Starter - Osgiliath
Format: King Standard
Author: Phallen
Ring-bearer: Frodo, Courteous Halfling
Ring: The One Ring, Such a Weight to Carry
Adventure deck:
Steps of Edoras
Rohirrim Camp
Hall of the Kings
Anduin Banks
City Gates
Minas Tirith Sixth Circle
Pelennor Grassland
Morgulduin
Dagorlad
Free Peoples Draw Deck:
1x Alcarin, Warrior of Lamedon
2x Aragorn, Captain of Gondor
1x Gondorian Captain
2x Gondorian Knight
1x Ingold
1x Turgon, Man of Belfalas
1x Sam, Resolute Halfling
1x Athelas
2x Gondor Bow
3x Gondorian Sword
1x Hobbit Sword
2x Elendil's Valor
1x Fall Back
1x Gondor Will See It Done
1x Might of Numenor
1x Reckless Counter
2x Take Cover
1x Severed His Bonds
1x Citadel of the Stars
4x City Wall
3x First Level
1x I Will Go
1x Stone Tower
Shadow Draw Deck:
4x Morgul Destroyer
3x Morgul Hound
2x Morgul Regiment
3x Morgul Spearman
4x Morgul Whelp
1x The Witch-king, Morgul King
2x Úlairë Cantëa, Faster Than Winds
2x Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul
3x Úlairë Lemenya, Assailing Minion
2x Úlairë Nelya, Assailing Minion
2x Úlairë Otsëa, Lieutenant of Morgul
1x Úlairë Toldëa, Winged Sentry
2x Morgul Axe
3x War Long Planned
1x Out of Sight and Shot
Notes
Knights of Gondor defending Osgiliath from Morgul's Orcs.
Free Peoples: (starting Alcarin and Turgon)
Not quite a Knight setup I've done before, but I don't think they'll struggle much against Isenorcs and that's the only deck with Saruman's Power. With everyone else they'll be basically executing the strategy as intended. I'm always pleasantly surprised by City Wall.
Shadow:
Building a deck around Morgul Orcs beyond Whelp, Brute, and Destroyer is tricky. Even with just those, there's so much temptation to clog the hand with Orcs that need to spot a Nazgul and then never find a Nazgul because of it. I want to tinker with this build before going to the more conventional.
Spearman is worse than Brute and Destroyer except that he will "work" in a double. The hope is that an opponent will beat Spearman with some second-string fighter without a damage bonus while the main skirmishers are tied up with more important minions. If his exertion doesn't land on the Ring-bearer, then it lands on someone who might be in danger from being killed by one of your Orcs. If it does land on the Ring-bearer, you get the benefits for your other cards.