A deck heavy loaded with location attachments, event recursion, South Away, and Haldan would be a fun little burner. Drop 10 cheap attachments for 10 threat loss and draw 10 cards. Do it all again for even more. Switch to another active location, keep the loaded one to the side, and pile it on.

Master of Lore is not only a cost reducer that needs 3 rounds to justify its payment. It's an ally too. So even if it is an errata card it's always good to pay 3 for its multi-fonction nature : questing (with its 1 willpower or 1 defense in Siege mode), chump-blocking, or cost reducing (that can be increased by Leather Boots or Spare Hood and Cloak for instance). Plus, with its Gondor trait, he could benefit from Visionary Leadership bonus in some bi or tri-sphere Gondor deck.

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Not much reviews neither comments, nor many questlogs but... come on ! Even in errata version, it remains a powerful and fun archetype, but absolutely not a no-brainer one (can be tricky, risky and eliminatory without planning !) Not a great variety on the cards choice for some optimal deck-building (mono , Arwen Undómiel, Círdan the Shipwright or Dáin Ironfoot, and / or Lothíriel, Prince Imrahil, Glorfindel, Jubayr) however that's mitigated by the randomness nature of the archetype itself : depending on the scenario, the moment and the allies of the Caldara's effect may change a lot. One can add even more surprise and (often) effectivness to Caldara's archetype with Dáin Ironfoot and The Burglar's Turn which is great against scenarios with early combat engagements.

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