Id certainly pay four life to have repeatable Solemn Simulacrums every turn
Finally, I should point out that this is a perfect example of how decks in Tales of Middle-earth should definitely be looking to splash: both the UW and RW decks will be significantly improved by adding a couple of key uncommons from the third color. In particular, I think adding an aggressive Humans payoff like Erkenbrand can do wonders for the UW deck, but I wouldnt say no to extra flyers in RW either
Its second ability protects itself and other resource denial pieces in play, and its first ability easily combines with several other cards to strip opponents hands, and keep them empty
Each Outlaws of Thunder Junction booster also contains a Breaking News card (OTP)
It's in all the preconstructed decks
[50] The second expansion, "Into the Inklands," was officially announced on December 6, 2023