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Name: The Days When Judges Panicked v2.0
Record: 5-1 (TOL, 3-6)
Cards in Deck: 112

Neutral: 26

Lost Souls-17
Hopper x2
Negater x2
Revealer x2
Female x2
NT x2
Resurrection x2
Exchanger x2
CBP x2
Demon Shuffle

Sites-3
Nazareth x2
Golgotha

Artifacts-6
Darius' Decree x2
Lampstand of the Sanctuary
The Bronze Laver
Golden Cherubim
Urim and Thummim

Good: 43

Dominants-5
Son of God
New Jerusalem
Angel of the Lord
Grapes of Wrath
Guardian of Your Souls

Fortresses-2
Solomon's Temple
Judge's Seat

Covenant-1
I am Holy

Heroes-18
Jair
Samson (J)
Moses
Eli the Priest
Ehud
Simeon (Wa)
Gideon (UL)
Jephthah
David (Wa, Green)
Aaron
Samuel x2
The Angel Under the Oak x3
Angel with the Secret Name x2
Captain of the Host (Wa)

Enhancements-17
Eli's Sound Advice x2
Wheel Within a Wheel x2
Live Coal x2
Provisions x2
Samuel's Edict x4
Ambush the City x2
Sword Against Sword x2
Protection of Jerusalem

Evil: 43

Dominants-7
Christian Martyr
Burial
Destruction of Nehushtan
Falling Away
Strife
Mayhem
Vain Philosophy

Fortresses-4
The Gates of Hell x3
Satan's Seat

Curses-2
Covenant with Death x2

Evil Characters-20
Wandering Spirit x4
Spirit of Temptation x2
King of Tyrus
Seven Wicked Spirits
Panic Demon (Orange) x4
Panic Demon (Pale) x4
Panic Demon (Crimson) x3
Foreign Wives

Enhancements-10
Suicidal Swine Stampede x2
Death of Unrighteous x3
Belshazzar's Banquet x2
Invoking Terror x2
Scattered

I will post some commentary on the deck and the tournament later, as I have time. If it looks familiar, it should, as it is much the same as my 2012 3rd place deck, with some cards added from the new set. The two cards I wish I had were Hezekiah's Signet Ring, which may have won me the last game if I had gotten it at the right time (and is generally awesome, me not using it was a complete oversight on my part), and Wall of Protection (not having it only hurt in one game, my one loss, and it may not have turned the game around, but I digress). In any case, it was a great tournament, and I was very happy with how the deck worked.

You ran 112 and still couldn't find room for a WoP??? I thought I taught you better than that... 

My thinking was that the only character that would worry too much about was Gomer, as CwD would stop most other ECs (except in mirror matches, but I didn't expect many of those). Like I said, Dayne being able to band to my demons probably didn't have too big of an impact, but it would have been nice to avoid.

Quote from: Professoralstad on August 11, 2014, 04:23:30 PM

Like I said, Dayne being able to band to my demons probably didn't have too big of an impact, but it would have been nice to avoid.

It would have mattered if I could have just drawn Grapes before the end of the game, because I was planning on discarding your WS and shuffling everyone else in decks to reset your D when Gates wasn't up (which I could set up since you were popping them to deal with CTB).  With less characters, I had ways to handle that deck, you just got set up with all the characters in the first few turns and I couldn't reset it.

Of course you mean you would have discarded your Lot's Wife...else Grapes wouldn't help much.  Though yes, I can see how that would be bad. We'll never know the impact of my deck being shuffled would have had on the Gates you underdecked, but it certainly could have gone better for you there. I just realized after the game how much I really needed HSR though...would have stopped both Fortify Site and Secret Name, and if it didn't help me win, it certainly would have helped.

In either case, it was a great game; usually that deck will eat Judges' decks for dinner, as even Ehud usually can't be that persistent, but you played the exact way you needed to. I was fortunate to escape the full loss; I think in the end Ehud got 4 souls, and missed out on another 6 attempts (Grapes, CM, GoH x2, Burial, Scattered off of Abimelech). It was brutal.

Good point on WS, forgot about that wrinkle.

Ehud was actually the reason I added Suicidal Swine Stampedes in there. I initially didn't have any EEs for Orange, as I didn't like having to remove my guys, but I realized that having him choose SoT could be problematic with CwD up.

To simplify a bit more, Ehud by himself is one of the best combos in either type. Anytime you force your opponent to do anything, you have a significant advantage, when you can do that at every attack, it is great. Cards like AwtSN and Canaan just make it all the better. I figured that between CwD and GoH x3 that I could handle Ehud, but you certainly disproved that.