Well Stamp is awesome! Not only did he take an entire night to host a whole type NW event for all of us, he offered his own redemption cash as prizes! Thank you Stamp, it was amazing meeting you and being able to play your event.
I was lucky enough to take first. Here's my deck (we were able to use the new cards):
Cards in Deck: 70
Lost Souls: 9
2-Line
Female Only
Discarder
NT Only
Hand Discard
Cannot be Prevented
Double in a Site
Wanderer
Punisher
Sites: 7
Babylon
Babylon
Wilderness of Sinai
Hormah
Dangerous Way
Babylonian Banquet Hall
Pergamum
Artifacts/covenants/curses: 6
Darius' Decree
I am Redemption
Wastelands
Unknown Nation
Go Into Captivity
Confusion of Mind
Fortresses: 5
Z-temple
Jerusalem Tower
Wall of Protection
High Places
Philistine Outpost
Teal Heroes: 1
Joida, Son of Eliashib
Gold Heroes: 7
Moses
The Thankful Leper
Elisabeth
Ehud
The Generous Widow
Women at the Well
Martha
Gold Enhancements: 8
Meeting the Messiah
Ehud's Dagger
Fishers of Men
Furnace of God's Wrath
Vengeance of Eternal Fire
"Shibboleth"
A New Creation
Ambush the City (this card turned out to be utterly worthless)
Evil Characters: 11
Philistine Garrison
Philistine Armor Bearer
The Twelve Fingered Giant
Lot's Wife
Mannaseh
King Amon
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
The Winged Leopard
Greek Philosophers
Greek Philosophers
Greek Scholars
Evil Enhancements: 15
Overwhelmed by Philistines
Land Dispute
Philistine Chariot and Horses
Bringing Fear
Goliath's Armor (helped me more than you could ever know)
Cornered (read the card, it's amazing)
Danites Attack
Babel
Pride of Simon
Intent to Kill
Abominations of Desolation
Hunger
Devourer
Joseph in Prison
Foolish Advice
I gave a total of 4 souls in three rounds (would have been three but one of my opponent's switched a ls with Nebushasben to give me a ls that he had already gotten half of)
. It ALWAYS locked out with sites and the defense was a beast. Once I played A-bom I just wiped their territory and walked in for souls.
One thing that was one of the main reasons I won was my invinsible philistine garrison. If he was gone, I could discard a card from deck to use philistine outpost to get him back from my discard. He was shuffled into my deck once and I used unknown nation. Once, he was discarded in battle, I used unknown nation to get philistine armorbearer and then switched to put garrison right back in battle.
Also, I'd put "corned" on a site with high places and that stopped chariot of fire. Heroes that I discarded were gone for good.
Seriously... Philistines were unstoppable with the new cards and no dominants. The had several standalone, and way too many ways to recur them. It was an absolutely awesome event and I'm glad I played it. Thanks again stamp!
