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Title: Nehemiah
Brigade: Green/ White
Numerical Abilities:6/4
Class:warriorclass, hero
Special Ability: May band to a Hero with a Nehemiah reference to search deck for a Nehemiah card and add it to battle.                                                                               Identifiers:Builder
Verse: 11 Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.”I was cupbearer to the king. Nehemiah 1:11
Border Color: 3
URL: http://www.concordianews.org/kids/2008/nehemiah/picture.jpg


Title:Wall builder’s
Brigade:white
Numerical Abilities:3/5
Class: weapon class class, hero/enhancement
Special Ability: May band to a Nehemiah hero to search discard pile for a Nehemiah hero. If hero goes for lone rescue attempt discard after battle.
Identifiers: Builder, (may have five per fifty cards, may not be used by a builder)
Verse: Next to them, the men of Tekoa repaired another section, from the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel. Nehemiah 2:27
Border Color: 9
URL: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-s_lPZVhMqs/TT39MElpXQI/AAAAAAAACj4/ybVrVeSD9_g/s1600/Rebuilding-the-wall-of-Jerusalem-under-Nehemiah%2B%25281%2529.jpg

(If you cannot make him half hero and half enhancement just make him hero thanks)


Title:Gate builders
Brigade:white/teal
Numerical Abilities:5/3
Class:warriorclass, hero
Special Ability: May band to a builder. Discard a builder to negate enhancements special abilities. If hero goes for a lone rescue attempt discard after battle.
Identifiers:Builder, Priest (two per fifty cards)
Verse: 28 Above the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house. Nehemiah 2:28
Border Color: 10
URL: http://biblestudyoutlines.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/800-Nehemiah-6-Starting-Rebuilding.jpg


Title: Working Rate
Brigade: White
Numerical Abilities:7/0
Class:none
Special Ability: Search discard pile for X builders.
Identifiers (X= to the number of cards opponent drew last turn.)
Verse: So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. Nehemiah 6:15
Border Color: 11
URL: http://curtic.tripod.com/Nehemiah.jpg


Title:Dung gate
Brigade:Fortress good
Numerical Abilities:none
Class:Fortress good
Special Ability: You may discard a Nehemiah card from hand to discard an opponant's site or bottom card of deck. If it's a lost soul put in play instead. May use once per turn.
Identifiers: place two builder’s on this card to activate, place in set-aside area
Verse: 14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Rekab, ruler of the district of Beth Hakkerem. He rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. Nehemiah 3:14
Border Color: 13
URL: http://www.gbcdecatur.org/files/SwingWidetheGates.jpg

Title: Wall’s of Jerusalem
Brigade: none
Numerical Abilities: none
Class: Good fortress
Special Ability: Good generic builder’s banding abilities cannot be negated. No player may search deck or discard pile.
Identifiers: place two builder’s on this card to activate, place in set-aside area
Verse: 15 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. Nehemiah 6:15
Border Color: 10
URL http://www.razzberrypress.com/uploads/Nehemiahbldgwall.jpgTitle:

Title: Agabus
Brigade: Green
Numbers: 5/4
Identifier: Prophet
SA: Negate Romans. Discard a good card from hand to protect Paul from capture for remainder of game. Cannot be interrupted.
Verse: One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world...he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.  When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.  Acts 11:27, 21:10-12
Image: http://christophercrandolph.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/agabus.jpg?w=640
Background: Green

Title: Elisha
Type: Hero
Brigade: Green
Numbers: 7/5
Identifier: Prophet
SA: Remove a good enhancement from hand to search discard pile for a male hero. Cannot be negated.
Verse: ...As he stretched himself out on him, the boy’s body grew warm. Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. II Kings 4:34b-35
Image: http://getjuicedup.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/elisha-looking-at-prophet-elijah-on-chariot-of-fire2.jpg
Background: Red

Title: Jonah
Type: Hero
Brigade: Blue/Green
Numbers: 7/5
Identifier: Prophet
SA: If Jonah enters battle alone, set aside for 3 turns. Upon return, convert all Assyrians in play to a brigade color of your choice regardless of protection. If Jonah is discarded while set aside, discard an evil fortress from opponent's territory.
Verse: But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.  Jonah 1:3
Image: http://jesusfootprints.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/artbook__027_027__jonah_sm___1.jpg
Background: Blue/Green

Title: The Watchman
Type: Hero
Brigade: Red
Class: Warrior
Numbers: 10/8
SA: Remove a good enhancement from hand to protect your warrior class heroes from discard abilities on opponent's cards for remainder of game.  Cannot be negated if David or Ahimaaz is in play.
Verse: While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone. The watchman called out to the king and reported it... II Samuel 18:24-25
Image: http://www.painting-palace.com/files/197/19615_The_Tower_Watchman_f.jpg
Background: Daniel (Navy Blue) Lambo (3)

Title: Wizards
Type: Evil Character
Brigade: Pale Green
Numbers: 6/7
Identifier: Magician, X=number of Magicians in your territory
SA: Negate play abilities except on evil characters and enhancements.  If a prophet is in play, you may reveal the bottom X cards.  Take all evil cards into hand and shuffle the rest.  Cannot be negated if Isaiah is in play.
Verse: When they say to you, “Consult the wizards and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?  Isaiah 8:19
Image: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rnsfVepdGgs/UA_xmnwuP6I/AAAAAAAAAT4/ggQXqmm3L98/s1600/D&D+4e+Archmage+Wizard.jpg
Background: Lambo (12) Daniel (grey)

Title: The Flying Scroll
Type: Curse
Brigade: Gold/Pale Green
Numbers: 3/3
Identifier: Depicts Magic, X= half the number of die roll rounded down
SA: Upon activation, each opponent must roll a six sided die.  The opponent with the highest number must discard X heroes in his territory. If opponents tie, holder must discard X heroes. Limit two such rolls per game.
Verse: And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty [a]cubits and its width ten cubits.” Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.  Zechariah 5:2-3
Image: http://digitalartbytedlarson.com/lightbox_assets/images/8%20VISION%20OF%20THE%20FLYING%20SCROLL.jpg
Backround: Lambo (14)  Daniel (Thistle)

More to come!

These all look great!  Love my Jonah!!! Thanks, Lambo!  Here are the next few reprints of older cards:

Title: Arrow of Deliverance
Brigade: Red
Type: Warrior class good enhancement
Numbers: 4/2
SA: Holder is immune to Syrians.  Remove this card from the game to discard up to X evil male characters.
Identifier: X=number of holder's warrior class male heroes in territory
Verse: ...and he shot. “The Lord’s arrow of deliverance, the arrow of deliverance over Aram!” Elisha declared. “You will completely destroy the Syrians at Aphek.”  II Kings 13:17b
Image: http://s3.amazonaws.com/magnoliasoft.imageweb/bridgeman/fullsize/xkh141379.jpg
Background: Purple (Daniel) 1 (Lambo)

Title: Bad Figs
Brigade: Brown/Black
Type: Territory evil enhancement
SA: Place in an opponent's territory.  During upkeep phase, all of opponent's O.T. heroes decrease */X per turn.  Discard all heroes at /0.  Remove this card when a good dominant is played.
Identifier: Poison, X=number of opponent's Redeemed Souls
Verse: One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.  Jeremiah 24:2
Image: http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Projects/KB900/previews/158329.JPG
Background: Green (Daniel) 5 (Lambo)

Title: Mountain of God
Brigade: Green/Teal
Type: Territory Class Good Enhancement
SA: Place in your territory for X turns.  While in play, your prophets and/or priests may use any enhancement regardless of brigade.  Remove this card to heal a prophet and/or priest being discarded.
Identifier: Place of offering and sacrifice, X=number of Prophets and Priests in your territory
Verse: these I will bring to my holy mountain...Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.  Isaiah 56:7
Image: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/Frank4YAHWEH/MountainOfYahweh.jpg
Background: Daniel (Salmon) Lambo (14)

Title: Philip's Daughters
Type: Hero
Brigade: Green/White
Numbers: 4/4
SA: Search deck for a N.T. prophet and add it to hand or battle.  Cannot be negated if Philip is in play.
Identifier: Prophetess
Verse: On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entering the house of Philip the evangelist...Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses.  Acts 21:8-9
Image: http://christcenteredmall.com/kids/profiles/daughters.jpg
Background: Salmon (Daniel) 8 (Lambo)

Title: Set Free!
Brigade: split good/evil dominant
SA: Release all of holder's characters in one good or evil fortress, excluding Chamber of Angels.
Verse: To open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. Isaiah 42:7
Image: http://www.timeslive.co.za/incoming/2012/12/24/prison-jail-cell-open-door/RESIZED/Small/Prison+jail+cell+open+door
Background: 14