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IIRC we have been told there would not be a character card printed for Jesus.

The direction is very interesting, and I liked the thought once I got through it all, though there is a lot going on and it would probably need to be a little more focused and have fewer abilities.

If this gets printed I am making a 100 card T2 deck with multiple New Jerusalem sites and the NJ dominant. How about using AotL 4 times? Or 3, plus two LS from SoG + NJ. How about combos involving making Covenant of Eden CBN and getting free rescues with a recurred SoG?

The direction is very interesting, and I liked the thought once I got through it all, though there is a lot going on and it would probably need to be a little more focused and have fewer abilities.

How about this version. I got rid of the "X = the # of Lost Souls" part to shorten the identifier and combined the second and third to last sentences since they really do the same thing.

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This way you are still limited to either 2 rescues and AoTL, SoG (Played as Dom) + NJ + AoTL, or 1 rescue and 2 AoTL, SoG (Played as Hero) + AoTL + NJ (Removed) to recur AoTL.

IIRC we have been told there would not be a character card printed for Jesus

I find that sad since that means that there will never be a way to truly personify the fact that Jesus was both God and man in game. Besides, this isn't JUST a character card.

I was thinking this same thing, since Jesus can never be defeated, and characters in this game can be defeated, he should always be a Dominant... and the best one at that ;]

That's why I added the phrase, "If . . . Hero enters battle, rescue a Lost Soul." That way, whether you play it as a dominant or a hero you're still going to get 1 free Soul. The biggest difference is that you can't play TSC to use it twice.

Quote from: tripleplayNo3 on July 27, 2016, 12:57:11 PM

This way you are still limited to either 2 rescues and AoTL, SoG (Played as Dom) + NJ + AoTL, or 1 rescue and 2 AoTL, SoG (Played as Hero) + AoTL + NJ (Removed) to recur AoTL.

This isn't quite true...  In T2, or even an adventurous T1 deck, you can include a bunch of lesser good Dominants and convert them to AotLs.  I considered suggesting this ability, but then rejected it on those grounds 

That's why I changed it to have a limit of "Once per game . . ."

Quote from: tripleplayNo3 on July 27, 2016, 12:57:11 PM

I find that sad since that means that there will never be a way to truly personify the fact that Jesus was both God and man in game. Besides, this isn't JUST a character

What if we made a Hero card for Jesus as the Son of Man, and have the ability be something like he sacrifices Himself in order to rescue a lost soul?

Discard this card for three turns. At the end of the third turn return this card to territory to rescue all available lost souls.