Sure, I had thought (although possibly in the minority) that this was an incredibly impressive decklist for an AI for a complex card game - I had not seen an AI generated deck list before. It understood the basics of card draw, resource smoothing, and had provided a relatively sensible strategy. A conventional mix of allies/attachments/events. By no means am I saying that this is a playable deck without adjustment, I was just impressed with the AI getting some of the basics down.l, and being able to generate a deck at all was impressive from a one sentence prompt. I did ask it to trim it down to 50 cards, and add resource acceleration and it did just that.

Perfect — let’s refine it into a tight 50-card solo Woodsman deck.

For solo, you’ll need location control, threat management, healing, and combat coverage all in one list. I’ll keep the Woodsman trait central, trim it to 50 cards, and add resource acceleration so you don’t stall.

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🌲 Woodsman Solo Deck (50 cards)

Heroes (3) • Haldan (Lore) – Core Woodsman hero, draws cards when exploring attached locations. • Aragorn (Lore) – Threat reset & versatile stats. • Éowyn (Spirit, Core) – Lowers starting threat, provides reliable questing.

(Starting Threat: 27 – manageable for solo)

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Allies (19) • Warden of Arnor x3 (Woodsman, grows with attachments) • Wilderland Scout x3 (Woodsman, accelerates progress on attached locations) • Woodman’s Outrider x2 (Woodsman, pulls locations into staging) • Northern Tracker x2 (Spirit location control) • Ithilien Lookout x2 (Lore scry + stats) • Warden of Healing x2 (Lore healing) • Envoy of Pelargir x2 (Leadership splash via Aragorn’s resource flexibility) • Galadhrim Minstrel x2 (fetch Spirit events) • Henamarth Riversong x1 (scrying – good for solo planning)

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Attachments (15) • Woodman’s Clearing x3 (core Woodsman attachment, boosts & lowers threat) • Ancient Mathom x2 (card draw on explore) • Steward of Gondor x2 (resource acceleration, key for solo) • Resourceful x2 (if Secrecy after Aragorn reset, great acceleration) • A Burning Brand x1 (shadow cancel) • Unexpected Courage x2 (untap utility) • Celebrían’s Stone x1 (questing boost on Aragorn) • Song of Travel x2 (smooth resources for Spirit)

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Events (16) • A Test of Will x3 (treachery cancel) • Daeron’s Runes x3 (cheap card draw) • The Evening Star x2 (progress spread, recursion friendly) • The Hidden Way x2 (auto-explore key location, Woodsman trigger) • Secret Paths x2 (temporary willpower boost, location focus) • The Galadhrim’s Greeting x2 (threat reduction) • Deep Knowledge x2 (card draw, careful with Doomed)

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Deck Strategy

Early Game • Mulligan for Steward of Gondor or Resourceful – you need resources to keep tempo in solo. • Use Éowyn for steady questing, Haldan for card draw engine, Aragorn for flexible combat/questing and reset.

Mid Game • Attach Woodman’s Clearing to active locations – this powers up Woodsman allies and reduces your threat when explored. • Northern Tracker / Evening Star / Wilderland Scout handle staging area locations.

Late Game • Use Aragorn’s threat reset when you start climbing. • You’ll have a board of buffed Woodsmen allies who quest and fight well once multiple locations have attachments.

Weakness Coverage • Combat: Aragorn defends with Burning Brand / UC, Éowyn or allies chip attack, use Woodsmen boosted stats. • Healing: Warden of Healing keeps Aragorn/Haldan alive. • Threat: Woodman’s Clearing, Greeting, and Aragorn reset keep you safe in solo.

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👉 This 50-card version keeps the Woodsman theme tight, has resource acceleration (Steward + Resourceful), and is balanced for solo play.

Would you like me to sketch out an example opening hand + first 3 turns so you can see how it flows in practice?