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2016 T2 2P 1st Place "The Dark Horse"
« on: August 11, 2016, 01:18:03 AM »
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Dominants
Burial (D)
Falling Away (CoW)
Vain Philosophy (J)
Destruction of Nehushtan
Christian Martyr (I)
Guardian Of Your Souls
Grapes of Wrath
Son of God (I)
The Second Coming
Angel of the Lord (Greek)

Fortresses
Wall of Protection
Coliseum
House of Rimmon

Heroes
Captain of the Host (Wa) x2
Angel of Warning (TxP)
The Strong Angel (Wa) x2
Daniel (Promo) x2
Gathering Angel
The Destroyer
Angel at Shur (Promo)
Gabriel (I)
Cherubim (FooF)
Michael (Ki) x2
Attending Angel (TxP) x2
Joshua, Son of Nun
The Angel Under the Oak

Good Enhancements
Striking Herod x2
Protection of Angels (Pi) x3
Live Coal (FooF) x2
Overwhelming Presence x3
The Third Seal x4
Angelic Guidance (I) x3

Evil Characters
Naaman x2
The Syrian Reinforcements
Syrian Mercenaries x3
Syrian Archer x2
King Rezin
King Ben-Hadad I
King Cushan-Rishathaim
Soldiers of Zobah x2
Worshipper of False Gods x2
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
King Hazael

Evil Enhancements/Curses
Deadly Snare x3
Night Raid x3
Namaan's Chariot and Horses x3
Begging for Grain x2
Every Man's Sword (CoW)
Gold Shield x2
Rain Becomes Dust x3

Artifacts
Golden Calf
Household Idols x3

Sites
Damascus (EC) x2

Lost Souls
Lost Soul (Awake) x2
Lost Soul (Dull) x2
Lost Soul (Escape) x2
Lost Soul (Forsaken) x2
Lost Soul (Lawless) x2
Lost Soul (Open Hand) x2
Lost Soul Jeremiah 11:8 (CBP) x2

The good:
The Strong Angel/Captain of the Host + Third Seal did work on offense. Household Idols and Rain Becomes Dust did work on defense. Naaman/King Rezin are bosses against lone Heroes.

The bad:
No site access. Golden Calf should have been Dragon Raid and Gathering Angel (never used) should have been Angel at Jerusalem.

The ugly:
Allowing Signet Ring to stall me when Paying Taxes is such an easy addition.

Full tournament report to be posted on Land of Redemption in the next week or so!  8)
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Re: 2016 T2 2P 1st Place "The Dark Horse"
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2016, 09:21:12 AM »
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Re: 2016 T2 2P 1st Place "The Dark Horse"
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2016, 10:16:02 AM »
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I've wanted to run Worshippers of False Gods + Deadly Snare + an idol for some time, but my T1 decks never had the slots available.  I wanted to squeeze in False Priests and False Peace as well.  I can see how those would work better in T2.

Did you ever consider Asherah Pole over Golden Calf? 
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Re: 2016 T2 2P 1st Place "The Dark Horse"
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2016, 10:56:55 AM »
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I thought about Asherah Pole, but in the end I really just wanted Household Idols active the whole time (or RBD if I didn't have a Damascus yet). Golden Calf was just in the event I wanted to use the Joshua/Captain band (with Protection of Angels/Striking Herod backup). I did not think Sites would be as much an issue as they were (3 of the people I played had at least 1) so I really should have had Dragon Raid.

I didn't end up using Worshiper a ton as I usually had Naaman or Rezin with Horses and Night Raid was the preferable play, but they did work a couple times when I needed initiative and didn't have a guy with Horses. The one drawback was that they were not protected by House of Rimmon so they got hit by Third Seal when it triggered for my opponent.
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Re: 2016 T2 2P 1st Place "The Dark Horse"
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2016, 10:08:18 PM »
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Cool deck and congrats!
See this is why I like T2 so much....In the hands of a top player most decks/themes have a shot. Plus how this wonderful COW expansion has beefed up underused themes even with a few cards. Variety is the spice of life!  :D

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Re: 2016 T2 2P 1st Place "The Dark Horse"
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2016, 11:40:17 PM »
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Thanks Steve! You were missed this year!*

Here's the tournament report on Land of Redemption: http://landofredemption.com/?p=5507  8)

*Except for your 252 card deck...I don't think Tyler missed that... ;D
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Re: 2016 T2 2P 1st Place "The Dark Horse"
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2016, 05:12:34 PM »
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Thanks. I really wanted to go but I don't think my car was as enthusiastic as I was. Haha yeah after shuffling 252 cards my hands were hurting towards the end of the tournament last year. I will have to check out your tournament report.

 


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