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Here is the first of the two new theme decks I'm doing:

Deacons/ Assyrians

Lost Souls: 7

Lost Soul
Lost Soul
Lost Soul
Lost Soul
Lost Soul

Lost Soul (Rags)
“When this card is drawn, all players must draw a card. Cannot be Prevented.”
~Isaiah 64:6

Lost Soul (Hope)
“When this Lost Soul is rescued, search your Discard Pile for an N.T. human and place in territory (or battle if rescued while you are being attacked).”
~1 Thessalonians 4:13

Good Dominants: 2

Son of God
Angel of the Lord

Heroes: 8

Stephen
7/7 Blue Hero
-Deacon, Martyr, Provision 1-
"If Discarded by an opponent's Special Ability, search deck for a Silver card and place all Provisions on Stephen on another Deacon. If Rescue Attempt fails, you may begin another. Cannot be Interrupted."
~Acts 6:5

Philip the Evangelist
7/7 Blue Hero
-Deacon, Provision 1-
"You may remove a Provision to Convert an N.T. Evil Character following battle regardless of Protection or band to (The) Ethiopian Treasurer."
~Acts 6:5

Procorus
X/7 Blue Hero
-Deacon, Provision 1, X=Number of Provisions on this card-
"You may remove a Provision to grant a Deacon Protection from N.T. Evil Cards while he remains in play."
~Acts 6:5

Nicanor
7/7 Blue Hero
-Deacon, Provision 1-
"You may remove a Provision when your opponent has normal initiative in order to play an Enhancement."
~Acts 6:5

Timon
7/7 Blue Hero
-Deacon, Provision 1-
"You may remove a Provision to gain 1/1 and Negate the Special Abilities on all O.T. Evil Characters. Cannot be Interrupted.”
~Acts 6:5

Parmenas
7/7 Blue Hero, TC
-Deacon, Provision X, X=# of your Deacons in play-
"You may move a Provision from one Deacon to another."
~Acts 6:5

Nicholas of Antioch
7/7 Blue Hero, TC
-Deacon, Greek, Provision 2-
"You may Discard a Good Card from hand to place a Provision on your Deacon or remove 3 Provisions to search Deck or Discard Pile for a Good Convert Card."
~Acts 6:5

The Ethiopian Treasurer
5/4 Blue Hero
“You may play an N.T. Enhancement. Search Deck for a Blue Good Enhancement. If a Deacon was or is in battle this phase, Good Conversion Cannot be Interrupted.”
~Acts 8:27

Good Enhancements: 8

Commissioning of the Deacons
0/0 Blue Good Enhancement, TC
"You may search deck for any number of Deacons and play them or add a Provision to your Deacon."
~Acts 6:5

The Word Spreads
4/2 Blue Good Enhancement
“Convert an N.T. Evil Character. Cannot be Negated if you remove a Provision from your Deacon playing this card.”
~Acts 4:4

Baptism of the Ethiopian Treasurer
3/3 Blue Good Enhancement
“Convert a Male Evil Character. You may band that Character into battle to draw two cards.”
~Acts 6:36

Baptism of Cornelius
2/2 Blue/Red Good Enhancement
“Interrupt the Battle and Convert an Evil Character to Red Brigade.”
~Acts 10:48

One Wife
0/0 Blue Good Enhancement, TC
"If used by a Deacon, chose one N.T. Female Hero in play. Deacon gains ability to band to that Hero and Ignore all other Female Heroes."
I Timothy 3:12

Mourning Stephen
0/0 Blue Good Enhancement, TC
"Place in your territory. Your Deacons other than Stephen gain ability: 'You may Remove a Provision from this card to Band with an Acts Hero."
Acts 8:2

High Calling
0/0 Blue Good Enhancement, TC
"Place in your territory. Your Deacons may not use O.T. Enhancements and are Protected from Capture and Conversion."
I Timothy 3:13

Ananias Judged
5/0 Blue/Purple Good Enhancement
“Discard a Male Evil Character regardless of Protection. If used by an Apostle, Discard a Female Evil Character as well. Cannot be Prevented.”
~Acts 5:4-5

Good Covenants: 1

Tongues of Flame
7/0 Blue Covenant
“If an N.T. Hero is in battle, Negate the Special Abilities on all Lost Souls and Demons.”
~Acts 2:3

Good Fortresses: 1

Upper Room
-Holds any number of N.T. Heroes-
“Protect contents from Discard. While Son of God is the only Good Dominant in your Discard Pile and this Fortress is occupied, your N.T. Heroes’ Special Abilities Cannot be Negated.”
~Acts 2:1-2

Sites: 2

Halah
Purple Site
-Assyrian-
“If a Lost Soul is Rescued from this Site, you may Capture a Human and place here.”
~II Kings 17:6

Perezuzza
White Site
“Once per game, when a Lost Soul is placed in this Site, you may activate Ark of the Covenant here for 3 turns. While it remains, draw a card each upkeep.”
~II Samuel 6:8

Artifacts: 3

Treasurer’s Scroll
Artifact
“Discard this card to search deck for an Acts Hero or a Good Convert card.”
~Acts 8:30-31

Sennacherib’s Letter
Artifact
-May be activated on an Assyrian King-
“Negate all Protect abilities.”
~II Kings 19:14

Anvil
Artifact
“You may exchange an Enhancement in hand with a Weapon of matching Brigade and Alignment in deck or Discard Pile.”
~Isaiah 41:7
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Notes:
Bryon has hinted that "early church" may be in a new Brigade. If so, just change the Deacons stuff over to that and replace "Blue" with whatever the new Brigade may be. But I would prefer to see it in Blue so everything can have viable N.T. and O.T.

Provisions are counters, and these decks would come packaged with 10 or 15 special counters (although anything from pennies to Mancala stones can be used). Identifiers that say "Provisions" and a number indicate how many Provisions you place on a card when it enters play. In addition to what the Special Abilities say to do with Provisions, they can also be removed once during battle to D1.

You'll notice that some of the cards here reference cards not found in the starter deck itself. This is intentional, as it will encourage new players to go out and try to obtain more cards so they can fully utilize the starter deck cards. All of the cards are still useful even without the extra cards, though (Perezuzza is still a White Site for hiding Souls from the Purple Heroes in the other deck, for example).

way too wordy for starter decks.

what you describe pretty much defeats the purpose of a starter deck. starter decks arent especially geared for ccg vets, older players, or intermediate players. you'd be better off calling these theme decks instead. great design, poor execution as far as starter decks go.

Lol @ the rags soul.