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Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
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A high-value Adventure creature: Easy Pickings can sweep away multiple opposing X/1s before Glóin arrives as a solid 4/3 that generates two red mana every turn. It is especially strong in RW Dwarves, where its types and legendary status matter, but is broadly playable in red decks.
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Play around this
Avoid committing several one-toughness creatures when the opponent could cast Easy Pickings, especially if they can turn the sweep into a favorable attack.
Gameplay notes
Cast Easy Pickings first whenever it can kill a relevant creature, since doing so preserves access to Glóin from exile. Plan to spend the two red mana during your first main phase; it empties when that phase ends, so use it on spells, Equipment activations, or other costs before combat.
Key synergies
Once you have an enduring story, Bifur doubles Glóin's beginning-of-main-phase trigger, increasing the mana production from two red mana to four.
Casting Glóin as a nontoken Dwarf triggers Fíli to create an additional 2/2 Dwarf token, while Glóin's legendary status also helps establish the enduring story that turns Fíli's board into an anthem-backed army.
Dáin's Company can find Glóin as a Dwarf, and Glóin in turn supplies the second Dwarf needed to give the Company lifelink.
Casting Easy Pickings as a noncreature spell triggers Noisemaker to amass Goblins, while the one-sided damage can clear small blockers before the enlarged Army attacks.
Glóin's recurring {R}{R} supplies Gandalf's exact colored requirement and lets four lands produce the remaining mana, accelerating this powerful six-drop by a turn.
Easy Pickings and Gnashing of Teeth's sweep mode combine to give all opposing creatures -2/-2, letting the two effects clear substantially larger boards while Glóin remains available to cast afterward.
Glóin's natural 4/3 body turns on Ferocious, letting Nighthowl Pursuer attack as a 3/3 menace without requiring another pump effect.
Glóin entering as another Dwarf triggers Kíli to draw a card, and both legendary Dwarves help build toward Kíli's enduring-story threshold.
Glóin's recurring {R}{R} lets five lands produce the seven mana needed to cast Smaug, accelerating the large flying finisher by two lands.
Because Glóin is a Dwarf, Dwarven Mattock can attach to him immediately when it enters, turning him into a durable 6/5 with ward without paying the equip cost.
Glóin's natural 4 power enables Wargling's Ferocious attack trigger, pumping the Wargling and granting the entire attacking team trample.
If Easy Pickings kills a creature, Dreaded Bat-Cloud costs only {1}{B}; with five mana, both spells can be cast in the same turn for a one-sided cleanup followed by a 4/2 flying deathtouch threat.
Easy Pickings can kill one or more opposing one-toughness creatures, triggering Great Fierce Bee's death-based scry and converting the sweeper into additional card selection.
Glóin supplies the 4-power creature Ravening Warg needs for Ferocious, allowing its attacks to gain life and improve aggressive race situations.
Easy Pickings can kill multiple opposing 1-toughness creatures at once, and Head of the Hunt converts each of those deaths into a 2/2 Wolf while Glóin remains available to cast afterward.