Seige of Cair Andros with Mono-Tactics 1 – July 29, 2019

Introduction

The card review had to be delayed. In lieu of that here is the next installment of my 2019 Mono-Tactics playthrough of Against the Shadow.

Decklist

Play by Play

Starting hand: Defender of Rammas, Honour Guard, Eagles of the Misty Mountains, Feint, Descendant of Thorondor, Sterner than Steel.

Turn 1: Another Honour Guard drawn. Defender of Rammas played. Eowyn quests for 1. Battering Ram added to the staging area raising threat to 30 and for 8 threat in the staging area. Threat raised to 37. Travel to The Citadel. Battering Ram engaged and feinted Orc Scramblers shadow card discarded. Aragorn, Beregond, and Defender of Rammas attack for 5 dealing 3 damage to the Battering Ram. Refresh and threat is 38.

Turn 2: Knights of the Swan drawn and played. Eowyn and Beregond quest for 5. Battering Ram number 2 added to the staging area, 3 damage dealt to The Citadel, and threat raised to 40. No progress made on the quest. Battering Ram 2 engaged. Knights of the Swan defends vs Battering Ram 1 and dies. Shadow card deals 2 damage to all battleground locations. Battering Ram 2 undefended, shadow cards add 2 more attack, and deals damage to The Banks removing it from the game. Defender of Rammas and Aragorn attack and kill Battering Ram 1. Refresh and threat is 41.

Turn 3: Favor of the Valar drawn. 2 Honour Guard played. Eowyn and Beregond quest for 5. Orc Vanguard added to the staging area. 1 progress added to The Citadel. Orc Vanguard engaged. Honour Guard 1 and 2 defend the attacks and die. Shadow card on Battering Ram adds 1 attack and The Power of Mordor discarded as a shadow. Aragorn and Defender deal 2 damage to Orc Vanguard. Refresh and threat is 42.

Turn 4: Knights of the Swan drawn. Eagles of the Misty Mountains played. Eowyn and Beregond quest for 5. Steel Raft added to the staging area and deals 2 damage to The Approach. Steel Raft engaged. Orc Vanguard attack undefended and shadow card destroys The Approach. Undefended damage destroys The Citadel. Defender and Eagles killed by next 2 attacks. I scoop.