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50 cards
Lost Souls
   Lost Soul (Female Only)
   Lost Soul (N.T. only)   
   Lost Soul (Wanderer)
   Lost Soul (Shut Door)
   Lost Soul (Same Testament)
   Lost Soul (Discarder)
   Lost Soul (Punisher)

Lamb Dominants
   Son of God (G/H)
   Angel of the Lord
   New Jerusalem

Grim Reaper Dominants
   Christian Martyr
   Vain Philosophy
   Burial
   Strife

Fortresses
   The Garden Tomb

Artifacts/Curses
   Four-Drachma Coin
   Holy Grail

Blue Heroes
   Claudia
   Mary Magdalene

Red Heroes
   Peter
   The Centurion at Capernaum
   The Centurion at Calvary

White Heroes
   Mary the Mother of James
   Salome
   Joanna
   Lydia
   Susanna
   Peter's Mother in Law

Blue Hero Enhancements
   Abraham's Descendant
   Abraham's Servant to Ur

Red Hero Enhancements
   A Soldier's Prayer
   David's Triumph

White Hero Enhancements
   Blessings
   Consider the Lilies
   First Fruits
   'He is Risen'
   Magnificat
   
Multi-Color Hero Enhancements
   Resurrection
   
Gray Evil Characters
   Proud Pharisee
   The Entrapping Pharisees
   Pharisees (Peach Border)
   Pharisees (Red Border)
   Pharisees (Tan Border)
   Sabbath Breaker
   Emperor Vitellius

Gray Evil Enhancements
   Pretension
   Casting Lots
   Self-Righteous Prayer
   Night Raid

Multi-Color Evil Enhancements
   Just a Hireling (Grey/Black)

Total $74.44

Even though only 1 deck is going to be for sale on Three Lions Gaming, I'm excited at the prospect of having multiple neat deck ideas that people can try out on their own.

Le bump!

We've had great submissions so far, would anyone else care to throw their expertise into this challenge?

Mine's a work in progress. It will be the most American deck you've ever seen, on both good and evil.

By the way, the current deck of the month appears to be cut off after King Belshazzar. I'm at work, so I'm using IE, but you might want to check that.

Red, White, and Blue: 1942
Total Cards: 50
Lost Souls: 7
Rejoice ($2.00)
N.T. ($0.75)
Female Only ($0.50)
First Round ($5.00)
Punisher ($1.79)
Thorns ($0.80)
Resurrection ($2.00)

Dominants: 7
I/J Son of God ($2.00)
Burial ($1.00)
Martyr ($1.00)
New Jerusalem ($10.00)
Angel of the Lord ($0.25)
DoN ($5.50)
Vain Philosophy ($2.00)

Fortresses: 3
The Garden Tomb ($2.83)
High Places ($3.15)
Herod’s Temple ($2.97)

Artifacts: 4
Darius’ Decree ($2.25)
4 Drachma Coin ($0.99)
Holy Grail ($6.50)
Lampstand of the Sanctuary ($13.95)

Heroes: 9
Mary Magdalene ($0.50)
Claudia ($0.25)
Mary, Mother of James ($0.92)
Salome ($0.96)
Susanna ($1.12)
Peter ($0.25)
Jephthah ($0.25)
Centurion at Capernaum ($0.67)
Centurion at Calvary ($1.27)

Enhancements: 7
Loaves and Fishes ($2.00)
A Soldier’s Prayer  ($0.83)
Abraham’s Servant to Ur ($0.50)
Consider the Lilies ($2.47)
He is Risen! ($5.57)
Benedictus ($0.48)
First Fruits ($0.83)

Evil Characters: 7
Antiochus Epiphanes IV ($0.83)
The Goat with Horn ($0.48)
The Winged Leopard ($2.48)
Prince of Greece ($0.44)
Gibeonite Delagates ($0.50)
The Woman of Thebez ($0.75)
Lot’s Wife ($1.25)

Evil Enhancements: 6
Abomination of Desolation ($1.65)
Fortify Site ($0.75)
Pride of Simon ($0.25)
Joseph in Prison ($2.00)
Stone of Thebez ($1.25)
Intent to Kill ($1.00)

Total Cost: $99.73 

This deck is the epitome of American: we have Red, White, and Blue on offense, and the Atomic Bomb defense. At first glance you might think that it's a bit weak on offense, however, the true power of this deck comes in the form of territory destruction. You can search out and recur Loaves and Fishes with A Soldier's Prayer and Consider the Lilies, which will trigger A-Bomb. You can also wreck a defense with He is Risen!, Holy Grail, and Jephthah. Abomination of Desolation can take out any pesky territory protection (and Benedictus in the case of CP). To protect A-Bomb, we use Darius' Decree (which is then protected with Lampstand of the Sanctuary).

Well I threw one together

Souls: 7
Can't be prevented - 7.10
hand discard - 2.36
Female Only - .50
Thorns - .80
Deck Discard - 1.00
NT Only - .75
Ressurction - 2.00

Dominants: 7
Angel of The Lord (G) - .25
New Jerusalem - 10.00
Son of God - 2.00
Burial (G) - 1.00
Christian Martyr (G) - 1.00
Vain Philosophy - 2.00
Destruction of Nehushtan - 5.50

Good Fortresses: 1
The Garden Tomb - 2.83

Sites: 2
Hormah - .61
canaan - .75

Artifacts: 3
Four-Drachma Coin - .99
Golden Cherubim - 3.00
Holy Grail - 6.50

Covenants: 1
The New Covenant - 3.48

White Heroes: 5
Joanna - 2.13
Mary Magdalene - 3.94
Salome - .96
Mary the Mother of James - .92
Susanna - 1.12

Red Heroes: 3
Peter - .25
The Centurion at Cappernaum - .67
The Centurion at Calvary - 1.27

Muti-colored Good Enhancements: 1
First Fruits - .83

White Enhancements: 3
Consider the Lilies - 2.47
'He is Risen' - 5.57
Magnificat - 1.93

Red Enhancements: 4
A soldier's Prayer - .83
Bravery of David - 1.75
Centurion's Proclamation - 1.23
Musterign for War - 2.50

Dual-Alignment Enhancements: 1
Foreign Sword - 2.00

Evil Fortresses: 1
Tower of Thebez - .75

Gold Evil Characters: 1
Pharoah's Cupbearer - 1.00

Black Evil Characters: 4
Gibeonite Delegates - .50
The Woman of Thebez - .75
Shechem - .75
Lot's Wife - 1.25

Multi-Colored Evil Characters: 1
Foreign Wives - 3.00

Curses: 1
Gibeonite Curse - .50

Black Enhancements: 4
Fortify Site - .75
Gibeonite Trickery - .50
Stone of Thebez - 1.25
Joseph in Prison - 2.00

Total Cards: 50
Total Cost: 97.79

EDIT: accidentally put the hand discard soul as a second deck discard, fixed.

Americans may be red white and blue but they are also undeniably warrior class. Hence the banding and fight by the numbers offence.  (every hero is the warrior class version)

Now, what are the two biggest threats to banding?  Philistines and artifacts.  Sibbechai and the red enhancements take care of Philistines nicely. On artifacts let’s be honest, no one plays Asherah pole or holy of holies anymore, what they do play Confusion of mind and covenant with death.  Two territory enhancements, lifting the curse and Abraham’s Descendent, solve those problems.

You know what else Americans are? Winners!  My personal belief is that to win a redemption game you must make more rescue attempts than your opponent.  How do you do that? By forcing him to always have a lost soul in his territory.  That is why there are four ways this deck can put one there for him. 

America also saves you 20 bucks at just under $80 for the deck.

56 Card Deck   Cost: $79.61

Lost Soul (Female Only)   
Lost Soul (N.T. only)   
Lost Soul (Shuffler)   
Lost Soul (Resurrection)
Lost Soul (Punisher)   
Lost Soul (Wanderer)   
Lost Soul (withdraw)   

Dominants:

Angel of the Lord
New Jerusalem   
Son of God
     
Burial   
Christian Martyr   
Vain Philosophy

Artifacts:

I am Healing   
Holy Grail
Altar of Incense 

Blue:

Helez
Ira (Kings)

Abraham’s Descendant
Abraham’s Servant to Ur

white:

Maharai
King Amaziah
War Officer

Spear and Shield
Lifting the Curse
Joseph before Pharaoh
Burning Bush

Red:

Abishai
Adino
Sibbechai
Asahel
Ishmaiah the Gibeonite

Bravery of David
Council of Abigail
Foreign sword
David’s Triumph
The Battle is the Lord’s
Caleb’s Sword

Brown:

The Amalekite’s Slave
The Jeering Youths
King Zedekiah
Uzzah

Dungeon of Malchiah 
Korah's Rebellion   
Cage   
Stiff-Necked   

Grey:

King Pekahiah
Sabbath Breaker
King Cushan-Rishathaim
Scribe

Bearing Bad News
Balaam’s Disobedience
False Peace
Night Raid
Chains

Evil Gold:

King Elah (King Amaziah Fodder)

The submission period closed as of last night.

I'll be posting the voting thread by tonight!