Melilot Brandybuck, Merry Dancer (3R110)

Meant to Be Alone (3C109)

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Old Noakes, Purveyor of Wisdoms (3C111)

	Set:		Realms of the Elf-Lords
	Kind:		Free Peoples
	Culture:		Shire
	Twilight:		1
	Card Type:		Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit
	Strength:		2
	Vitality:		2
	Game Text:		Response: If a burden is about to be added by a Shadow card, exert Melilot Brandybuck to prevent that burden.
	Lore:		“Master Everard Took and Miss Melilot Brandybuck got on a table and with bells in their hands began to dance the Springle-ring: a pretty dance, but rather vigorous.”
	Rarity:		R
	Notes:		Game text is a clarification.
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General Strategy

Melilot Brandybuck, Merry Dancer has limited application in most formats as a fringe-member of the "Hobbit Hospital" strategy. With her response action to prevent the addition of burdens, she is helpful against cards like It Wants To Be Found, without activating the full The Shire Countryside healing engine. If nothing else, she is another body for Horn of Boromir to throw in front of the Witch-King or another Hobbit to spot with Chance Observation.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Burden adding cards, such as It Wants To Be Found
• Easy to keep healed with Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir, Hobbit Party Guest, and Stout and Sturdy
• Cannon fodder with cards like One Whom Men Would Follow or Horn of Boromir

Weak Versus...

• Tower Assassin, and other ally-targeting cards

Example Decks

Movie Block deck by putridbreath

(33) Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir - The One Ring, SaWtC 1x Sam, Great Elf Warrior 1x Merry, Rohirrim Squire 1x Pippin, Sworn to Service

4x Gandalf, Defender of the West 1x Bilbo, Well-spoken Gentlehobbit 1x Rosie, Hobbiton Lass 1x Bounder 1x Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal 1x Melilot Brandybuck, Merry Dancer 1x Farmer Maggot, Chaser of Rascals

4x Hobbit Sword 1x Sting, BotEL 1x Narya

1x Grown Suddenly Tall 2x Roll of Thunder 2x Let Us Not Tarry 4x NfFatRoD 1x On Your Doorstep

1x The Tale of the Great Ring 2x Trust Me As You Once Did 2x There and Back Again