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I like the idea of such a tin, and my comments are based on what would be needed for these to be actual card concepts.

1. Mary should probably just be printed in White, since that's the theme she fits best in.  I understand the concept of giving her all brigades, but I'm not sure that makes as much sense for her, and I don't think any human will ever get printed in Silver (except as a rainbow, obviously).  For her ability, I am not a fan of pre-block ignore cards personally, and I'm not sure it would fit as much as Protect.  She could be "Protect all heroes from Herods and Romans.  May band to Joseph the Carpenter, Gabriel, or Elizabeth."

2. That would indeed be VERY strong, too powerful in fact   Not sure if there is a way to make this very well balanced.

3. If this is a site-access card, it won't do much if it can only access Israel and Egypt sites and is only one brigade.  If it is multi-brigade, it already allows access to every site.  I'm not sure if it makes sense as a multi, but single-colored sites don't generally work for heroes, but block them from accessing.

4. As before, no silver on humans, though you could instead allow them to play silver enhancements if that is desired.  As far as searching, that is really powerful on its own.  Allowing the hero to search, then play is very overpowered.  So what if you had them be a single brigade (White maybe?) with the ability "May use NT silver enhancements.  Cannot be Interrupted."

5. White/Silver would be the best IMO, but the ability isn't going to be very useful given the available sites.  We could do something similar to Temple Dedication in that it searches, and could be removed for additional effects.  What about "Territory Class: Search deck for a NT white brigade Hero.  You may remove this from the game to protect that Hero from evil cards until end of turn."

6. I...like it, it's not going to be very powerful, but it has the potential to give good numbers and is great Herod Temple fodder.  Just need to define Gospel hero and it's good IMO.

7. I'm not sure this one should be tied to Mary necessarily, or that the ability matches the story as well.  Daughter of Zion does not necessarily mean Mary, it refers more generally to the people of Israel.  Perhaps this one could be a TC enhancement that searches out a NT multi-colored site from deck or discard?  Not really sure where to go with that one, just a thought.

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These cards are cool, but a little underpowered compared to the new TEC cards.

Who cares? TEC cards are OVERpowered.

AUtO Is way overpowered, but I still see very little use for him, whereas he used to be in almost every tournament deck.

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But in all seriousness the Christmas tin is a great idea. Remaking Augustus would be hard since his ability almost works perfectly now. (NT heroes RETURN home and pay a tax (discard a card))

Maybe a TC enhancement that says if played on Mary or Joseph the Carpenter search deck for Son of God (not to overpowered and would see some play but not a huge amount)

Perhaps this would be a cool add to a Christmas themed deck. I give you the next Seasonal Promo, Bethlehem!

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Could Samson's Sacrifice become playable...? 

...Or will the "characters can't be protected from themselves" rule ruin my fun...?

I agree, Bethlehem is a super good card!

It will be the seasonal promo for December, January and February.