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This is the new version of my deck from last year, which did fairly well last year, surprisingly. The goal is to manipulate the opponent's deck with Seeker, Wash Basin, Foreign Sword and Fearfulness to discard evil and good (using Warrior's Spear + Spy, or WB). It is a fun deck, and not currently the deck I'd use in tournies, so I'd like advice on what to cut/switch to get the deck size down and keep the main goal of manipulation.

Total Cards: 56

Lost Souls: 8
2-liner
Revealer
N.T. only
Switcher
1st Round Protect
Shut Door
Shuffler
Hopper

Doms: 9
GoYS
SoG
NJ
AotL
Grapes
FA
DoN
CM
Mayhem

Arts: 5
CoF
Wash Basin
Lampstand
4DC
Writ

Curses: 1
RBD

Forts: 1
Herod's Temple

Sites: 1
Naz

Heroes: 10
Seeker
Centurion @ Cap
Centurion @ Cal
Peter
Spy
Ahimelek
Asahel
Abishai
Ishmaiah
David

Good E: 7
Soldier's Prayer
Freedom!
Bravery o' David
Foreign Sword
Warrior's Spear
Counsel o' Abigail
David's Triumph

Evil Char: 8
Sabbath Breaker
Scribe
Pharisees
Pharisees
Proud Pharisee
The Entrapping Pharisees
Emperor Vit
Pontius Pilate

EEs: 6
Just a Hireling
Tenants Kill the Son
Fearfulness
Idle Gossip
Balaam's Dis
Pretension 

 I have found Gold Shield and Night Raid to be very effective in Pharisee decks.

No Mustering for War?

It used to be here, but I don't really have room anymore.

I have found Gold Shield and Night Raid to be very effective in Pharisee decks.

Night Raid was in my other version, and it was great, so I'd like that to be here, but I don't know what I'd want less. Gold Shield is ok, but I think it works better in Type 2; I always put it in, but then end up cutting it. If I wasn't partial to Fearfulness and Idle Gossip, Gold Shield and Night Raid would probably be in their place. False Peace was a really hard one to cut also, but I think Naz fits with this deck nicely 

Do you find that you lose heroes a lot? If not, you could take out Chariot. I mean, you have 10 heroes after all. Chariot's useful for getting back Heroes that I might lose early, and it works great for getting back Heroes discarded to Herod's Temple. Do I really need it? Probably not, I might try it without

How does Viltellius work for you? Is the extra drawing really worth the high-numbered goon? He is the most recent add, mainly to speed up the deck more. I haven't played a game with him yet, but I think he'd be better than Hard-Hearted Leaders, which he replaced. And he works where Sabbath Breaker fails: Sam bands and Isaiah bands

Why no Davids Mighty Men or Centurions Proclamation.

DMM doesn't interrupt, and I don't want to have to defend any more souls than I have to with Proc. Usually a banding chain or Abishai + a Centurion is enough to win a battle anyway, so I'm not worried about not having enough enhancements.

why peter he doesn't really go?

He can draw four with Four Drachma Coin.