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Ok so ever since I actually knew what I was doing in Redemption a long time ago...I have always loved large type 1 decks, namely, over 100 cards. So one day I set out to achieve the goal of making a competitive 100 card deck, and this is what it looks like:

Cards: 100

Lost Souls: 14
Wanderer x2
Site Discard x2
Deck Discard x2
N.T. x2
Lost Souls 3 line
Lost Souls 2 line
Shuffler x2
1st Rd. x2

Sites: 11
New Jerusalem
The Ends of the Earth
Promised Land
Egypt x4
Pharaohs Prison x4

Good Dominants: 3
Angel of the Lord
Son of God
New Jerusalem

Evil Dominants: 4
Christian Martyr
Burial
Destruction of Nehushtan
Falling Away

Artifacts: 1
Crown of Thorns

Covenants: 4
Covenant of Noah x2
I Am Truth x2

Curses: 4
Unknown Nation x2
Given Over to Egypt x2

Good Fortresses: 4
Wall of Protection x2
Storehouse x2

Evil Fortresses: 4
Raiders Camp
Pharaohs Throne Room

Heroes: 13
Mephibosheth x2 (purple)
Seraiah the High Priest x2 (teal)
Benjamin (blue)
Jacob FooF (blue)
Tribal Elder (blue)
Angel at Jerusalem x2 (silver)
Captain of the Host x2 (silver)
Angel in the Path (silver)
Maharai (white)

Hero Enhancements:
Royal Parade (purple)
Peace Treaty (purple)
Burning Incense (teal)
Obedience of Noah (blue)
Reubens Torn Clothes x2 (blue)
Spiritual Warfare x2 (MC)

Evil Characters: 15
Potiphar x2
Potiphar's Wife x2
Huge Egyptian x2
Egyptian Horsemen x2
Egyptian Charioteers x2
Egyptian Archer x2
Egyptian Warden x2
Queen Tahpenes x2

Evil Enhancements: 16
Denial of Christ x2
Take as a Slave x2
Enslaved by Egypt x2
Ruthless x2
Moses Kills Egyptian x2
Egyptian Horses x2
Swift Horses x2
Failed Objective x2


Obviously you can see the main point of the deck is not to win fast. I may need to take some hero stuff out and add more evil cards because I really want to just defend the whole game until the end. I do a LOT of deck and hand discarding and of coarse a lot of capture and raiders camp. With 6 capture enhancements and 2 EC's that discard gold enhancements to capture a hero plus Potiphar whose capture can't be negated and Potiphars Wife who captures a male hero who loses battle against her I hope to have a lot of fun with Raiders Camp...then once my opponent decks out and has run out of offense (and hopefully hasnt won yet) then I activate my I Am Truth (CBN ignore abilities) and just peck away...if I run into a PotW or Red Dragon or Nero I have banding and angels. Tell me what you think? So far this deck is 1-0, winning 5-2. I can see it needing more evil after I play test it a little more.

I'd add Gathering x2, The Destroyer x2, Ethiopian Treasurer x2, and Authority of Christ x2.