Escape from Dol Guldur - True Solo - Revised Core Only

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Wolfegang 412

Deck I used to defeat Escape from Dol Guldur in this video:

https://youtu.be/7efXezz-TXM

It’s a true solo play with only cards available from the revised core set.

14 comments

Apr 22, 2022 Jreilly89 462

Very cool! Looks like a good deck.

Apr 22, 2022 Wolfegang 412

@Jreilly89 thanks!

Jun 29, 2022 robby 1

New to game. I only have 2x cores from 2011 and was missing a few cards but I got as far as 8 progress tokens in Stage 1B — the farthest I've ever gone after playing about 10 games for this quest with a different deck. This is awesome.

Jun 29, 2022 Wolfegang 412

@robby awesome, glad to hear it’s been an improvement for you. This deck was a revision I made from a single core deck I found on a Reddit forum. With or without the extra cards from additional core sets, I would always reset immediately if Aragorn or Eowyn are taken prisoner

Nov 25, 2023 masfueg0 1

Is this deck good for other quest in general?

Oct 24, 2024 Maxlum 31

I was able to complete the mission on the fifth attempt.

Oct 25, 2024 Wolfegang 412

@Maxlum - awesome! This quest is a challenge (and has some pretty devastating randomness sometimes). Glad you could try out my deck!

Mar 04, 2026 Lalocage 1

Success at first try on Dol Guldur, thank you!

Mar 21, 2026 Anitadinamita 1

Did you try this deck with other quests? Are there more success stories with this deck?

Mar 21, 2026 Wolfegang 412

@Lalocage Awesome! Happy questing.

Mar 21, 2026 Wolfegang 412

@Anitadinamita - it’s been a while, but if I remember right it was successful with most of the quests in the first cycle and core set. I’m not one to create a new deck for every scenario if I can avoid it, so I built this for the hardest / most specific quest in the cycle and was happy with it.

Mar 21, 2026 Anitadinamita 1

Awesome! Thanks a lot! I’m gonna try it first with Anduin to get familiar and the Dol Guldur!! Im a bit scared since im just playing since less than 2 months ago and everyone talks about the nightmare it is to pass Dil Guldur! I hope your deck helps! Thanks again

Mar 21, 2026 Wolfegang 412

@Anitadinamita Good luck! And I’ve found that some quests like Dol Guldur still have a heavy luck swing depending on the setup and draw of the encounter deck. Don’t hesitate to reset early if you get a bad draw.

Mar 21, 2026 Anitadinamita 1

Ok! I will let you know how it goes… I guess I have to get used to “die” and reset with no frustration