Heroes 10
Melchizedek
Angel under the Oak
Samuel
David the Shepherd
King Saul - never used him as evil
Abigail
Asahel
Ishmiah the Gibeonite
King Jehu - never used him as evil
King Amaziah
GE's 6
Faith of David
Council of Abigail
A Soldiers Prayer
Bravery of David
Valley of Salt
DAE 1
Unified Language
Evil Characters 7
Reheboam (Crimson)
King Nebuchadnezzar
Leviathan
Deluders
The Serpent
Fire Foxes
The Deceiver
Evil Enhancements 5
Wages of Sin
Scattered
Dream
Belshazzar's Banquet
Serpent's Curse - never used as a curse
Forts/Arts/sites - 6
The Throne of David
I am Creator
Great White Throne
You Will Remain
Covenant of Prayer
Ends of the Earth
Dom's 7
SoG
TSC
AotL
3W's
FA (cow)
CM
Strife
Lost Souls 8
Hopper
Covet
Vindicated
Prosperity
Wanderer
Humble
Blind
Darkness
Reserve 10
Treasures of War
Uzzah
Foreign Wives
King Saul's Spear
Fourth Bowl of Wrath
Anthropophobia
Fire from Heaven
Lost Anoiting
King Elah
Raising Lazarus
Game 1
Joshua Hojas
5-1
Judges/Job Defense
I had a first turn AuTO by GWT by popping Wages for Treasures which I popped to get a first turn AuTO.
Game 2
Dario Villanueva
5-3
Judges, RBD and HSR slowed me down but the defense held.
Game 3
Kye Murphy
4-3 Time out
2 turns droughted at the start of the game. First turn music leader for Kye. One battle I triggered ML and GC 6 times because I had fallen so far behind on resources I figured it was time to go for it.
Game 4
Aiden S.
5-4
Job deck, 1st turn Job
Walked by for 2 and then only got SoG, TSC - Aiden played well but I was able to chump block enough times to make the comeback.
Game 5
John Early
4-4 Tie
Mirror offense
He had PoZ, prosperity, darkness, hSR turn 1 before I got to go
Game 6
Jay Chambers
5-2
Flood Survivors, I am Creator turn 1
He played ANB in a side battle and I drew into I am Creator off ANB. SoG, TSC were the only rescues.
Cards that have been in and out of the deck/reserve
Christian Suing Another
Great Image
Behemoth
Gates of Hell
Rain Becomes Dust
Might Warrior
Plague of Frogs
Fires of Abaddon
Abaddon
Brian Jones and I worked on this deck together all year. We tried to improve upon the consistency of the deck based off my list from teams the year before.
Keynotes
- This deck list has not lost a game this year where I got to make a first turn rescue with Angel under the Oak. This is why I felt IaC and GWT where both necessary. More than once I used a soldiers prayer plus FA to pull off a first turn IaC for AutO. I also used Wages to get treasures and used treasures on nothing to trigger a first turn GWT.
- blind lost soul was a wasted slot. Being at the top table all day I only remember seeing a couple NT souls in total. I wish I had played Lawless instead.
-Wages of Sin for Elah proved extremely useful
-Serpent and Serpents Curse made blocks all year long and it was great in nationals as well.
-Raising Lazarus could only be pulled out by covenant of Prayer but if david, Abigail, ahimelek or asahel went down I wanted a way to recur them. With ASP I was able to recur 2 key heroes if necessary.
-I, like everyone else was unaware of the combo John and Gabe had worked out with King Jehu's discard not triggering until after Asahel choose the blocker resolved. I could have used that combo during the tournament but didn't because I assumed the discard of Jehu took place prior to the completion of Asahel's choose the blocker. John Early used that on me in the top cut game and I was astonished by the ruling. I will say John played some counters and souls to get those counters quickly which really gave him an advantage in the mirror match with me. I believe I can block more strong rescues then he can but he didnt have to block strong rescues because of the counters.
- Knowing the Jehu asahel combo now I would cut Bravery of David for sure. With that slot open I would also cut dream and make space for Abaddon and Gates of Hell. (This would probably also get Red Dragon and Fires of Abaddon into reserve)
- lurking is still super good and I probably should've been playing it.
- deluders was a boss all year and made CM and FA extremely consistent blocks all year.
