Editing Sauron Initiative

'''Sauron Initiative''' is a {{C|Sauron}}-[[culture]] deck strategy and [[subculture]] in [[King Block]]. It's a loose group of [[orc]] [[Tracker]] [[minion]]s and associated cards that all get large bonuses when you have seized [[Initiative]].

The main cards of this half-a-deck strategy are:
* <!--Orc Pursuer-->{{Card|7C303}}
* {{Card|Orc Chaser}}
* {{Card|Orc Stalker}}
* {{Card|Orc Archer Troop}}
* {{Card|Flames Within}}

{{Card|Besieging Pike}} and {{Card|Orc Seeker}} also benefit from initiative and are occasionally played with these other cards, but the pike is generally less useful than another minion or a support [[condition]], and Orc Seeker is very similar to the more-reliable {{Card|Grishnakh, Orc Captain}}.

This is only half a deck because you still need to seize [[initiative]] somehow to activate these minions' gametext. The most popular ways to do so are {{Card|Mordor Fighter}} (although you'll also need to add [[threat]]s somehow), or a [[discard]]-focused strategy with cards like {{Card|Orc Inquisitor}}, {{Card|Tower of Barad-dur}}, and {{Card|Desperate Defense of the Ring}}. You can also use {{Card|Some Secret Art of Flame}}, usually in conjunction with cheap [[condition]]s with no [[spot]]ting requirement like {{Card|Orc Banner}}, or initiative tools from some other culture, like {{C|Raider}} [[boat]]s.

These cards hook into other decks very cleanly, since they're relatively efficient and have little [[cultural enforcement]] other than needing initiative. The minions are mostly [[tracker]]s with decent [[vitality]], so they fit into [[Sauron Grind]]. Discard decks naturally seize initiative, so they fit into [[Sauron Discard]]. The need to set up threats for {{Card|Mordor Fighter}} might naturally lead you into using some of the minions from [[Sauron Threats]]. Like many {{C|Sauron}} strategies in [[King Block]], they're half a deck, looking for the other half.

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