Understanding the meta will help you identify common strategies and prepare your deck accordingly
Chart shows the price of Team Rocket's Zapdos #70 at the end of each month going back as long as we have tracked the item.
Adds: Cuts: Further Upgrades If you want to stick to LOTR-only cards but don't mind spending extra cash, here's my suggestions on further pickups (the site links the cheapest version but there's also a LOTR version for each of these): Lands: Ancient Tomb, Barad-dur, Mount Doom, Mines of Moria, Reflecting Pool, Rivendell, Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Ramp: Sword of Hearth and Home Draw: The One Ring (obviously) Protection: Lightning Greaves, Mithril Coat Removal: Raise the Palisade, Shadowspear, Swan Song, The Balrog, Durin's Bane Busted: Orcish Bowmasters Two Down, Two To Go
With its status as one of the rarest cards in the world, its value seems poised to continue climbing
However, there are better alternatives like Cosmic Cyclone or Twin Twisters that offer more versatility by also being able to target other types of cards like backrow or face-down spells/traps