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So do we email him our address or something or what?

Oooooohhhhkaaaaayyyy. That makes sense now. So it's whoever wins that get the pack?

Alright, that makes tons more sense. Thanks, all. I'll have a deck up here in a few minutes, after I get a few questions answered.

I built this deck a while ago and had to change it quite a bit to have it fit the standers.

no Warriors
no artifacts
use Wicked Community to pull lost souls out of there deck after discarding a ton of it.
THEME: Egypt

Offense: the plagues of Egypt.
Defense: Is to use Egyptian evil Characters

Card in this Deck: 56
Lamb Icons
Son of God
Angel of the Lord

Grim Reaper Icons
Christian Martyr
Burial

Lost Souls
Luke 19:10 x7

Sites
Pit of Dothan
Egypt

Power Enhancements
Coat of Many Colors
Pillar of Fire
Pillar of a Cloud (G Deck)
Sun Worship
Murmuring

Heroes
Tola
Elders of Israel
Women of Israel
Zaccheus
The Watchman
Midwives
Aaron
Jethro

Good Enhancements
Taking Egypt’s Wealth
Thrown into the Sea
Wisdom of Solomon
Plague of Boils
Water from a Rock
Acts of Solomon, The
Trust in the Lord
Edge of the Sword (Kings)
Plague of Lice
Plague of Frogs
Search
Aaron’s Rod

Evil Characters
King So
King Shishak
Egyptian Horsemen
Pharaoh’s Magicians
Potiphera, Priest of On
Egyptian Charioteers
Egyptian Archers
Egyptian Wise Men

Evil Enhancements
Abusive Taskmasters
Begging to go Back
Swift Horses
Wonders Forgotten
Moses kills Egyptian
Wicked Community
Rizpah’s Sackcloth
Seemingly Insignificant
Smashing Tablets
Enslaved by Egypt

I'll try my hand at this.  I've never tried to build a starter before so tell me what you think.

Total Cards:  50 (51)

Lost Souls: 7

Dominants:  SoG, AotL, CM, Burial

White Heros:

Peter's Mother-in-Law
Jairus' Daughter
Jochebed

White Enhancements:

Wall of Fire
Compassion of Jeremiah
Devotion of Ruth
Submissiveness of Mary
Narrow Escape

White Covenants:

I Am Truth
I Am Love

Red Characters:

Mentor
Jephthah
Recruiting Officer

Red Enhancements:

Battle Axe (k)
Forest Fire
Sound the Alarm
Best Friends
Flight of Spies

Red Covenants:

I Am Creator

Green Covenants

I am Patience

Multi-Color Good Enhancements

Shoes of Peace (E/F)

Brown Characters:

Unclean Spirit
Esau
Panic Demon

Brown Enhancements:

Chemosh
Seeds of Rebellion
Face of Death
Wounded
Cage
Paul's Girdle

Grey Characters:

Leper
Panic Demon
Orpah

Grey Enhancements:

Dart (k)
Twice Afflicted
Foreign Enemy
Israel Pays Tribute
Begging for Grain

Sites

Leper Colony


Optional Bonus:

Book of Covenant


Criteria met:  no warriors, no artifacts, and I tried to make a poison/ignore type theme.

I'll PM you asking for your address.

When I post the decks.

Deck Name: Gold Attack

Lost souls: 7
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
Dominants: 4
-   Son of God
-   Angel of the Lord
-   Christian Martyr
-   Burial
Sites: 1
-   Jericho
Heroes: 10
-   Good Samaritan
-   Eunice
-   Tola
-   Elders of Israel
-   Eleazar the Guard
-   Elon
-   Boaz
-   Obed-Edom the Gitite
-   Noah’s sons
-   Moses (G)
Evil Characters: 9
-   Nahab (priests)
-   Abihu (priests)
-   Lying Spirit
-   Shaphat
-   Laban
-   Orpah
-   King Pekahiah
-   Sheba
-   King Rezin
Good Enhancements: 10
-   Plague of hail
-   A new creation
-   Battle Prayer
-   Wedding Party
-   Raised to Life
-   The acts of Solomon
-   Well reopened
-   Samson’s Strength
-   Thrown into the sea
-   Taking Egypt’s Wealth
Evil Enhancements: 9
-   Pain
-   Fearfulness
-   Rezon Arises
-   Begging for Grain
-   Twice Afflicted
-   Bearing bad News
-   Deluge of Rain
-   Hard Bondage
-   Momentum Change

About this Deck: My starter decks always have a bunch of characters and enhancements in them, slightly more good than evil.  When using that strategy, you can always count on having a bunch of characters and enhancements to play on them in your first draw.  This is a good thing, especially in starter decks.

Deck Name: Red Attack

Lost souls: 7
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   no special ability
-   womens only (H)
-   site discard
Dominants: 4
-   Son of God
-   Angel of the Lord
-   Christian Martyr
-   Burial
Sites: 1
-   Jericho
Heroes: 10
-   King Jehosaphat (kings)
-   Recruiting Officer
-   Abishai
-   Jashobeam
-   Adino (kings)
-   Oholiab
-   Tabitha
-   Chole
-   Mentor
-   Gamaliel
Evil Characters: 9
-   King Jehoiakim
-   Pharaoh (H)
-   Evil Spawn (D)
-   Egyptian Wise Men
-   Taskmaster (H)
-   Egyptian Horsemen
-   Potiphera, Priest of On
-   King Basha
-   Pharaoh Hophra
Good Enhancements: 10
-   Buckler (priests)
-   The Empty Tomb
-   Miraculous Catch
-   Battle Axe (kings)
-   Lamplight
-   Passover Preparations
-   The Harvest
-   Book of Gad the Seer
-   A roman Soldier’s Faith
-   Freedom!
Evil Enhancements: 9
-   Mace
-   Take as a Slave
-   Stealing
-   Enslaved by Egypt
-   Moses kills Egyptian
-   Wicked Community
-   Wonders Forgotten
-   Swift Horses
-   Pagan Sacrifices

About this Deck: My starter decks always have a bunch of characters and enhancements in them, slightly more good than evil.  When using that strategy, you can always count on having a bunch of characters and enhancements to play on them in your first draw.  This is a good thing, especially in starter decks.

Here is what happened: I don't have the internet in my house, So I had to go to the Library to use the internet.  I saw your thread, and scanned over the rules.  Then, the next day, I was using my computer at home (it doesn't have internet access) to type up those 5 starter decks I posted.  I had forgotten the rule that you couldn't include priests.  Then I copied all the starter decks I typed up onto a floppy disk.  I took that to the library and posted them.  Is that rule still official?  I am sorry about that.  Can I still have the credit?

Since I am still in the process of getting this portion of my site together, I will still honor submissions.

I currently have more pressing problems with my website, like it's broken.  But I have left this thread stickied so it can sit right here on top and no one can accuse me of letting it drop off the front page and be forgotten.  I apologize for the time this is taking but I'm hoping this is an indication to people that it will get done.

Okay, so the idea behind this project was to take decks designed by users, built with only common cards, and sell them on my website as "value decks".  Thank you all for taking the time to contribute to this project.

The good news is, I have finally had the time to sort and catalog all the common cards in The Storehouse, and check in all the decks that have been submitted for this project.

The not so good news is, I don't have enough cards to post any of the decks on my website.

Does this mean I am not going to send out packs because I cannot use any of the decks?  No it does not.  What it does mean is that I am going to try and stock up the missing cards to the point where I can post the decks for sale.  As they go up, the contributors will receive their free packs as promised.

Cards that I do not have stocked are bolded in red on each of your posts.  Some cards you might want to swap out because they will be difficult for me to collect and stock.  Most of them, though, I can collect over time and take them off the "red" list.

The missing cards break down into three basic categories.  One category is using cards that I requested not be used in the decks, such as (non-starter) Artifacts, Warriors and Women.  I gave extra credit for not using those cards, and now you see the reason why: I don't have (m)any of them available to build the decks with.  I am also going to have difficulty stocking certain cards from Second Edition starters, like Job's Wife or Search.  If it doesn't break your deck, you may want to consider finding substitutes for these.

Another category is powerful commons that people are less willing to trade in.  Popular examples include Widow, King Zimri, War Officer, Balaam's Disobedience, Haman's Plot, and various Sites used for conditional abilities, e.g. Damascus, Samaria, Egypt.  I may have a few extra Sites to fill some of these holes, but beyond that, what I need most is more contributions from big-collection veterans.

The third category is probably the largest, but it's also the easiest for me to make up the difference: 3rd and 10th Starter cards.  I am getting ready to post an incentive program to get more starter cards into The Storehouse, so hopefully I'll be able to cut down the number of missing cards by about half.

I apologize for the amount of time this took, it's just that every time I got close to a final count, I would get a new bundle of cards, or have some extras of my own to add, or a tournament would come and some of the cards would be given out/sold to players, so I had difficulty getting an accurate inventory.  And I apologize that this is now going to take even longer.  But I am going to work hard to get as many of these decks online as fast as possible, so I can fulfill my end of the bargain.  Again, thank you all for your efforts, your contributions, and your patience.

As a side note to Deathscythe, I'm keeping your decks on file for the moment, as I certainly am not against having Priests worked into these "value decks" over time.  But I probably don't need to tell you that The Storehouse does not have a lot of Priests right now.  Maybe after a while, there will be enough Priests cards in stock to support your decks.