A huge thank you to all of the people involved in making Nats 2020 happen as I know that was no small feat.
A huge shout-out to Josiah Beers who tied with me first game and proceeded to tie with me throughout the tournament to go down by 1 Lost Soul differential at the very last game.
The Throne deck took a huge debuff due to old school Samuel getting the axe, but ended up (in my opinion) being even more ridiculous now than ever before due to the new David from LoC who can continue the ridiculous banding chain which enables some pretty disgusting turns. I am also riffing a little bit off of #Mayhem2.0 but without most of the "cheese" rescues that involve Ahimelek and Asahel (never been much of a fan of those, because I think other routes are just strictly better, usually something having to due with Phinehas and Zeal for the Lord who definitely should have been in here but Tyler talked me out of it).
The deck went through several iterations after testing it with my brother, Luke Marshall, who took essentially the same offensive structure I constructed on to 3rd place. The playtests I had when drawing Mayhem first turn usually ended with around 15 cards left in the deck on the first to second turns. Sadly, I did not draw a first turn Mayhem once in the whole tournament, but the deck isn't focused around that, it's also just really good even without the nut draw.
Deck: 50
Heroes (14)
1 Joshua, the Conqueror (LoC)
1 David, Outcasts' Refuge / David, the Anointed (LoC)
1 Captain of the Host (PoC)
1 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite
1 Jehoshaphat, the Seeker / Jehoshaphat, the Meek (LoC)
1 Isaiah (FooF)
1 Jeremiah, Hope Bringer
1 Abigail (RoA)
1 The Angel Under the Oak
1 King Saul (CoW)
1 Jehoiada, King Maker
1 Zadok (PoC)
1 Samuel (mostly for the kicks since his other version just got banned) (CoW)
1. Captured Kinsmen
GE (7)
1 Counsel of Abigail (LoC)
1 Royal Parade (LoC)
1 Sling Stones (LoC)
1 Spears (LoC)
1. Isaiahs Call
1. Wheel within a Wheel
1. Delivered
Artifacts (2)
1 Holy Grail
1 Urim and Thummim (PoC)
Fortresses (2)
1 The Throne of David
1 Storehouse (Promo)
Sites (2)
1 Nazareth
1 Majestic Heavens (Promo)
Lost Souls (
1 Lost Soul (Remant)
1 Lost Soul (Humble)
1 Lost Soul (Covet)
1 Lost Soul (Jeremiah 28:6) (Exiles)
1 Lost Soul II Chronicles 28:13 (Hopper)
1 Lost Soul (Prosperity)
1 Lost Soul "Darkness" (Job 30:26)
1 Lost Soul (Hunter)
Doms (7)
1 Son of God (2019) (Promo)
1 The Second Coming (CoW AB)
1 Three Woes (RoJ AB)
1 Mayhem (FoM)
1 Guardian of your Souls (new version)
1 Angel of the Lord (Promo 2018)
1 Falling Away
ECs (6)
1 The Deceiver (RoJ AB)
1 King Belshazzar
1 Conjurers
1 Mounted Forces
1 Nebuchadnezzar (TxP)
1. Uzzah
EEs (2)
1 Belshazzar’s Banquet
1 Wages of Sin
Reserve (10)
1 The Angel with the Winds
1 Covenant with Adam
1 Book of the Covenant
1 Mighty Men
1 Scattered
1 Death of Unrighteous
1 Confusion
1 Foreign Wives
1 New Covenant (Isaiah reference)
1 Covenant with David
Thoughts on the deck and tournament report to follow.