This is the other side of the Smoke coin: big orcs and trolls going where they oughtn’t. Try it out! You may end up liking it.
Start:
Lieutenant of Dol Guldur
Shagrat
Radbug
Odoacer
Whispers of Rings
Orders from Lugburz
In Deck:
3 Dwar the Ringwraith
1 Lieutenant of Angmar
1 The Grimburgoth
1 Taladhan
Resources:
3 Bright Gold Ring
1 Scroll of Isildur
1 Great Bats
1 Blackbole
1 Orcs of Dol Guldur
3 Smoke on the Wind
2 I’ll Report You
3 Swift Strokes
3 Bold Thrust
2 Test of Fire
2 Secrets of Their Forging
3 Dark Tryst
2 Voices of Malice
2 Above the Abyss
1 Bade to Rule
Key Sideboard Cards:
2 The Oracle’s Ring
2 The Reviled Ring
3 Trifling Ring
Play Tips:
Beorn’s House, Thranduil’s Halls, Edoras for Rings and Smoke. Moria for Scroll. Sarn Goriwing for Blackbole. Either of the above for Bats Amon Hen for Secrets. Get people under the Lt with the help of the rings. That allows the characters to come out to play. Dwar either helps to fight or sideboards or Voices. This plays best vs. heroes because of the centrality of Above the Abyss.
MP Breakdown:
Character: ~11
Item: ~11
Faction: 1
Ally: 3
Misc: 9
Total: ~36