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= Strategy = | = Strategy = | ||
Evil-smelling Fens is a staple in any deck using [[Gollum]]. It's a powerful and versatile tool to [[recur|replay]] a [[minion]] of your choice from your discard pile. Plus, you don't need to [[spot]] Gollum to play it, so you can always get it out of your hand easily and cheaply to prevent it from [[Hand Clog|clogging]] things up. If you leave it in play, it's [[Hand Extension|an extra minion]] you can play later that doesn't have to come from your hand. However, if you use it on the turn you play it, there's almost nothing the Free Peoples player can do to stop you from using it. | |||
You can use | You can use it to play a single powerful minion repeatedly over the course of the game. {{Card|Shelob, Her Ladyship}} (forming the core of [[Ninja Gollum]]), {{Card|The Witch-King, Morgul King}}, {{Card|The Balrog, Demon of Might}}, and {{Card|Watcher in the Water, Many-Tentacled Creature}} are popular targets. But you can also use it to replay a minion that [[hate|hurts your opponent's gameplan]], like {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}}, {{Card|Tower Assassin}}, {{Card|Grima, Wormtongue}}, {{Card|Grima, Chief Counselor}}, {{Card|Sauron, the Lord of the Rings}}, {{Card|Mauhur, Relentless Hunter}}, or {{Card|Ulaire Nertea, Dark Horseman}}. While the minion you want needs to be in the discard pile, self-[[mill]] cards like {{Card|Ever My Heart Rises}} or {{Card|Realm of Dwarrowdelf}} can dump cards into discard for you to [[download]]. | ||
It also makes every [[site]] a [[marsh]], so it's a must in any deck using {{Card|Watcher in the Water, Keeper of Westgate}} and its [[tentacle]]s. (It's no longer necessary with {{Card|Watcher in the Water, Many-Tentacled Creature}}, but may be useful to replay that minion, or to use {{Card|Huge Tentacle}} to [[download]] Many-Tentacled Creature.) You [[Cultural Enforcement|don't even need]] to run [[Gollum]] in this deck, although many decks do. | It also makes every [[site]] a [[marsh]], so it's a must in any deck using {{Card|Watcher in the Water, Keeper of Westgate}} and its [[tentacle]]s. (It's no longer necessary with {{Card|Watcher in the Water, Many-Tentacled Creature}}, but may be useful to replay that minion, or to use {{Card|Huge Tentacle}} to [[download]] Many-Tentacled Creature.) You [[Cultural Enforcement|don't even need]] to run [[Gollum]] in this deck, although many decks do. | ||
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* {{Card|Shadowplay}} can stop Gollum from being able to use Evil-smelling Fens at all. However, the Free Peoples player will need two copies, and if you play Gollum first and then Evil-smelling Fens second, it'll be too late to exert Gollum. | * {{Card|Shadowplay}} can stop Gollum from being able to use Evil-smelling Fens at all. However, the Free Peoples player will need two copies, and if you play Gollum first and then Evil-smelling Fens second, it'll be too late to exert Gollum. | ||
* The very rarely-played {{Card|Foot of Mount Doom}} can prevent minions from going into your discard pile. | * The very rarely-played {{Card|Foot of Mount Doom}} can prevent minions from going into your discard pile. | ||
== Example decklists == | == Example decklists == | ||
