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Here is my Genesis deck please tell me some ways to improve it and rate it on a scale one to ten. Thank you.

Cards in deck: 56
Lost Souls: 8
   Lost Soul (anti-burial)
   Lost Soul (female only)
   Lost Soul (hopper)
   Lost Soul (N.T. only)
   Lost Soul (revealer)
   Lost Soul (shame)
   Lost Soul (shuffler)
   Lost Souls (2-line)

Lamb Dominants: 6
   Angel of the Lord
   Grapes of Wrath
   Guardian Of Your Souls
   Harvest Time
   New Jerusalem
   Son of God

Grim Reaper Dominants: 5
   Burial
   Christian Martyr
   Destruction of Nehushtan
   Falling Away
   Mayhem

Fortresses: 1
   Storehouse

Multi-Color Sites: 1
   Dragon Raid

Artifacts: 9
   Burial Shroud
   Chariot of Fire
   David's Harp
   Gifts of the Magi
   Household Idols
   Priestly Crown
   Stone Pillar at Bethel
   Tables of the Law
   Unholy Writ

Red Covenant Cards: 1
   I am Creator

Blue Covenant Cards: 1
   Covenant of Noah

Silver Heroes: 1
   Angel at Shur

Blue Heroes: 9
   Asher
   Benjamin
   Dan
   Jacob
   Leah
   Levi
   Rebekah
   Simeon
   Zebulun

Blue Hero Enhancements: 8
   Buying Grain
   Jacob Buries the Foreign gods
   Jacob's Rods
   Laughter
   Numerous as the Stars
   Pleading for the City
   Reuben's Torn Clothes
   Sign of the Rainbow

Gold Evil Characters: 2
   Emperor Claudius
   King of Tyrus

Pale Green Evil Characters: 1
   Prince of this World

Black Evil Characters: 1
   Philistine Garrison

Gray Evil Characters: 1
   Emperor Nero
Is that better

First, you need to change your deck count... it's actually 56, which makes it legal.

I'm not seeing the reason for Cov w/ Adam and Elijah's Mantle atm...

Also... ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS use two-liner (except for multiplayer... and even then)

Also... there is absolutely no reason why DoN should not be in this deck.  One G-Cow and your whole offense dies.

5th... I simply don't see blue as enough of a powerhouse offense to risk only 5 stand-alone evil characters.

Overall, good ideas.  Obviously a solid offense but still needs work for tournament play.  

Score: 7

WAY too many Artifacts. I consider a deck Artifact-heavy when it has 7.

Blue has been blessed with Journey to Egypt, largely negating the need for Priestly Crown. Never use Tables of the Law. Ever. Chariot of Fire or David's Harp, never both unless you're using a highly-specialized deck. You have Gifts in there all by its lonesome with no way to make your opponent draw cards. I suggest adding Hur or taking out Gifts.

Laughter, Jacob's Rods, and Pleading for the City are dubious. The offense sorely needs OoN and AStU. Also, CotH wouldn't hurt for a quick setup with Jacob.

You'd be better off using no access Sites than just Dragon Raid. Access Sites need to be 2 or 3, or zero. Don't forget about Journey to Egypt.

Storehouse is superfluous as you have only 19 cards total which cannot be played down during the Discard Phase.

The defense is flimsy at best, useless at worst. Emperors is the best thing to combo with Genesis, since RDJ can be used at will without nuking an offensive Fort, and the hand discard on offense and defense can really hurt.

Red banding offense would pretty much walk in without a single worry. I've never been crazy for tiny standalone defenses. (my current deck has over 60 evil cards in it.  )