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Quote from: BrianGabe on August 03, 2009, 10:51:24 AM

I can't recall exactly but at least 4 out of 8, maybe more.  Most of the decks at the table on the stage (spots 1-4) contained TGT all day in T1-2P.

I wonder if Cactus is still claiming the card is well-balanced and that they don't make broken things.

buh-roken.

i also love how cactus' always tries to patch over their mistakes in the next expansion *cough cough ioj, destructive sin...*

Thanks for posting the deck. Great learning opportunity for other players.

I can't wait to see come up for the gaming season.

Wil

I think people did shred through it.  Gabe probably only successfully blocked a couple of times.  But that was all he needed.  His deck is faster than the opponents, so he wins.

Props on the win, Gabe.  Great deck.

The only change I would make is switch Prince of this World for Trembling Demon.  You already have HoH, and Prince can be easily bypassed.

Having played this deck, I LOVE IT.  Congrats on your success.

I just noticed that none of the Lost Soul cards in this deck are RoA ones. Were RoA souls uncommon to see in top decks?

That's an interesting point.  I don't recall seeing many RoA souls at the top tables in T1.  A couple people were using the "deck discard" LS because they had Sites.  That's really all I remember facing.  T2 was a very different story however.  There were lots of RoA souls in T2.

The only change I would make is switch Prince of this World for Trembling Demon.  You already have HoH, and Prince can be easily bypassed.

I agree with you on that concept.  In fact I agree so much that the original defense (that turned out to be terrible) had Trembling Demon instead of PotW.  The problem I found is that Trembling Demon is only good for one block and then only if I have drawn HoH and have it active.  In other words, too often he wasn't working out. 

PotW on the other hand didn't require me to draw another card (HoH) or have it active.  He's not guaranteed to make a successful block but he can often make several or at least keep an opponent at bay for a few turns.  When he loses he uses up a battle winner (or AotL) allowing him (via SSoS) or KoT to make a successful block later.  He's also big enough to stand up to a FBTN character who doesn't have backup.

i was surprised to see hoh in the deck to begin with. is fbtn prevalent again?

Surprisingly, yes.  I played against two FBTN decks in 8 rounds.  John is also pretty popular thanks to TGT and he stops my entire defense.  HoH is also a Temple Artifact for Filling Z's Temple.  It can sit in the temple to protect another active Artifact from Capture Ark.  It satisfies Uzzah's appetite on the occasion that I have no other need for it.

Abiathar Vs Amariah  Protected from d/c vs Cannot be interrupted enhancements.  Do Abiathars protection help you more than what you might have gained via amariah's ability?  Plust amariah is another High Priest for U&T.

I'm just a beginner but my suggestion is:



TRADE
New Jeruselum and Amalekites
for Cards in deck: 2


Artifacts: 1
   Darius' Decree

Brown Evil Characters: 1
   Haman

King Leo

The problem with that suggestion is that the won nationals BEFORE Darius' decree was available... but it would be a good card.

needs more buckler.

QFT. 0/2 Variety.

1. when you played first fruits wat did you usually discard?

The choice is pretty situational.  Sometimes I would discard another of the set-aside Enhancements since they can all be recurred with Joiada.  Sometimes I would discard GoYS if they'd played Falling Away already, or HT if they were playing Sites.  Occasionally I could spare a Hero.  Sometimes there were situations where Filling Z's Temple, Trumpet Blast or Holy Unto the Lord could be spared.

2. how often did you use burial? For a serious torunament like state, regoinals or even Nats, would you recommend takin it out or keepin it in?

Never.  Look at the top 3 decks from Nationals for the past several years.  Do you see any that didn't use Burial?  No. 

Since 2005 we have 12 of the 15 decklists published that placed in the top 3 at Nationals.  Almost all of them used all 9 Dominants.  There are only three that omitted any of them.  One left out GoYS, one left out GoYS and HT and another left out DoN.  I would venture to say that even those decks could have been better if they'd included the other Dominants.

Ask yourself, if most of the top decks are using these cards, is there any reaons I shouldn't include them?

now now Master KChief 
 

Decks with a low number of Dominants can compete in T1, just not at the top levels.

T2 on the other hand... you can win without even putting SoG in your deck.  

This deck, and variations upon it still do just fine.