I play and deckbuild a lot of LoTR with a group of friend of mine. We build and update a lot of decks that I want to share with you. For each deck I give you a list on RingsDB and a more elaborated description (but in French). Best deck are presented first, worst are at the end. Enjoy and leave me a lot of comments here and in ringsdb. I like to discuss strategy :).

Gandalf: Gandalf / Glorfindel / Elrond http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5280

This deck is the most powerful deck I know. Able to do almost everything (not as good in fight than real fight deck thought). Also the list we work the most on, far behind the others.

Caldara: Caldara / Galadriel / Arwen Undomiel http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/4687

Also a really powerful deck, especially when paired with a fight-full-of-doomed deck. Also more a quest deck, who can trash allies easily but have hard time if it engaged with multiples enemies at the beginning.

Gimli / Legolas: Boromir / Legolas / Gimli http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5281

A full support deck since he fight, cancel, draw cards, generate resource and reduce a little threat but play very few allies, many events and so don't expend so much but just deal turn after turn with the encounter deck bullies.

Dunedain: Aragorn II / Amarthiúl / Beregond II http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/4344

A 100% fight deck. He send really few in quest. You try to keep at least 3 enemies engaged to feed some effects. We have an abusive gain from Aragorn effect thanks to desperate alliance combo (cheat?) and doomed cards.

Erestor Outlands: Hirluin the fair / Erestor / Galadriel http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5318

Also a lot of doomed cards but this time it is not fight oriented. It is about bring tons of outlands very soon. This deck don't work against like 15% of the scenario but absolutely crush too often the other. So it is powerful but not very funny.

Hamà: Amarthuil / Boromir / Hamà http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5223

A deck who used to be okay but become suddenly strong thanks to Wait no longer. Even if we play it a lot since we are still working on some details but he is still very cool.

Denethor / Legolas: Boromir / Denethor / Legolas http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/4287

A fight deck who have won every scenario (nightmare or not) published since 2016 with Gandalf. He is very good on this association but get supplanted by Legolas / Gimli who is as strong, more easy to play with some other deck and way more fun to play.

Silvan: Celeborn / Galadriel / Haldir http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5320

Based upon galadhrim ministrel and event that put allies in play interaction we have a good deck who quest a lot and can do some other little things. But we need to draw a galadrhim ministrel soon or we don't do so much things.

Dwarf: Dain / Thorin / Bifur http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5480

Still a swarm deck, we try to put as fast as possible as many dwarf as possible. It usually is very good... but pretty limited like Boromir / Denethor / Legolas since he can't reduce threat or help friends. So we need a deck who can manage all the rest, and who have a good hand even when we start good. On the other hand this deck recently succeed with Gandalf to manage 13 enemies revealed at the turn two ^^.

Rohan: Théoden II / Théodred / Eowyn I http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/ 6298

First it was a weak deck but after a lot of work we finally make a deck who quest a lot and can block at the beginning and who can also fight usually since the second or the third one thanks to Eomund/Ghuwine combo and the many ways to find them. Rohan become a serious deck after so many times of "mweh"

Noldor: Arwen Undomiel / Galadriel / Galdor http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/4681

Look like my Caldara but we draw so much cards, but play less. We play a big ally each turn (Glorfindel, Gildor, the two sons of Elrond when the new saga were finaly released, Lindir) and some little. Very regular but never as strong as dwarf or outlands. Still need some work imho.

Ent: Bifur / Faramir II / Mablung http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5256

A use of ents where they can be used on the turn they come, because wait one turn is really too long in LOTR. More powerful that we think it will be but since a little bit long.

Mono Leadershirp Outlands: Denethor / Hirluin the fair / Théodred http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5635

Still in the list because I want a deck with three heroes of a single sphere but really less interesting that the other tribes deck.

Secrecy Energy / Lore: Galadriel / Merry / Pippin http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5596
Secrecy Energy / Leadership : Denethor / Glorfindel II/ Frodon http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5595
Secrecy Leadership / Energy / Lore: Glorfindel II / Pippin / Sam http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5598
Secrecy Leadership / Tactics / Lore: Denethor II/ Eowyn II/ Pippin http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5634
Mono Lore Scrying: Denethor I/ Mirlonde / Pippin http://ringsdb.com/deck/view/61439
Secrecy Mono Energy: Frodon Sacquet / Glorfindel II/ Merry II http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5652

A LOT of secrecy deck because it is my fetish. I'm not ashamed of anyone but they are more casual than the others decks, more recently build and still probably deserve some test and change.

Gondor: Boromir II/ Damrod / Denethor II http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/5314

A pretty boring deck that we try to upgrade and keep at the level of the other but who don't get anything to be really strong or pleasant to play.

Love the decks. Thanks for sharing. What is your best deck for solo?

Thanks a lot. My 2 best decks for solo are nearly the same as multiplayer. You can find them here: http://ringsdb.com/deck/view/43432 and here: http://ringsdb.com/deck/view/48903

Feel free to comment any decks (here or in ringsdb). That why I posted them. If I can find a way to improve any of them it would make me happy :).

It's unusual to see an Arwen deck without Elven-Light. Did you find that it ended up at the top of your deck too often?

Did you consider Erebor Guard for your Caldara deck?

Gandalf can play cards from top so we always are resource short. It is for the same reason I don't play treasure-hunter expert. We can discard multiples unique attachments (and we manage to draw them even with stargazer in play since they are the only cards we can't play with Gandalf) and some over coasted cards when we don't planned to play them within the two next turns. I play elven-light in a lot of decks (Caldara, noldor, rohan, gimli/legolas) but I'm pretty sure it will be useless here. It is better to focus on manage the top cards (stargazer, wizard pipe) so we play more cards in a turns thanks to gandalf and elrond/vilya.

On Caldara I don't pay for any ally (except Prince Imrahil if we can get straight a +1 ally bonus with Caldara sacrifice). It is a very powerful deck but we have trouble of getting enough resource for chance or fate. Sometime we don't have enough allies on discard bu pay 2 for this ally don't help that much since it is delay the opportunity of bring back Caldara. I prefer to wait, sometime sacrifice an ally that I will bring back, and have a lot of powerful allies.

I'm not sure key of Orthanc are good enough in my silvan deck. I usually do Grima's ability only three to five times. So if I don't have key on turn one it can be used at his full power. May be I must rather play a third steward and some nenya/archer.

I'm curious about the lack of Shadowfax in the multi-player version of the Gandalf deck. Is adding sentinel and ranged not worth losing the versatility of UC?

When the Elladan and Elrohir allies become available the deck can become even more thematic.

I don't play shadowfax in both of my Gandalf deck for different reasons:

• In solo ranged and sentinel are pretty useless (for example the fact that shadowfax is a mount is more relevant). And the versatility gain of pay it with neutral resource don't worth the 1 more cost and the fact that you may want an untap on Elrond. And 3 unexpected courage is enough.
• In multiplayer the most important thing is that you usually don't want to play an unexpected courage on Gandalf. It is because we usually play with a fight deck who can do better job in fight. We prefer to put in on Legolas, hama, Beregond or even Dain, Hirluin or Haldir. It still cost 1 less and 4 will be too much. BUT I never thought about him to be a side card when you are playing with a deck who are worse than us in fight. I usually don't play deck who don't fit like that but when I do shadowfax will probably be good enough, if Arwen ally is not enought.

I never play Elrond as a thematic deck. It was never a elven deck for me, since I never play the mythic GEL (Glorfindel Elrond Legolas) because I always prefer Boromir or Eowyn (first one in solo, second in multiplayer). Now it is Gandalf's turn and he is definitely not an elf. I play allies from all tribes. And Elladan and Elrohir don't seem to be of the same quality than my others allies in the deck.

But I already play them in my Noldor deck, where they are good because they can be cost-reduced by to the sea, to the sea! and they have a boost in the end game.

I never try to play thematic for itself. I try some build around some thematic (like Gondor with gondor thematics cards). But if the thematic is not good enough so other allies are better than their thematic version I have no regret of not playing them (like playing ethir swordman and warden of healing in noldor). And if there is not enough cards to make a viable strategy (like for eagles where only a few cards reward of you playing a lot of them) I usually don't play them.

I add a mono tactics Gondor deck who work pretty well: http://ringsdb.com/deck/view/57048

Rohan get back with Gutwine prerelase. I also do a relooking of the page to make it clearer.