The Choice of Luthien (1R100)

Change of Plans (1R99)

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Coat of Mail (1C101)

	Set:		Fellowship of the Ring
	Kind:		Free Peoples
	Culture:		Gondor
	Twilight:		1
	Card Type:		Condition
	Game Text:		Tale. Plays to your support area. Maneuver: Exert Aragorn to heal Arwen, or exert Arwen to heal Aragorn.
	Lore:		“‘But she chose mortality, and to die from the world, so that she might follow him; and it is sung that they met again beyond the Sundering Seas....'”
	Rarity:		R
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General Strategy

Along with Arwen's Fate and Gift of the Evenstar, The Choice of Luthien focuses on the relationship between Aragorn and Arwen. It is probably the best card of the three, thanks to its versatility. The ability to transfer wounds from one to the other makes exertion abilities easier to use (Such as Arwen's Fate and Aragorn's Bow), as the player can ensure the character who needs to exert has the most vitality. It also allows the Free Peoples player to balance out wounds between the two characters, rather than having one fully healed and the other at death's door. The Choice of Luthien, being a maneuver card, shields the pair from Hate and Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul, unless both Aragorn and Arwen are near death anyway. It also allows the player to get the best use out of other healing effects (E.g. Aragorn, King in Exile cannot heal himself, but Arwen can heal him via The Choice of Luthien and he can then heal her with his own text). Finally, the card's ability is free to use (Unlike Shoulder to Shoulder), and can be used as often as necessary during each Maneuver phase.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Wounding (especially Maneuver wounding)

Weak Versus...

• Heal prevention (Black Breath, Steward's Tomb)

Example Decks

Aragorn and Arwen deck:

1x Arwen, Daughter of Elrond 1x Aragorn, Heir to the White City 1x Sam, Son of Hamfast 3x Elrond, Herald to Gil-galad 3x Galadriel, Lady of the Golden Wood 2x Asfaloth 1x Gwemegil 1x Armor 1x Flaming Brand 1x Ranger's Sword 1x Hobbit Sword 1x Sting 1x Mithril-coat 3x Secret Sentinels 4x Arwen's Fate 1x Gift of the Evenstar 1x The Last Alliance of Elves and Men 1x The Tale of Gil-galad 1x The Choice of Luthien 4x A Promise 1x O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!