Yeah, I was a little surprised too; in fact, out of all the LotR decks, the Nazguls seem to get the most play, followed closely by Gandalf, then more distantly by Witch King and Legolas/Gimli (which I think is largely driven by me, they’re among my most common LotR picks). Aragorn and Frodo get shockingly little play (more than other LotR characters, but about only half as much as the aforementioned characters), and I think the Cave Troll sees a lot of people pick it only to realize, no, it isn’t the Balrog (I feel like I get “Where’s Sauron and the Balrog?” an awful lot, if not as much as “Where’s Revan?”). It seems like a number of people (myself included, if we’re being honest) gravitate towards the decks that seem weird, including the AT-ST, Officer/4 Stormtroopers, and a Scooby-Doo deck that I made. Never underestimate the appeal of an intriguing weirdo.

Now, as much as I see people go for the Nazguls, for whatever reason I’m struggling to recall how they tend to do. I *think* they to do about average, maybe a little on the weaker side? For what it’s worth, I enjoy playing them myself, though I think that maybe the weakness to female characters on the defense card could be removed without harm to the deck; I don’t recall the Nazguls sharing the Witch King’s weakness, and it’s just kinda frustrating having your power defense be *totally* useless in that situation (I like how the Witch King’s power defense works much more; while weakened against the likes of Eowyn, Arwen, and Shelob, you can still get use out of your power defense if you manage to use it against a 5/1, which I think is important to making that weakness not feel too unfair).

Next time I see Nazguls hit the board, I’ll try to make a note of how they perform.

Thanks for this, I love this kind of info!

I’m surprised people like the Nazgul. How does it perform? I’ve only seen it a few times myself and it’s an unconventional design.

Once or twice, though it’s been a while since so I can’t really remember the details. I think Plagueis did… okay? I don’t think Sidious got used very well and died before a single DARK ARTS was pulled, but ultimately I think the card did turn the tide for my teammate, allowing him to survive a last-minute onslaught and poke his way to victory against a drained opponent. I believe the teammate was using the LotR Nazguls deck (which seems to be a surprisingly popular pick when I’m playing with random players; the idea of playing a gaggle of Nazguls seems to be fairly appealing to people), while the opponent was using a Frieza (from Dragon Ball Z) deck designed by my brother (the deck in question is quite powerful on paper with a transformation mechanic that powers him way up, but I just kept seeing the same guy repeatedly lose with it for awhile there; this particular game was actually probably his best performance yet, but ultimately he ran out of steam and couldn’t finish off the final, near-death Nazgul).

In retrospect, it was a fairly memorable game, with my team having to flee across the board, trying to scrounge up the cards to survive Frieza’s powered-up wrath; in this respect, Plagueis played a key role in winning the game, despite Sidious’s early death and ultimately getting killed himself.

Overall, though, I don’t tend to play Plagueis much; most of my games tend to be with some amount of totally new players, and I generally try to pick characters on the weaker end of the spectrum to avoid being too dominant in those cases (though really, I not infrequently end up making boneheaded decisions that get me wiped out early anyway). Plus, as far as character appeal goes, Plagueis just kinda isn’t among my favorite characters; I keep the deck around because it’s an interesting design, and I do contemplate playing him now and again, but I’ll generally end up going with someone else for one reason or another.

Interesting question. Obviously, DARK ARTS already breaks the rules of Epic Duels so the rule book probably isn’t going to cover this one.

The Han & Chewie player could conceivably miss his entire turn but nonetheless, once it’s Plagues’ turn, he can bring them both back if he has 2 DARK ARTS to play. It’s a powerful card, I sometimes find the “within one turn” clause annoying but without it, the card’s power would go through the roof.

Just curious, you ever play with this deck?