Filling out my taxonomies: here’s the first plug.
This is an as-yet undefeated deck of mine from GCCG. I’ve played it about 10 times, so it’s pretty reliable. The basic idea is to have a big hand size, some points from each category and a bunch of lone shadowmagi maladying the crap out of your opponent’s poor characters.
They WILL hate you.
They may even quit.
I should know: it happened to me.
Start:
At Dol Guldur:
Lieutenant of Dol Guldur with Strange Rations
Taladhan with Open to the Summons
At Minas Morgul:
Ciryaher
some agents who might be useful for a WHCTK / Treason the Greatest Foe combo (e.g. Dror)
Characters in Deck
Ugluk
Ulkaur the Tongueless
Elerina
The Mouth
Resources:
3 A Malady Without Healing
3 Weigh All Things to a Nicety
3 Sneakin’
3 Ruse
3 Sojourn in Shadows
3 Deeper Shadow
2 Voices of Malice
3 Dark Tryst
3 The Lidless Eye
1 Orders from Lugburz
1 Aiglos
1 Stinker
1 Orcs of Dol Guldur
Hazards:
Lots o’ Corruption. Don’t forget Scorba and Itangast at Home.
Key Sideboard Cards:
Blackbole
Great Bats
The Arkenstone
Blasting Fire
Ice-Orcs / Words of Menace and Deceit (for Elerina)
Long Grievous Siege
Tribute Garnered
We Have Come to Kill / Treason the Greatest Foe
Voices of Malice
Padding Feet
Play Tips:
Sojourn, Ruse, and Sneak your way through all attacks. Of course, you have to be alone to do that, so pray you don’t get Rivered too much. use the Lieuy to pick up Aiglos at the Sulfer-deeps. He can control a 5-mind leader. Padding Feet can mucho fun, especially if you do it with Stinker. There was one game where I actually got the combo started, but my opponent conceded before I could get it back and stored. Elerina forms the last company, using the last 7 GI. I’ve had her do stuff as nasty as walking into the Grey Havens to Malady Cirdan. And Ciryaher has been so bold as to Malady folks at Rivendell. He got in untapped 8).
MP Breakdown:
Character: 12
Item: 3-7
Ally: 2-3
Faction: 1-5
Misc: 0-2-6 (Treason)
Kill: ?? (pray for good bcs)
Total: 18-29-33 + ??
You don’t win by getting lots of MPs, you win by keeping your opponent from getting any.