Heavy Axe (15U7)	Back to The Hunters Index	Well-crafted Armor (15R9)

Gameplay Info
Playable	Yes
Culture	Dwarven
Side	Free Peoples
Card Type	Event
Phase	Skirmish
Twilight Cost	1
Game Text	Make a Dwarf strength +2 (or if you can spot a hunter minion, strength +1 and damage +1 for each hunter minion you can spot).
Lore	“Dwarves have a knack for surviving misfortune.”

Strategy

Sturdy Stock is rarely played. Outside of Hunters Block, there are many better and more-consistent Dwarven pump events, particularly Dwarf-lords (13U4) , Awkward Moment (13C2) , Battle Tested (7U3) , and Honed (8C6) . All of these cards give a higher base bonus, and give more benefit under circumstances you can control rather than relying on your opponent to be playing a swarm of Hunter minions. In Hunter's Block play, you're unlikely to be playing a dwarf-specific pump event anyway because there are only three dwarfs in the whole format: Glóin, Son of Groin (15R6) , Thorin III, Stonehelm (17R6) , and three versions of Gimli. Even then, Axe-work (17U5) is probably more consistent, since it always gives at least +2 strength.

Strengths and Weaknesses