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I have seen quite a few conflicting statements regarding the reserve and what is and is not allowed in it.

So, asking the following questions:

1.  Are there specific characters (by name) prohibited from the reserve?
     
2.  Are Fortresses and Lost Soul Sites permitted in the reserve?
       1.  Fortresses
       2.  Lost Soul Sites
3.  Are Artifacts, Covenants and/or Curses permitted in the reserve?
       1.  Artifacts
       2.  Covenants
       3.  Curses
4.  Are Dominants permitted in the reserve?
       a.  Asking this one due to seeing some saying:
            -They can be
            -They're not permitted
            -They can be put in it during the game

5.  Are Dual Alignment cards permitted in the reserve and if partial yes, which below combinations are permitted?
    a.  Hero/Evil Character
    b.  Lost Soul Site/Hero
    c.  Lost Soul Site/Evil Character
    d.  Lost Soul Site/Fortress
    e.  Good/Evil Enhancements
    f.   Good Enhancement/Hero
    g.  Good Enhancement/Evil Character
    h.  Evil Enhancement/Hero
    i.   3 or more Brigade Cards
    j.   Any alignment combination I may have missed

All that is needed for each number and segment of number is Yes or No, I know the limit is 10 cards.

I am asking since I am coming back into the game and have never dabbled in reserve usage and I also am working on actually making a tournament legal deck since tournament legal has changed from what I knew was in the past.

For Classic, the only cards you can't have are banned cards. Everything else is fair game.

For trimming this down and keeping as a classic deck, I would take out the following:
Tables of the Law
Three Nails
Covenant of Eden
Covenant with Moses
Solomon's Temple (you can't have both Temples out at the same time)
Satan's Seat
Built on the Rock
Raised to Life
Sow, Reap, and Rejoice
All Hope Lost
Consumed by Doubt
Fear of Danger
Hostility
Judah's Sin
Ashtaroth Worship

Taking those out, keep in mind you then need to select LSs to remove as well as Dominants since you can't have more Dominants than LSs.

These are the sets that are Rotation:
4th Edition Starter Decks   2013
Rock of Ages (Collectors Tin #26)   2013
The Early Church (Expansion)   2014
The Persecuted Church (Expansion)   2015
Cloud of Witnesses (Expansion)   2016
Revelation of John (Expansion)   2017
The Fall of Man (Expansion)   2018
Prophecies of Christ (Expansion)   2018
Prophecies of Christ 2 (Expansion)   2019
The Lineage of Christ   2020
Gospel of Christ   2022
Israel's Deliverance (Starter Decks)   2023
Israel’s Rebellion (Expansion)   2023
Roots (Expansion)   2024
Israel's Inheritance (Expansion)   2024

The two types of tournaments are Classic and Rotation. Classic is only offered at Local and District level tournaments (based on the preference of the host/playgroup). Rotation is also offered at Local and District level but is the only one available at State, Regional, and National level. All cards (except banned) are allowed for Classic. Only cards from I/J deck and forward are allowed for Rotation (text box is no longer a scroll)

This deck has so many cards that are not legal for Rotation, if you are wanting to build a Rotation legal deck, unfortunately, I think you're better off starting from scratch.

Your offense with CoW Moses is a good place to start. He is a very strong hero. You can package him with Pharaoh's Daughter from Fall of Man, the Hunter LS from Fall of Man, and the Dread LS from the K Starter deck. Together those 3 cards almost always allow you to get Moses down right away to negate everything.

Edit #1, working on Classic only tournament for this deck.  Will be using only text on scroll cards (pre-2013).  All new expansions removed and put into new deck

I know this deck needs to be updated due to banning of certain expansions.
My friend whom a few of you higher level members know, Ryan Ertmer told me that there was a change due to how overpowered some of the older cards mixed with the new make the decks virtually impossible to lose.
This deck, before all the new expansions came out and having made a couple modifications to was so overpowered against anyone I versed and I tended to eliminate their entire territories within a matter of a few turns after getting just a couple certain cards out, along with being able to discard from the deck directly, if played right, twice.
So, being I only have some of the newer expansions, I'll respond with changes made and if I don't have, will make an edit to include when I do acquire a specific card that is legal for the new standards.
Thanks in advance to those who help me build this deck to the tournament legal standards from being a 20ish year old deck that has seen many modifications over the years.

Now for the deck

Lost Soul 10 x8
Site Doubler Psalm 1:4 (Kings)
Rescue, Search Discarded Hero Psalm 30:3 (Deck I)
Angel Underdeck Psalm 119:176 (Priests)
Female Hero SoG Jeremiah 7:18 (Deck H)
Exchanger Ezekiel 34:6 (Priests)
Protected - Dominant or Angel Matthew 19:26 (Angel Wars)
Negate Luke 19:10 (Disciples)
Withdraw Underdeck Acts 23:27 (Angel Wars)
Site Discard 1 Corinthians 1:27 (Deck G)
Site Female Capture 2 Timothy 3:6-7 (Persecuted Church)

Lost Soul Site x3
Chorazin (Disciples)
Jericho (Priests)
Nero's Realm (Apostles)

Lost Soul Site/Hero x1 Is this considered a good or neutral card for deck building rules
New Jerusalem/Bride of Christ (Revelation of John)

Artifacts x5
Ark of the Covenant (Kings)
Hezekiah's Signet Ring (Kings)
Seven Lamps of Fire (Revelation of John)
Tables of the Law (Priests)
Three Nails (Apostles)

Covenants x2
Covenant of Eden (Patriarchs)
Covenant with Moses (Patriarchs)

Curses x2
Go Into Captivity (Priests)
Unknown Nation (Priests)

Fortresses x5
Good x3
Heavenly Temple (Revelation of John)
Judges Seat (Rock of Ages)
Solomon's Temple (Patriarchs)
Evil x2
Raider's Camp (Kings)
Satan's Seat (Faith of our Fathers)

Dominants x10
Good x6
Angel of the Lord (Deck D)
Glory of the Lord (Kings)
Grapes of Wrath (Thesaurus ex Preteritus)
Guardian of Your Souls (Revelation of John)
New Jerusalem (Promotional)
Son of God (Deck JDeck G)
Good/Evil x1 Neutral?
Three Woes (Revelation of John)
Evil x3
Falling Away (Women's)
Mayhem (Thesaurus ex Preteritus)
Strife (Deck I)

Heroes x7
Normal x3
Joshua (Settler's of Caanan)
Jair (Rock of Ages)
The Woman at the Well (Thesaurus ex Preteritus)
Warrior Class x1
Samson (Cloud of Witnesses)
Territory Class x2
Seeker of the Lord (Persescuted Church)
The Nobleman (Revelation of John)
Territory Cloud x1
Moses (Cloud of Witnesses)

Evil Characters x7
Normal x2
Esau, the Hunter (Deck F)
Spirit of Doubt (Angel Wars)
Warrior Class x4
Assyrian Archer (Faith of our Fathers)
Assyrian Siege Army (Faith of our Fathers)
Assyrian Survivor (Faith of our Fathers)
King Tiglath-Pileser III (Kings)
Dual Brigade x1
Egyptian Magicians (Faith of our Fathers)

Enhancements x25
Good x11
Normal x7
The Acts of Solomon (Kings)
Battle Prayer (Kings)
Built on the Rock (Priests)
Furnace of God's Wrath (Prophets)
Highway (Prophets)
Raised to Life (Deck F)
Sword Against Sword (Kings)
Dual Brigade x2
Sow, Reap, and Rejoice (Revelation of John)
Family Bond (Deck J)
Power Enhancement x2
Not Alone (Revelation of John)
The Sabbath (Priests)

Evil x13
Normal x12
All Hope Lost (Patriarchs)
Captured by Assyria (Faith of our Fathers)
Confusion (Prophets)
Consumed by Doubt (Angel Wars)
Death of Jacob (Deck F)
Death of Unrighteous (Patriarchs)
Fear of Danger (Angel Wars)
Hostility (Apostles)
Judah's Sin (Patriarchs)
Murder (Deck F)
The Rabshakeh Attacks (Kings)
Slave Trade (Deck F)
Territory Class Power Enhancement x1
Ashtaroth Worship (Deck I)

Good/Evil Enhancement x1 Neutral?
First Bowl of Wrath (Revelation of John)

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