Argalad Deck Idea

By DezzyBassist, in Strategy and deck-building

As far I as I can tell, he's an under played hero but has an interesting ability. I worked this deck up a while ago. What do you think

http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/6320/guerillas-argalad-and-haldir-1.0

Guerillas, Argalad and Haldir

Main Deck

Hero (3)
Argalad (The Drowned Ruins)
Damrod (The Land of Shadow)
Haldir of Lórien (Trouble in Tharbad)

Ally (15)
2x Defender of the Naith (Trouble in Tharbad)
2x Erebor Hammersmith (Core Set)
2x Henamarth Riversong (Core Set)
1x Mablung (The Land of Shadow)
2x Master of the Forge (Shadow and Flame)
1x Quickbeam (The Treason of Saruman)
3x Rivendell Minstrel (The Hunt for Gollum)
2x Silvan Tracker (The Dead Marshes)

Attachment (23)
3x Bow of the Galadhrim (The Nîn-in-Eilph)
2x Cloak of Lórien (Celebrimbor's Secret)
3x Entangling Nets (Temple of the Deceived)
3x Keeping Count (The Redhorn Gate)
3x Lembas (Trouble in Tharbad)
3x Ranger Spikes (Heirs of Númenor)
1x Song of Battle (The Dead Marshes)
1x Song of Travel (The Hills of Emyn Muil)
2x Unexpected Courage (Core Set)
2x Wingfoot (The Nîn-in-Eilph)

Event (12)
3x Daeron's Runes (Foundations of Stone)
3x Expecting Mischief (Over Hill and Under Hill)
3x Mithrandir's Advice (The Steward's Fear)
3x Out of the Wild (Road to Rivendell)

3 Heroes, 50 Cards
Cards up to Temple of the Deceived

Sideboard

Attachment (2)
2x Light of Valinor (Foundations of Stone)

Event (3)
3x Needful to Know (The Redhorn Gate)


Decklist built and published on http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/6320/guerillas-argalad-and-haldir-1.0#

Edited by DezzyBassist

I'm a big fan of Argalad, and in particular double questing with him (committing and then reducing an enemy's threat). The only thought I had was to swap out one Unexpected Courage for a single LoV, and putting both onto Argalad. Then he gets to quest, exhaust to reduce an enemy, and then ready for combat. It's also 1 resource cheaper than 2 UCs. It looks like a fun deck!

The Mirkwood Long-knife is pretty good on Argalad as well, since it boosts both of his key stats. I built a different take on Argalad that tries to make him the MVP for the deck: http://ringsdb.com/deck/view/47443

I like your deck a lot. I have not yet used the Cloak, and mono-Lore is always fun with the card draw! Will have to give it a try some time.

I wish I had Sands of Harad for the long knives, they are pretty integral for Argalad. I didn't think of using LoV and UC, that's way better. I spent so much time arguing for one or the other I didn't consider both.

25 minutes ago, DezzyBassist said:

I wish I had Sands of Harad for the long knives, they are pretty integral for Argalad. I didn't think of using LoV and UC, that's way better. I spent so much time arguing for one or the other I didn't consider both.

Sands of Harad is very useful for Argalad, yeah. The LoV and UC combo only saves 1 resource, but it's really nice to allow for LoV so that you can play it turn 1 if it shows up. I really like Argalad as a hero, and it's cool to see people using him in interesting and different ways. *Such* a good design job by FFG on him.

Using Haldir to augment the Argalad direct damage with Damrod is very cool. I like it a lot. They're three really interesting heroes.

I was considering replacing Damrod with Mirlonde and starting at 23 threat. I think saving even a single resource in this game is worth it. I was buying packs in order, I have some deluxe and saga boxes I haven't even made it to yet quest wise. Sands of Harad just seems like a great set of player cards.