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Preferred Player Count: 1-4
Rating: .5
Premise
My take on a thematic Silvan deck. Excluding cards like Legacy of Númenor or Steward of Gondor take away some explosivity and delay the board-state in which you can recycle Host of Galadhrim every round, however you are still left with a very fun, versatile and tricksy archetype that is equipped to handle most challenges. Late in the game, you can of course still recycle Host every round (getting the needed fourth resource by Galion in conjuncture with Elf Guide), but the road to that point is a bit more diverse than in the optimized combo versions. For the combo itself, I encourage you to check out either my solo or multiplayer version of the Silvan archetype where I explain it in-depth.
How To Play
Your two key cards in my opinion are generally O Lórien! (as a much-needed resource accelerator) and Galadhrim Minstrel as your glue card that can fetch you whatever is needed at the moment. Having them early helps a lot (especially O Lórien), so I either look for them directly in my opening hand or I look for cards that promise a quick access to them (like Peace, and Thought or Deep Knowledge. The White Council is your emergency button if you discard an important piece of you Host-Galion-Elf Guide combo with A Very Good Tale.
Considerations
Steward of Gondor. Legacy of Númenor and The Seeing-stone would all improve the deck considerably, I excluded them for theme reasons however. Captain's Wisdom can be a nice alternative if you find yourself really struggling for resources. Double Back is just always great, especially in higher player counts if you or others are worried about threat.
Enjoy!!!