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| = Strategy = | | = Strategy = |
| == Gameplay Strategy == | | == Gameplay Strategy == |
| In Fellowship block, there were two ways to remove burdens in a skirmish: {{Card|Stout and Sturdy}} + {{Card|Extraordinary Resilience}} or, at a river or forest, {{Card|Voice of Nimrodel}} can be played with {{Card|Songs of the Blessed Realm}} out. The main reason for doing this would be trigger {{Card|The Shire Countryside}} so {{Card|Boromir, Son of Denethor}} and {{Card|Merry, Friend to Sam}} can use their abilities more than their vitality would otherwise allow. This often a sight to behold, buffing a companion to astronomical levels (particularly for Fellowship block). However, after all the required setup, seeing how high a companion's strength can get is often the only reward -- by the time it all comes together, opponents will have had plenty of opportunities to race far ahead on the adventure path. | | ''In this section, describe:'' |
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| Frodo's Cloak can be used at (almost) any site to remove a burden by itself and doesn't take up hand space, alleviating all of these issues. Without The Shire Countryside, {{Card|Sting, Baggins Heirloom}} and {{Card|Smeagol, Slinker}} can go a little further and Easterlings can be robbed of the gains they make. With The Shire Countryside, combos open up across all sorts of strategies to rearm a Free Peoples in the middle of a turn. The aforementioned Boromir and Merry, {{Card|Trust Me as You Once Did}} decks, Ring-bound Ranger decks leaning on {{Card|Ranger's Bow}}... the possibilities span wide. Some are more reliable than others and all of them still depend on The Shire Countryside, but none of them were really worth considering until Frodo's Cloak.
| | * ''General usage'' |
| | | * ''Unorthodox or subtle usage'' |
| That it cancels skirmishes early on the Towers site path, then, can be a blessing or a curse since it deprives the Free Peoples of how it fits into the rest of the deck. Site 4T is when the Shadow player is usually able to make their first big move: against some strategies (particularly swarms) cancelling the skirmish will work just as well, but for others (namely Easterlings) the burden it adds will only make matters worse.
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| == Deckbuilding Strategy == | | == Deckbuilding Strategy == |
| For all its benefits, its uniqueness makes it better for a fallback than the primary mechanism for {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}. {{Card|Brace of Coneys}} is cheaper and can be stacked on Frodo until needed -- if you want more that 2 copies of Frodo's Cloak, you're often better off maxing out Brace of Coneys first and rationing your skirmish use a little more lest you wind up clogging your hand with them. {{Card|Not Listening}} is more effective in skirmish phases where possible, though of course you'll have to wait until the end of the skirmish which may not be enough for certain combos.
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| In [[Movie Block]] and later it is completely replaced by {{Card|Nine-fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom}} which doesn't have the same deckbuilding concerns, doesn't give the opponent any extra twilight, and can be constantly recursed by {{Card|Birthday Present}}.
| | * ''Cards and strategies this card works well with'' |
| | * ''Cards and strategies this card works particularly well or poorly against'' |
| | * ''Alternate cards you might consider picking instead of this one, depending on the situation, including alternate version of characters'' |
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| = Strengths and Weaknesses = | | = Strengths and Weaknesses = |
| == Synergizes With... == | | == Synergizes With... == |
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| * {{Card|The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles}}, which can be put on at will to add a burden for Frodo's Cloak to remove | | * ''List friendly cards that work well with this card'' |
| * {{Card|Smeagol, Slinker}}
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| * {{Card|Sting, Baggins Heirloom}}
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| * {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}
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| * {{Card|A Promise}}
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| * {{Card|Extraordinary Resilience}}
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| == Strong Versus... == | | == Strong Versus... == |
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| * Easterlings in general and {{Card|Small Hope}} in particular, which otherwise guarantees the minimum number of burdens for {{Card|Easterling Captain}} and {{Card|Easterling Axeman}} | | * ''List enemy cards this card does well against'' |
| * {{Card|Morgul Brute}}
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| * {{Card|Gollum, Stinker}}
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| == Weak Versus... == | | == Weak Versus... == |
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| Relatively expensive, which can make playing it benefit the Shadow side more than the Free Peoples in the last sites
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| = Rulings = | | = Rulings = |
| On any adventure path other than Towers, this card will always remove a burden and heal a wound regardless of site number.
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| | * ''Put quotes from the CRDs and Comprehensive Rules here that reference this card specifically by name'' |
| | * ''Also put quotes if a particular rule commonly affects the outcome of a card in a subtle manner (such as quoting the [[Rule of 4]] for {{Card|8R20}})'' |
| | * ''Link to rules discussions on TLHH'' |
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| | = See Also = |
| | * ''Add links to the wayback machine (or wiki archival links) for official Decipher articles regarding the card'' |
| | * ''Link to decks that use this card'' |
| | [[Category:Cards That Need Work]] |
