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If you want to ignore languages (as most other counts of this problem on the internet do), you get 38,768 mechanically unique cards

No bootlegs

Merry, Esquire of Rohan: Merry is a perfect friend for Amy, as Merry draws cards, and joins in the hasty attacks, all the way from Middle-Earth

This IS NOT a budget deck

Because a huge draw of these LOTR commander decks is the setting themselves, I'm doing something special with this round of upgrades: on top of my regular upgrade guide I will also be providing a LOTR-only upgrade path using only cards from the LOTR set (the main set, box toppers, and cards from other precons) so people looking to keep their decks 100% LOTR-themed can still do so

New players could consider taking a look at our previous article on the best decks for beginners as well