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Cards in deck: 53
Lost Souls: 8
   Lost Soul (can't be prevented)
   Lost Soul (Female Only)
   Lost Soul (Fool)
   Lost Soul (hopper)
   Lost Soul (N.T. only)
   Lost Soul (Resurrection)
   Lost Soul (Wanderer)
   Lost Souls (2-line)

Lamb Dominants: 5
   Angel of the Lord
   Grapes of Wrath
   Guardian Of Your Souls
   New Jerusalem
   Son of God

Grim Reaper Dominants: 2
   Falling Away
   Mayhem

Fortresses: 1
   Herod's Temple

Green Sites: 1
   Nazareth

Artifacts: 4
   Darius' Decree
   Four-Drachma Coin
   Holy Grail
   Lampstand of the Sanctuary

Blue Covenant Cards: 1
   I am Holy

Purple Heroes: 10
   Andrew
   Bartholomew (Nathanael)
   James, Son of Alphaeus
   John
   King David
   Matthew (Levi)
   Peter
   Philip
   Thaddeus
   Thomas

Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 2
   Passover Hymn (Purple/White)
   Pentecost

Purple Hero Enhancements: 4
   Authority of Christ
   Fishers of Men
   My Lord and My God
   Reach of Desperation

Gray Evil Characters: 6
   Emperor Tiberius
   Emperor Vitellius
   Hard-Hearted Religious Leaders
   Proud Pharisee
   Sabbath Breaker
   The Entrapping Pharisees

Brown Evil Characters: 1
   Uzzah

Multi-Color Evil Characters: 1
   Foreign Wives

Multi-Color Evil Enhancements: 2
   Scattered (Brown/Crimson/Gray/Pale Green)
   Tenants Kill the Son (Gray/Black)

Brown Evil Enhancements: 1
   Haman's Plot

Gray Evil Enhancements: 4
   Balaam's Disobedience
   Idle Gossip
   Pretension
   Sorrow of Mary

(One deck used Authority of Peter instead of Fishers of Men, Christian Martyr instead of Grapes of Wrath, and Vain Philosophy instead of Mayhem.)

Martin Miller and I went 5-0 using these decks. They were originally built by Martin and Nathan Voight (who went undefeated at a state and regional tournament earlier this year), and Martin and I made some tweaks going into Nats this year. He might have a write-up for the five games (I certainly don't), but I know that we ended with a 20 soul differential, giving up only one soul per game on average. I was very lucky to have such a great partner, and it was great for both of us to win another category after winning different categories last year.

Still angered about your draw in our game but congrats

I'm still angered about your draw against Matt and I.

Great job Chris and Martin.

Quote from: Alex_Olijar on August 10, 2013, 11:18:23 PM

Still angered about your draw in our game but congrats

I'm still angered about your draw against Matt and I.

I'm still angered (well not really, but it fit the pattern) that we had a category at Nats with minimum rounds.  We totally should have done the 6th round.

Quote from: Prof Underwood on August 11, 2013, 12:23:09 PM

I'm still angered (well not really, but it fit the pattern) that we had a category at Nats with minimum rounds.  We totally should have done the 6th round.

I agree with this. Martin and I had the category locked by the end of the fifth round, so a sixth round didn't really make a difference to me. However, a lot of players were banking on there being a sixth round, and there was a lot of excitement before the (cancelled) sixth round began.

There seemed to be a rush to get things done most of the time this year.  Granted it's nationals and some quickness is needed to get through rounds but lunch breaks were  too short at times.  Canceling rounds and having too short of lunch breaks seemed to hurt fun and fellowship more than top cut did.

I can understand those sentiments but I would also ask everyone to understand some of the limitations the organizers had in terms of support. Bryon was unable to attend, Kevin was unable to attend and Rob was only able to get there later. That left a lot on the shoulders of Roy (logistics) and Chris (tournament play) and they did an outstanding job with the support of John, Tim and Jon who all graciously gave up the chance to play categories they could have played to assist with judging. Major kudos to those guys!