My most comfortable victory against Carn Dum so far has been with the following deck. I didn't feel like I was in much danger at any point.
Total Cards: 50
Heroes
(starting threat: 30)
Amarthiúl
(
The Battle of Carn Dûm
)
Aragorn
(
Core Set
)
Théodred
(
Core Set
)
Allies
(31)
1x
Anborn
(
The Land of Shadow
)
2x
Erestor
(
The Long Dark
)
2x
Faramir
(
Core Set
)
3x
Galadriel
(
The Road Darkens
)
1x
Gimli
(
The Treason of Saruman
)
1x
Beorn
(
Core Set
)
1x
Boromir
(
The Road Darkens
)
2x
Descendant of Thorondor
(
The Hills of Emyn Muil
)
3x
Eagles of the Misty Mountains
(
Return to Mirkwood
)
1x
Gwaihir
(
Trouble in Tharbad
)
1x
Legolas
(
The Treason of Saruman
)
1x
Elfhelm
(
The Dead Marshes
)
3x
Northern Tracker
(
Core Set
)
1x
Galdor of the Havens
(
The Treachery of Rhudaur
)
1x
Haldir of Lórien
(
A Journey to Rhosgobel
)
3x
Gandalf
(
Core Set
)
3x
Ranger of Cardolan
(
The Wastes of Eriador
)
1x
Treebeard
(
The Antlered Crown
)
Attachments
(6)
3x
Steward of Gondor
(
Core Set
)
3x
Tome of Atanatar
(
The Blood of Gondor
)
Events
(13)
3x
A Very Good Tale
(
Over Hill and Under Hill
)
3x
Reinforcements
(
The Treachery of Rhudaur
)
3x
Sneak Attack
(
Core Set
)
2x
Will of the West
(
Core Set
)
2x
A Good Harvest
(
The Steward's Fear
)
Deck built with
Rivendell Councilroom
Strategy
Mulligan for A Very Good Tale. The ideal opening hand is Reinforcements + A Very Good Tale. You play Reinforcements and put down the biggest allies in your hand, then play Tale and exhaust them to get two more in play. Obviously this doesn't happen every game, so we have a number of cards to help with consistency. Gandfalf+Sneak helps with card draw. Galadriel is there to help put Tale on the top of your deck for next turn, and has a bonus of occasionally fetching you a Steward of Gondor. Erestor/Galdor also help with draw and discarding cards you can't play.
If you can't get Reinforcements, then the backup plan is to play an ally at full cost and sneak in the other, or engage an enemy and drop down a ranger of Cardolan (keep in mind you can use him for combat and wait until he readies in the refresh phase to use him for Tale). This is a deck of many, many options.
Steward goes on Amarthiul and helps him pay for Tactics allies that you draw into your hand.
Tome of Atanatar is best used for Tale, but can be used for an extra sneaky Gandalf if you need it.
A Good Harvest is there to play Will of the West (you will quickly burn through your deck), or other allies like Trackers that are stuck in your hand.
You can also get stuck if you have a really bad opening hand with no card draw in sight. But this trio of heroes can hold their own for some time. Even if you don't get the combo early, you are still generating lots of resources with Theodred and can be playing a 4-cost leadership or tactics ally each turn.
Enjoy the video!
Edited by Seastan
