Gloin, Son of Groin (15R6)
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Gloin, Son of Groin (15R6) is a Dwarven Companion from the The Hunters set.
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Strategy
Gameplay Strategy
Gloin, Son of Groin is one of the most widely-used dwarves in Standard and Expanded formats. His basic ability to remove tokens is useful when playing with Dwarven token conditions, but his second ability is the main source of his popularity. The ability to place useless or untimely drawn cards on the bottom of the deck is potent and combos well with cards like Arwen, Echo of Luthién and searching cards like Something Slimy and Simbelmynë. An uncommon use of this card is using Gloin to place shadow cards back in the deck, then drop a Lost to the Goblins bomb.
Deckbuilding Strategy
Strengths and Weaknesses
Synergizes With...
- Stout and Strong, and other similar token conditions.
- Gandalf, Returned can give more tokens for Gloin to use.
- Arwen, Echo of Luthién
- Lost to the Goblins
- Still Needed and Fleet-Footed can be recurred easily with his card drawing ability
Strong Versus...
- Mid-Strength minions
- Cards that place cards on top of your deck, such as Great Cost.
Weak Versus...
- Hand discard, which can render his ability useless
- Saruman’s Power, which can discard your conditions
Rulings
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Alternate Personas
Portrait | Name | Game Text |
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Glóin, Friend to Thorin (2R7) | For each tale you can spot, Glóin is strength +1 (limit +4).
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See Also
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