Is it me or is this card awesome?

By BattleZone, in Strategy and deck-building

http://www.cardgamedb.com/forums/uploads/lotr/ffg_asfaloth-fos.jpg

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My friend's deck had this attached to Glordindel today and we just kept exhausting it each turn to put two tokens on a location. Since many locations only had two quest tokens needed we were wiping them out left and right thus keeping our threat low in the staging area.

Its a pretty awesome card. Is there any FAQ on it? I didnt see any to tell us we were doing it wrong

No FAQ on it. The way you played it is how it works. It seems pretty powerful on the early scenarios, but lately locations have more quest points or thay are immune to player card affects, so it is a bit more tame.

Still i believe this card is to broken……KIll all locations idea……I think is quite weird with only one card almost destroy one aspect of the game like locations and travel…..

Dunno if it destroys one aspect exactly. I mean, hyperbole aside, the average travel distance in the game is 3.5, and the most common amount is 3. So even with an optimal set-up, the card still takes two turns to clear most locations. And it forces Lore with Glorfindel.

And Tracker1 is totally right, recent locations have gone way up in travel distance (think it's more like an average of 4 or so). The part of the card that seems to me more broken is that it's an action, not a travel action. If it was a travel action at least you couldn't use it as a willpower boost.

And apologies for the number-fest. I think I'm avoiding writing an application at the moment, and adding together all the travel distances from the locations in the game seemed a good use of time...

Asfaloth is a great card. I keep 2 or 3 in my deck at all times. With Asfaloth and Light of Valinor, Glorfindel turns into a questing powerhouse.

And it forces Lore with Glorfindel.

You could always play the Lore Glorfindel - but the Spirit version is superior, and using Light of Valinor forces Spirit anyway so I see your point. There are some nice Elvish Lore heroes to go with Glorfindel, though.

If think it is really important to have other means to remove location. In a normal game, you can only remove one location at a time, which can lead you to be overwelmed by location in no time.