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A while ago, I was thinking of trying this with my decks to really test them (haven't yet though).

The idea is that you can chose what your first hand will be.  This way, there won't be any LS overage with no defense (unless you chose to pick no defense).  It is also good to test your strongest cards against your opponent's strongest.  Here's the small list of rules.

-One of the eight cards in your dream hand has to be a lost soul that anyone can rescue (i.e. it can not be the female/NT/*4/etc).  It also can not be the Hopper lost soul or 2/3 liners (the point is to be able to completely rescue a lost soul your first turn with your dream hand).

-Your beginning hand can not have any dominants in it.

-The rest of the deck will remain random (including the card(s) that you draw to replace your lost soul(s)).

-The opening prep phase is in place.  The only exception is that no art/fortress can be put down on the first round that directly affects your opponent's art/fortresses (e.g. Capture Art, Covenant with Moses)

-The rest of the rules for starting remains the same

Whatcha think?  Is this a good way to test two decks going against each other?

Sounds like a good idea as long as you aren't allowed to start with dominants.

Good point.  I added it.

I'd have Hur/Gifts in my starting hand.

Nah. Hur was more for messing up my opponent's dream hand..... Gifts was just a little extra.

Hur, Search, Gifts, Plague of Frogs, Naaman, Naaman's Chariot and Horses, False Peace, Moses

Mayhem is a dominant. Also, your opponent probably won't have many items in their territory at the beginning of the game.

I'd probably go with Hur, Gifts, Search, Plague of Frogs, Sabbath Breaker, False Peace, Momentum Change, and the Wanderer.

Demon d/c LS, DoU, Confusion, PG Panic Demon, TGT, No Need for Spices, Mary Mother of James, Salome

TGT doesn't do much unless the opponent gets a LS from you...

High Places, Abom, Antiochus, Hur, Gifts, PO, Generous Widow, Hormah.

This really kind of depends on who is going first but...

I'll take Tribal Elder, Jacob, Captain of the Host, Lampstand of the Sanctuary, The Tabernacle, Captured Ark, Messenger of Satan and Confusion.

Problem is that Zeb can't activate when theres a non-gen down, so if you lay down Hur, Jake, and Captain, Zeb is useless.

And you did nothing to mess up my super hand except to let me draw 6 extra cards

I'd search out mayhem and have anb and hurt in my hand in case.

My dream hand.

Hur, Anb, Search(Mayhem!), Huge e, e horses, e archers, e spear, Wonders forgotten.