorn. Characters leave play in so many different types of decks so regularly that you can almost always count on a free action, whilst resources are precious in many a deck. Of course, Aragorn has his artifacts to the rescue and the Dúnedain synergy will surely develop as well, but Strider is the one to pick, especially with Wingfoot coming up.