Happy Friday, everyone! This week, we took a look at some incoming new cards as well as some quality-of-life changes coming to the deckbuilder and more! Let’s dive into the wrap-up.
New Cards Incoming!
This month, we’ll have new cards added to the Valor Vault. On Tuesday’s stream, we previewed a few of those incoming cards, including the powerful Armor Raven-Winged Helm and the Special Attachment Narya.
Note: These cards are subject to change before release.
Narya is a powerful Neutral Attachment unlike any other card in The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game. It removes the Fleeting keyword from Istari characters like Gandalf, keeping them in play beyond a single round!
Raven-Winged Helm, on the other hand, provides Leadership with a powerful and flexible Attachment in the Armor slot.
We also showed an incoming Ally: The returning Forest Protector, who players will remember from the Tutorial.
Look for these cards—and more—to be added to the Valor Vault later this month!
The King of Carrion
The first Encounter, King of Carrion, will be releasing later this month as well, after the Valor Vault expansion. It will be an all-new, standalone Quest available for all players to try. Exploring the far Northern reaches of Rhovanion, you’ll lead your party in a quest to uncover an ancient unnatural stirring in the mountains.
Look for The King of Carrion in The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game this month! Players who successfully complete this Encounter will recieve an all-new card as a reward. Check out Tuesday's stream at twitch.tv/ffigames for a first-look at this reward.
Fantasy Flight Interactive at Upcoming Conventions
Fantasy Flight Interactive is a proud sponsor of Gamehole Con here in Madison, WI. We’ll be hanging out in the Fantasy Flight lounge at the show all weekend, showing The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game. If you’re there, come check us out!
We’ll also be at PAX Unplugged this month, showing demoes. Come find us at the Fantasy Flight Games booth and say hi!
Deckbuilder Changes
We heard your feedback on the deckbuilder, and we’re making changes for future updates. On stream, we previewed some of those updates:
First, you’ll be able to add more than 30 cards to your deck while deckbuilding and cut down from there. Decks are still required to be exactly 30 cards, but if you’re the sort of player that likes to build decks by cutting cards, you’ll be able to do so in a future update. This was a feature requested by the community, so we appreciate your feedback in helping us make the game great.
Second, you’ll be able to swap Heroes of the same Sphere without removing cards of that Sphere from your deck. So, if you have a deck featuring Aragorn as the Leadership Hero and you’d like to swap him for Dwalin, you’ll be able to do so without removing every Leadership card from your deck. Again, this was a suggestion from the community—so thanks!
Expect these changes to come in an update in the near future.
Deck of the Week
Any card game player worth their salt loves a good two-for-one, and user Sudsywolf is certainly no expception, thanks to achieving a back-to-back feature for the Deck of the Week! This list is a low-curve, high card-draw build that exploits Erebor Record Keeper and a suite of attachments to build a powerful snowball effect for your Heroes. Sudsywolf also points out that this list could potentially serve as a good foundation for a Dwarf deck.
Deck: Fully Armed and Filthy!
Hero (3)
Aragorn (Core Set)
Faramir (Lore Faramir Pack)
Gimli (Core Set)
Ally (15)
1x Erebor Record Keeper (Leadership Dwalin Pack)
2x Erebor Watchman (Core Set)
2x Gandalf (Core Set)
2x Guard of the Citadel (Core Set)
2x Ithilien Lookout (Core Set)
1x Longbeard Mapmaker (Core Set)
1x Veteran Axehand (Core Set)
2x Westfold Outrider (Valor Cards)
2x Zigil Miner (Valor Cards)
Attachment (8)
2x Dwarven Axe (Core Set)
2x Raiment of War (Valor Cards)
2x Self-Preservation (Core Set)
2x Warrior Sword (Core Set)
Event (7)
1x Beorn's Hospitality (Core Set)
2x Common Cause (Core Set)
2x Gaining Strength (Core Set)
2x Lembas (Valor Cards)
Have a great weekend, everyone.
FFI