Thorin turns every Dwarf entering the battlefield into a Treasure, and every artifact token on the board into +1/+0 for each other Dwarf, so the deck floods the board with Dwarves and artifact tokens and swings with an increasingly huge team. Treasures do double duty: they can be kept to pump the Dwarves, or cashed in to cast more threats and pay equip costs. That makes holding versus spending artifact tokens the central decision, and token makers that produce artifacts without needing to be sacrificed are especially valuable. Equipment gives the Dwarves evasion, protection and extra stats, turning a wide, pumped board into lethal damage. How it wins: It builds a wide board of Dwarves pumped by a growing pile of artifact tokens and equipment, then attacks over several turns or in one big alpha strike. Key roles: - Dwarf density: A deep pool of Dwarf creatures, especially cheap ones, ones that come in multiples, and ones that make Dwarf tokens. Each one triggers Thorin for a Treasure and benefits from his pump (Thorin, King of Durin's Folk). - Artifact token generation: Effects that create Treasures, Clues, Food, Map or other artifact tokens beyond Thorin's own triggers, raising every Dwarf's power and supplying spare mana. Repeatable or doubling effects are the most valuable. - Treasure payoffs: Cards that reward having or sacrificing Treasures, such as damage, card draw or extra tokens when Treasures are spent. These keep cashing in tokens from feeling like lost power. - Equipment package: Equipment and equipment tutors that hand the Dwarf army evasion, double strike, protection or raw stats. Treasure mana pays the equip costs, and Dwarves that care about being equipped or that reduce equip costs tie the package together. - Artifact synergy: Cards that count or reward artifacts in general, like cost reducers, anthem effects or triggers whenever an artifact enters. They multiply the value of the token and equipment flood. - Board protection and finishers: Effects that protect the go-wide board from sweepers, plus team-wide pumps, haste or extra combats that convert a pumped Dwarf board into a game-ending attack.

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk decklist

• Smaug the Magnificent
• Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
• Dwarven Mauler
• Dwalin, Weaponmaster
• Iron Hills Stalwart
• Ori, Keeper of Songs
• Óin the Brave
• Nori, Teller of Tales
• Iron Hills Blacksmith
• Bifur, Melodic Rider
• Bombur, Gentle Dreamer
• Dori, Bearer of Friends
• Balin, Loremaster
• Fíli the Pathfinder
• Kíli the Resourceful
• Toolcraft Exemplar
• Dáin's Company
• Gimli, Counter of Kills
• Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
• Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
• Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
• Dáin Ironfoot
• Giott, King of the Dwarves
• Thorin Oakenshield
• Gandalf the White
• Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic