Pallando vs Gandalf Final Round and Recap - Playing MECCG: The Wizards wtih Myself

Two wizards marshall every resource available to them to rival the growing darkness of Mordor, Dol Guldur, and the frigid North. They compete, not to satisfy their own pride, but out of a genuine disagreement about the best course of action to achieve their mutual aim - to banish Sauron from Middle Earth for good and all. Wise Pallando has allied himself with Dwarven exiles, and seeks to surround them with vestiges of legitimacy and guide them towards the restoration of a new Dwarf kingdom. Restless Gandalf scours the lands for magic rings. It is said that there is one particular ring that he most hopes to find, but short of that he seeks to collect as many powerful rings and ringbearers to focus their mysterious powers to righteous purpose. The wizards intended to soon call a Free Council and each make their case to the peoples of these war-torn lands, but no man knows the caprices of fate, not even a wizard. -- This is the third matchup in my first MECCG: The Wizards Hero vs Hero double elimination tournament. To remind everyone (spoiler alert), so far Saruman and Alatar have both lost a game. In this game, Gandalf, who won the first game, goes up against Pallando, the only wizard to have not played so far. Who will survive and sway the Free Council? This Pallando deck is a Dwarf / treasure hunters in Dragon Country deck with an animal / wolves / spiders hazard strategy. It capitalizes on Pallando's passive ability to keep an extra card in your hand in order to hold items until just the right time. This passive ability also aids the hazard play as well. There are a few mission-style cards like Book of Mazarbul and King Under the Mountain, but mostly it's just stuffy academic Pallando artifact hunting with a big bunch of rowdy Dwarves. Gandalf is back with his magic rings deck with undead / corruption hazards. I have adjusted the deck since the first game as we have moved to a 60+ card play deck and 30 card sideboard. I have also leaned more into the corruption strategy and replaced Glôin with Bilbo in the starting company to try and take more advantage of Hobbit and scout resource cards. Thank you to anyone who has watched, liked, and commented so far. I know I am basically a newbie at this game and am probably making all kinds of mistakes, and I know that playing in this way against myself is not as "pure" as a game against a human opponent. But I hope this format is entertaining enough and folks can get some enjoyment out of seeing the real cards being played in the real world with a player who is thinking out loud, being goofy, and having fun.