The Starter Decks: Elves of Lorien| Lord of the Rings LCG

[@8bitRambler]

That was fantastic, a nice easy quest but some really helpful tips, and let’s face it, knowledge is power!! Look forward to more of this, thank you 👍🏻

[@COTRPodcast]

Thank you so much! Happy Questing!

[@reganfawley8362]

I DECLARE another great video. Thanks for addressing some of the latest newbie questions.

[@COTRPodcast]

Thank you Regan!

[@baschdiro8565]

Also known as the Magali Villeneuve deck. Daeron was an Elf of Doriath who invented the Cirth runes, which subsequently have been seen more use with the dwarves.

[@COTRPodcast]

AH, well there you go. Themurdered!

[@cleftboywonder]

Hey its me again lol loving the vids. As a new player and someone that enjoys the dunedain risk/reward I figured I should also learn how to play the otherside of the spectrum being the silvin elves. I saw haldirs card and was like duuuuude I have to find a way to play him! So thanks for the vid

[@COTRPodcast]

Glad you are enjoying the videos, thank you. The video where I modify this deck to play Journey along the anduin will be a good one for you to watch. Haldir is the best!

[@cleftboywonder]

@COTRPodcast yes dude! I clicked on that vid so fast! Haha not sure if you still make them but I'd love to be apart of one of those new player feature vids that you used to make.

[@amsfountain8792]

Great game. You made this quest look like a walk in the park. Amazing control of your deck.

[@COTRPodcast]

Thank you!

[@zackdreak1870]

As someone who love the game but don't enjoy deck building this deck is amazing!

[@IronShepherd5771]

These are great. Appreciate the explanations and rationale behind your decisions. Bummer about the misprints!!! Looking forward to seeing Rohan Starter and videos of you making these decks slightly better.

[@COTRPodcast]

Thank you, the Rohan is the toughest to pilot for sure. Happy questing!

[@jeffersonjjohnson]

I hear Howard Shore music every time I thumb through the deck . Fastred is real nice to have in the sideboard.

[@martinakovarikova8000]

😲 I actually went to my current physical deck for the Elrond's council and to the binder for the Daeron's runes and what happened there? It really is an action there.

[@morganpsherman]

This was great! I always want to use this hero lineup when I build a silvan deck, but I have exactly the issue you mention, that I want to put weapons on Haldir but there's no tactics. So really looking forward to your next video to see how you fix it.

[@COTRPodcast]

thank you! I just finished recording that video and I think you will like it!

[@keikobad]

Excellent video!!, thx. I was wondering if I need to tweak the starter deck somehow, to be able to survive the Hill Troll in the next scenario and the Escape from Guldur, but it does not seem necessary after watching this. I also declared myself as a Patron👍. What about those quality of game improvements you show here, the sleeves, the quest card holder with the nice dice, and the will power/threat monitoring attachment? Can they be purchased somewhere? Anyways, thx a lot.

[@COTRPodcast]

Thank you very much! I am so glad you enjoyed this video. I believe you asked a follow-up question on my other video where I did modify the deck. The extras you see are not for sale, we keep it exclusive to the supporters at that time. THank you for your support!

[@mattj7626]

Great point about O Lorien (and attachments in general). I am very accustomed to just sticking it on Celeborn: leadership attachment on the leadership hero. That's not a good reason, and attachment hate in certain quests can really make you think about the best place for cards like this.

[@COTRPodcast]

thanks Matt!

[@AlwaysRollsAOne]

Hey great video! I wanted to ask around the 14 minute mark you don’t want to use Henamarths ability incase there is a necromancers reach. Does Henamarths ability trigger the necromancers reach? I thought not since his ability is look at the top card of the encounter deck and not reveal the top card of the encounter deck. Unless looking at the top card of the encounter deck and revealing is the same? Thanks!

[@AlwaysRollsAOne]

Nevermind. I misunderstood what you were saying. Necromancers Reach does 1 damage to all exhausted characters. So if you exhausted Henamarth by his ability and then revealed Necromancers Reach then he’d be dead. So you used his ability towards the end of the round where there was no more revealing and it was safe to exhaust. Makes sense. I’ll leave my comment up for any other new players

[@COTRPodcast]

You got it! Thanks for the positive feedback! Happy questing

[@silvertongue1636]

those sleeves are great! where can I find them?

[@COTRPodcast]

They were produced by us to give to our Patron supporters a couple of years ago. Unfortunately none are available at this time.

[@marcelsf23br]

Hey, Chad! How are you doing? I have bought this + coreset and Angmar Awakened Hero Expansion. What would you do with Elrond? I can't seem to find a place for him in any of the decks. Was thinking of pairing him up with Legolas and adding the Tactics support that comes with the Silvan Elves deck, but what would be a good option for a third hero? Also, great videos! Have helped me immensely to get into the game!

[@COTRPodcast]

So glad these videos are helpful. Elrond is amazing with his ring for getting in expensive cards. If you pair him with Erestor and Legolas you should be able to find Vilya quickly and get expensive cards in for free. Use will of the West and the silver harp to manage your deck. Might be an interesting deck don't know if anyone has tried that yet

[@VenVidiVici]

Those card sleeves are amazing! Where'd you get them?? Also thank you for this video, really helped me get to grips with the deck!

[@COTRPodcast]

I'm glad you found the video useful. The sleeves were the swag we gave to all of our patrons last year. I'm really happy with how they turned out as well

[@VenVidiVici]

@@COTRPodcast I've actually started to mess around with deck building now so it's really helpful to see different ways of playing. Well if you ever sell them again I'll be in line to buy!

[@samvisser9408]

Would love to see you alter this deck for Journey. As for myself I've left it as is and trounced the first two core set scenarios, although I've swapped out Gandalf for Light of Valinor because I literally never use him!

[@COTRPodcast]

thanks, my altered version will be released on Monday.

[@burningspecter]

Great video. I just got into this game with revised core set and I'm checking out all these videos to get a better understanding of the gameplay. Do you own the revised core set? Response is defined in it as follows: Response abilities are labeled by the word "response" followed by ability text. Unlike action abilities, which are resolved during action windows, response abilities may be executed after the specified triggering condition occurs, as described in the responses ability text. *It is possible for multiple responses to be executed from the same triggering condition. *When two or more response abilities share the same trigger, resolve all response effects that use the word "when" before resolving response effects that use the word "after." *A response ability is always used immediately after it's triggering condition has occurred and has been resolved. The first player always has the first opportunity to use an ability in response to a given triggering condition, followed by the next player, and so forth. Response opportunities for that triggering condition alternate between players in this manner until all players have passed consecutively. *Once the opportunity to react to a triggering condition has been passed by all players, further responses to that specific triggering condition cannot be used. See also: Priority of simultaneous resolution, timing and ability resolution. Hooray for speech to text!

[@COTRPodcast]

Thanks for watching the videos! I'm assuming this is because of those two events that I focus on as saying Response? That's why those cards make no sense and are supposed to say Action, not Response. Those two cards have always said Action because that's what you're doing, you're not responding to anything when you play those cards. Caleb Grace responded to some questions and admitted that those are misprints and should not have been changed from Action.

[@burningspecter]

@@COTRPodcast That was the reason. Wasn't sure if you saw the new set rules or not. That's a pretty serious misprint. Lol

[@_masfueg0_]

When using Henamarth, does look mean reveal? Cuz if he’s just looking why would he take a damage?

[@COTRPodcast]

No, it does not mean reveal. But, if you look prior to the staging step, you exhaust to look at it, and THEN you reveal it during the staging step. if the card you looked at does a damage to exhausted characters he would take the damage then (Necromancer's Reach for example). So, it is safer to look at the card after combat, you ready during refresh, then you will reveal the card next turn.

[@pandom_]

Elves of Magali! Love it.

[@henriqueribeiro4954]

where you find this sleeves? great video!

[@COTRPodcast]

Thank you, the sleeves were swag we had made for our patron supporters last year. Unfortunately there's no way to get a hold of them now we make swag for our supporters and give it to them as a thank you for their support. I have a video called ancient mathom where I talk about this in more detail if you want to check it out.

[@henriqueribeiro4954]

@@COTRPodcast thanks!

[@carlswansonthereandbackagain]

Hi Chad how do you edit your videos adding sound a graphics

[@COTRPodcast]

I use a video editing program called wondershare filmora, and you import sound and videos and then there's a film stock that you can download that has the graphics. Then while you're editing the video you pause the video and add the graphics or the sound. It was not hard to learn I taught myself using the software. If you Google filmora you can find KZbin videos about it

[@BeroOgden]

Where could I go about buying tokens like the ones you're using?

[@COTRPodcast]

Hi, those wooden ones were given to everyone who attended a Lord of the Rings LCG convention, the burger tokens are from Marvel Champions.

[@amsfountain8792]

Those sleeves are very beatiful but they look a bit short on the front side and dont protect all the card. It is a pity.

[@mattdefreitas525]

I freaking love this game, it's by far the best card game out there. Haldan Bilbo and pippin burglar deck is what I want to run, wish I had some players near me to play this game with. Lucky I can play it alone hahah

[@COTRPodcast]

I hope you find some local players. Join our discord and ask if anyone is near you?

[@mattdefreitas525]

@@COTRPodcast good idea i'll do that thank you 🙂

[@1AngelAlita]

Really? Have you tried Arkham Horror LCG?

[@mattdefreitas525]

@@1AngelAlita I heard it's great but I love the lore and story of the Lord of the rings, so the lotr lcg is better suited to me, but I'd give Arkham a go though

[@jeffersonjjohnson]

Nicholas Cage when he draws Hummerhorns: Not the bees!!!!!! Haldir players when they draw Hummerhorns: Let them come.

[@COTRPodcast]

That's why he is my favorite hero! (Haldir, not Nick)

[@amsfountain8792]

Very powerful deck to play alone. I will use Legolas instead of Haldir.

[@Omnicrom]

MJ confirmed on Discord that Runes and Counsel being responses was just a misprint. There are a couple of mistakes in the starter decks.

[@COTRPodcast]

yes, thank you. I had this video made and uploaded to KZbin over a week ago, so I could not add that to this video. thanks again.

[@warpaint9385]

Am I missing something? If Galadriel can’t quest why does she have 4 willpower?

[@COTRPodcast]

Her ring, Nenya. Allows you to boost someone else's willpower by hers.

[@warpaint9385]

@@COTRPodcast ok thx.

[@johnfraney4268]

I feel like Host should have had some kind of sfx!

[@COTRPodcast]

If you have a suggestion I will add it in the next video.

[@johnfraney4268]

@@COTRPodcast Monty Python trumpets in from the sides 😁

[@RAWxxx07]

This is really great and well prestented LotR lcg content. Enjoyed it really much and learned a lot. Subed and I hope to see more of this deck :) Quick question how would you rate the two decks in the revised core box and the two decks in the Saga box? I only have the Elven and Dwarf deck as well but really like hobbits and the Gandalf hero as well.

[@COTRPodcast]

Thank you for the kind words and the sub. All four of the decks you asked about are very good. Gandalf is extremely powerful in any deck you put him in. The two decks from the core set are going to suffer a little bit just because those were the first cards created for this game and they haven’t quite figured out the cost curve yet. My favorite hero in the game is Haldir, with the hobbits you can keep your threat very low. So using him with Merry and Galadriel, you can make a really powerful deck.