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Deck 56

Lost souls 8
Revealer
Hopper
Wanderer
Shut the Door
Rejoice
First Round Protect
N.T. Only
Female only

Doms:7
Sog IJ
Grapes
Vain Philosophy
Mayhem
Don
NJ
Aotl

Arts:5
Gifts of the Tragi
Samaritan Water Jar
Magic Charms
A Pole
Lamp stand

Forts2
Solomon's temple
Gates of Jerusalem

Sites:2
Ceaseria Phillipi
Chorazin

Curses: 1
RBD

Heroes:9
Moses
King Amaziah: Roa2
Gideon: unlimited
Generous Widow
Good Samaritan
Woman at the Well
Aaron DI / or should I say Aaron Sanchez 
Phineas Son of Eleazar
Ahimazz Priests
Thankful Lepper

Good Enhancements:5
SAMs Edict
Kindness DI
Meeting the Messiah
Convincing Miracle
Repentance and Resitution
Zeal for The Lord

Evil Characters:9
Manasah DI
King Amon
Gomer Pyle Texp
Uzzah
Am Slave
Balaam
Damsel
Spirit of Temptation
EM

Evil Enhancements:8
Hamans Plot
Scattered
Dou
2K horses
Gib trick
Forgotten history
Invoking Terror
Suicidal swine stampede

"The InfiniblocKings"

Cards in Deck: 56

Lost Souls: 7
Hand Discard LS
Doubler (3-liner) LS
Site Doubler LS (Wa)
Female Only LS (H)
N.T. Only LS
Wanderer LS
First Round Protect LS

Dominants: 7
Son of God (J)
Angel of the Lord (C)
Falling Away
Burial (C)
Destruction of Nehushtan
Christian Martyr (C)
Strife

Sites: 2
Chorazin
Hormah

Fortresses: 2
Solomon's Temple (RoA)
Gates of Jerusalem

Artifacts: 3
Household Idols
Darius' Decree
Lampstand of the Sanctuary

Curses: 2
Go Into Captivity
Unknown Nation

DAEs: 1
Philosophy

Heroes: 11
Samuel
King Amaziah
David (Green) (Wa)
Armorbearer
Gabriel (I)
Captain of the Host (Wa)
Michael (Ki)
The Angel Under the Oak
Angel with the Secret Name (RoA)
Simeon (Wa)
Moses (Wa)

Good Enhancements: 10
In the Clouds
Wheel within a Wheel
Eli's Sound Advice
The Stars
Angelic Guidance
Striking Herod
Samuel's Edict
Ehud's Dagger (RoA)
Convincing Miracle
Provisions

Evil Characters: 6
King Manasseh (Di)
King Rehoboam (Di)
King Amon (Di)
King Saul (Ki)
King Zedekiah
King of Tyrus (Pi)

Evil Enhancements: 5
Scattered
Gibeonite Trickery (Pa)
Haman's Plot
Wickedness Abounds
Dungeon of Malachi

"The InfiniblocKings" was originally a Type 2 deck that I thought would be a fun strategy to try out after finding out that Gates of Jerusalem was one of the requirements. However, this deck has a lot of variations to set it apart as a Type 1 deck and to be creative. In case you haven't figured it out, which I'm sure you have, being the smart and experienced players that you guys are, that the strategy is to block with King Rehoboam, choose Gabriel and typically Michael to fight each other and then Gabriel plays In the Clouds after recurring it from discard pile to return Gabriel and my opponent's hero to owners' hands. In essense, the combo only requires 4 cards, Rehoboam, Gabe, hero that gives Gabe initiative, and In the Clouds, but to make it bulletproof, having Lampy in Solomon's Temple with Household Idols active ensures that they only have one hero in battle and then having Gates of Jerusalem makes Rehoboam CBN and I get to draw one as an added bonus.

Originally, the deck was 62 cards and so I had to cut out quite a few, especially after deciding to add more. I took out King Nadab and King Rehoboam, originally in for more recursion and King Amaziah fodder, Altar of Ahaz, originally in to stop them from playing SoG/NJ if I got set up, Legion of Angels, originally in as another hero for Gabe to fight but I figure between Angelic Guidance and Wheel Within a Wheel Mike should do the trick, Cherubim, originally in for King Amaziah and King David (switched to green David because if they could band to him my defense would struggle) as extra support, Aaron, originally in for offense support and Provisions playing, and lastly New Jerusalem (taken out for Burial), originally in for obvious reasons and taken out because if my deck works right, I shouldn't need it.

Notable Synergies:


•   Main Combo
•   Philosophy for Solomon's Temple, recurred with King Amon
•   Provisions to choose King Manny and play Ehud's Dagger or Edict to get rid of him for King Amon
•   Unkown Nation and Go Into Captivity for Chorazin
•   The Stars played on Moses after switching with Angel with the Secret Name who makes The Stars CBN
•   King Rehoboam and Darius' Decree to get rid of one of their annoying heroes by not letting them play enhancements in the side battle
Most other ones are just small uses to get set up faster (Unknown Nation to get Rehoboam, King Manny to band to KoT with Gates of Jerusalem out, etc.)

Usage of Required Cards:

King Amaziah--choose King Saul to block after getting him out with Samuel, usually a freebie
Convincing Miracle--can recur Simeon and is nice once they deck out and it's CBN
Chorazin--not protecting anything but hides souls and can activate Unknown Nation and Go Into Captivity
Gates of Jerusalem--protect my kings and help me draw

Reason for Deck's Name:

Fairly self-explanatory--can block infinitely and it's centered around the defense, which are all Kings.

Hope you like it and hope to see you in the next round. Thanks!

Thank you Judges for your time and now I present to you...a tasty mixture of a first course refreshment to wet your pallet of deck building pleasure...I give you...

TempleGates!
Cards in deck: 53
Lost Souls: 8
   Lost Soul (can't be prevented)
   Lost Soul (Female Only)
   Lost Soul (hopper)
   Lost Soul (N.T. only)
   Lost Soul (punisher)
   Lost Soul (Resurrection)
   Lost Soul (revealer)
   Lost Soul (Wanderer)

Lamb Dominants: 4
   Angel of the Lord
   Grapes of Wrath
   New Jerusalem
   Son of God

Grim Reaper Dominants: 3
   Christian Martyr
   Mayhem
   Strife

Fortresses: 2
   Gates of Jerusalem
   Solomon's Temple

Multi-Color Sites: 1
   Kidron Valley (Teal)

Gold Sites: 1
   Chorazin

Artifacts: 3
   Darius' Decree
   Golden Cherubim
   Urim and Thummim

Curses: 1
   Covenant With Death (Brown/Pale Green)


Multi-Color Heroes: 5
   Aaron (Green/Teal)
   Jeremiah (Green/Teal)
   Phinehas, son of Eleazar (Teal)
   Priests of Christ (Teal)
   Seraiah the High Priest (Teal)

Silver Heroes: 3
   Gabriel
   Michael
   The Angel Under the Oak

Gold Heroes: 2
   Jair
   Moses

Purple Heroes: 1
   King Amaziah

Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 7
   Eli's Sound Advice (Teal/Gold)
   First Fruits
   In the Clouds (Purple/Silver)
   Pentecost
   Temple Dedication (Purple/Teal/White)
   Trumpet Blast (Teal)
   Zeal for the Lord (Teal)

Silver Hero Enhancements: 2
   Angelic Guidance
   Striking Herod

Gold Hero Enhancements: 1
   Convincing Miracle

Black Evil Characters: 1
   King Jehoahaz

Brown Evil Characters: 3
   Foreign Wives
   King Abijam
   King Rehoboam
   King Zedekiah
   Uzzah

Multi-Color Evil Enhancements: 1
   Scattered (Brown/Crimson/Gray/Pale Green)

Brown Evil Enhancements: 2
   Dungeon of Malchiah
   Haman's Plot

This deck uses the basket ingredients to emphasize the strategy of some very powerful fortresses in Gates of Jerusalem for defense and Solomon's Temple doing double duty in helping to protect characters in both offense and defense.

King Amazing! is quite an all-star as well in that he can be protected by Solomon's Temple, set aside with Pentecost, and targeted by a very tasty In the Clouds.  The black King Jehoahaz was chosen as a target to stop my opponent from using a Scattered as well as helping to create some soul gen in capturing my own King Amazing!

The idea of discarding teal cards to Solomon's Temple for offense and defense calls for draw cards to help with this strategy.  Convicing Miracle really pushed the deck toward card choices in what draw and power cards would be used. This includes Eli's Sound Advice, Jair, Moses, and silver The Angel of the Oak to search for them.

Adding silver included that tasty In the Clouds again with Striking Herod, Angelic Guidence, Michael, and Gabriel to recur.

Chorazin was the toughest of ingredients to work with in the basket. The Gates of Jerusalem really pushed the defense toward Old Testement, but maybe the second part of the ability could be relevent in activating a curse for a turn. I decided to go with the very powerful Covenant with Death that worked well with all the cannot be negated elements of the deck.  The site also helps with another target for Trumpet Blast.

I chose to use Grapes to shuffle my Jair in if he doesnt hit. Mayhem combo's well with Foreign Wives and King Abijam. Strife for King Rehoboam who plays nice with my draw cards on offense, Darius Decree, and just a sprinkle of In the Clouds!

Rain Becomes Dust is a great add for Type 1 right now, and does work well with Chorazin given how many artifacts you have.  However, I think you perhaps have too many artifacts, when you consider Chorazin only holds a curse one turn at a time, and 4 of that pile can't be held in anything.  I do like how you also used CP as a protect and as another site.  My question is, given that you had a site already and you added another, why not use souls that take advantage of the site use?  You seem to have gone with a very bland and overused set of souls without looking at your assets, which you could accent with the proper usage.

I like your offense in general, but the teal doesn’t seem to fit as well.  With your Temple, you only have 1 artifact, of 5, able to go in, and only 3 teal cards to use with Solomon’s Temple’s ability.  Sure, Zeal is a CBN battle-winner here, but I think the splash takes up space you could have used to beef up that offense to even higher capabilities, even if it does also help your defense.

On to the defense.  I love the inclusion of Mannaseh and his brother in crime Amon, I’ve always liked that combo.  With Gates, it is even better.  With the rest of the enhancements and characters amassed, you have the makings of an annoying, and potentially fast, defense.

However, you did not use any Kings of Israel to go with your King Amaziah.  In fact, Amazing seems to be without any support at all, just sitting in the deck as the only Purple card without a way to even choose your own King to block.
So, all in all, I think you incorporated Convincing Miracle and Gates of Jerusalem well into your deck, and overall it is a good deck, but Chorazin could have been used better and King Amaziah was almost neglected, relegated to the side of the plate as a garnish.

Thank you for your submission.

First, while you did not use any curses, your Chorazin was put to great use here.  It is almost a trap, that part of Chorazin, since it only works one turn every so often, and thus curses aren't given that big of a boost.  I love the idea of going straight Crimson and spreading the defense across testaments to get the maximum benefit from your protection, as well as turning the inclusion of sites to your advantage, including with the souls you chose.

Again, the defense is great.  I would normally prefer a larger portion size, but the infinite-block, Burial, and extensive site usage satisfied my defensive appetite very well.

The offense is superb.  While it may lack in some aspects, like the number of battle-winners, your ability to use Throne, Temple, and a healthy portion of overpowered characters makes this deck very viable.

I am sad to see no King of Israel that Amazing can block with, but as you incorporated a healthy amount of Purple in there, as well as Throne, he does see decent use.

Thank you for your submission.

I like the curses chosen for Chorazin, which does open your options for having multiple artifacts active.  I feel you may rely too much on Chorazin, which won't activate much, and your curses may see less use than thought.  Still, good adds.  Your souls do take advantage of site use, which does show decent use of the ingredient as well.

Not so much a fan of the dominant choice normally, but it really does complement this deck through the use of site manipulation and dealing with bands for the infinite block to work even when Idols is not active, a very nice touch.

Great strength rests in your offense, and I love the combinations you put together to let you use ingredients I rarely see anymore, like The Stars, and make them actually powerful.  Very nice.  Overall, your offense and defense are both very well constructed in general, and while I would normally like for more options for Amazing, Samuel and the numbers on the characters involved make this work very well for a rescue in most games.

The infinite block is also well done, and I like that this deck has staying power with Amon and Manasseh without too much of a commitment.

Thank you for your submission.

I love your enthusiasm to incorporate Chorazin, I really do.  My only concern is that you can only use the curses for one turn at a time when a soul is placed in Chorazin, meaning you will go quite a long time with these curses just sitting in the artifact pile, since there are too many to have up at a time.  You did use some good souls for sites, but did not include any additional sites to use them in.  I feel this could have been worked in a bit more smoothly with some more sites.  You used the ingredient, but I would like to see its flavor be accented a deal more.

I like some of the ideas you are trying to incorporate in the offense were intriguing to me, but there are only 7 heroes total, even if you count the dual as one, and that is not enough for even this stout defensive player.  I think the enhancements could have been chosen with some more care, as these seem to be thrown in at the last second (much like this $20 I found, is that supposed to be in here?).  Even adding some overused staples like Samuel’s Edict and AoCP would have helped considerably, and something like Valley of Salt would have added extra flavor to the use of Amazing.

I like some of the character choices for defense, but they need more support.  There isn’t much staying power I can see, and that will cost you in tournament play.

So, I think that Chorazin could have been better used with additional sites and being mindful of artifact clog, Convincing Miracle needed some help with other enhancements and more heroes, and just some more OOMPH! was needed on both offense and defence.

Thank you for your submission.

The spice that AJ used by including an additional site on top of the seemingly random Chorazin was soured by the fact that only 2 of his evil character ingredients even benefit from it (one of which already receiving that kick from one of the artifacts) so the taste really couldn’t come through. I also feel like the defense is a little bloated and the dish would have been better overall with a smaller portion in mind.

I applaud jbeers’ usage of the rest of the Disciples site spice set as they offer a range of tasty flavors to add to any NT-focused defense. Marketplace was a rare site and I relished the aftertaste while it lasted. I felt that the offensive flavors weren’t truly built around Convincing Miracle, but it still combined into a moderately good base. When I encountered the combination of heretics and older, crimson variants of the Kings of Judah I was surprised indeed and felt that the textures meshed very well and gave the whole thing an affirmed solidity.

Due to the fact that I was going through the appetizers by alphabetical order of the creator’s board name, random chance was not in KoalaKing’s favor this day as the main offensive aspects of his dish were very similar to the one I had just tasted from jbeers. That said, he did have a couple differences in underlying texture, due to his defensive choices in the dish, so I complement them both on having good ideas but being able to create dishes unique to each other. The defensive aspect gave me a foul taste at first due to the seemingly useless nature of the Chorazin main ingredient, however the flavor soon turned sweet and seemed to last forever, lingering long after the initial tasting.

I immediately liked the differences in the offensive portion of his dish as they were an interesting diversion from the dishes I had tasted thus far. I was again disappointed to find a defense that didn’t take full advantage of the flavorful opportunities of Chorazin, though overall the contribution seemed satisfactory.

Finally a deck that uses Chorazin for something other than holding a curse! This immediately scored bonus points with me as I could taste the full flavor of the site. It went with a defense that I hadn’t yet seen this round so the new flavor definitely piqued my interest. The combination of NT Emperors and OT black seemed to fit well. The offense was a variant of the seemingly popular one this evening but with a FBTN twist that really pulled at the tongue. The serving sat at 52 and I think I might have enjoyed it a bit more if some of the other NT site spices had been included in the room left hanging, though I can understand keeping it at the current serving as well.

Another dish not using Chorazin to its full potential, I will admit I was already put off right at the start. Again a victim of chance insomuch as I’d tasted several dishes before this with a similar defensive base, I was not incredibly impressed. The offensive portion included the first appearance of Jair that I noticed in this round which was an interesting surprise. Overall the appetizer left me a little wanting, though.

While not utilizing a defense that entirely activated Chorazin, I applaud spacy’s use of many curses to make the most of at least part of the site. The crimson-brown defensive aspect had an interesting flavor, though the lack of enhancement ingredients to support the characters left it falling flat for me after a few seconds. The offensive flavors were interesting but very much overwhelmed due to their lack of presence in the deck overall. I think it was a good place to start but the dish would have benefitted from a larger offensive aspect to keep the base more intact.

jbeers285!

KoalaKingoFA!

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RTSmaniac!