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1. You can battle challenge with a character from your territory or your hand.
2. Set-asides normally do something to improve the character.  Increase his numbers, add a special ability, etc.
3. No.
4. Captured characters would go to your Land of Bondage, not Land of Redemption.  There are some cards that make them go other places, but under normal circumstances, it goes to your Land of Bondage.
5. That depends on what you're trying to do with your deck.  What color(s) do you want to play?

A couple additions to what has already been said... First of all; WELCOME TO THE REDEMPTION BOARDS!!! As for you questions. There are a few things that can slow down Son of God and even discard Son of God, so it is by no means a card you can always play without problem. There are even Lost Souls that cannot be targeted by SoG. Also, when you set aside a character, the abilities gained in set aside cannot be negated which is the major advantage to setting cards aside. The idea is to set things aside when you have plenty of other characters to fill in for them while they are gone. Keep the questions coming as they arise...

1. Territory or hand.

2. It prevents Lost souls from being rescued by Dominants (aka Son of God and New Jerusalem)

3. They can be, the bigger thing is to pick them and then work ahrd to make your deck with them good.

Angels are a very good start, and a lot of people start redemption by building angel decks.  My first deck was an angel/ gray deck.  Some of the cards necessary for a good angel offense like Michael, Captain and The Strong angel can be more expensive, but not too costly.  Infact, compared to other CCG, Redemption is pretty cheap.

So start with angels and as you play, you will likely move into other brigades as well.

Because you can only have 8 cards in your hand at the end of your turn.  And characters that enter battle from hand and survive return to territory.

There are several people on the boards who sell singles - check the Market.  You can also buy singles from www.threelionsgaming.com.

Also, do you have to say which LS your going after?

There is an advanced rule called Rescuer's Choice where you do that, but under normal play (Type 1), it isn't used.

And once someone lays a Dominant do get a chance to stop it

Once a dominant has been played, it takes effect and can't be negated.  Unless the dominant ends the game, you could respond to it with something else (heal a discarded character, play Harvest Time to pull out another LS, etc.), but you can't stop it.

There are lots of differing opinions on must cards,but I would say that the must dominants are as follows

1. Son of God
2. New Jerusalem
3. Angel of the Lord
4. Christian Martyr
5. Destruction of Nehushtan
6. Falling Away
7. Guardian of Your Souls

As for immunity, it simply means that your opponent has unlimited initiative to play cards, they just cannot target the character that is immune. Therefore they can play all the cards they want that target your territory, draw/discard pile, characters in your territory or battle that are not immune, etc... They cannot however beat the card that is immune unless they can interrupt that immunity and do something to get rid of it.

You can also buy singles from www.threelionsgaming.com.
I went to their site and found card lists and some other stuff but can't find where to buy the cards at?

Go to the Store, and then click the proper tab on the very top of the page (Single Cards, Starter Decks, etc.). Those tabs are pretty hidden and hard to find; they're not placed in a good spot on the page. Once you find those, you're golden.

What does DoN do?

DoN: Discard one active Artifact in play. Artifact's ability is negated.

When is the battle resolved when your immune to your opponents character(s)

If you're defeating your opponent, when they decide not to play another enhancement.  If it's a stalemate, when 3 passes in a row happen.

1. In play is anything in the field of battle or in your territory.  These areas are not in Play: Land of Redemption, the D/C pile, Draw pile,  Set-Aside area, anything removed from the game, and anything that is facedown in territory or battle (ex: artifacts in the artifact pile, Facedown heroes in territory, Face down Evil Characters on sites, etc).  Everything else is in play

2. Yes....but it cannot always target the Evil character you want.  If evil characters in territory are protected by an evil fortress such as Pharoh's throne room, Playing AoTL on an egyptian in territory would be a waste of AOTL.  Also, AOTL cannot interrupt an enhancement.  If an evil character plays an enhancement, you have to wait until that enhancement is played.  That is why, when an evil character is presented in battle, the person who would have initiative usually says something like "Do you recognize my initiative?"  At that point, you may play Dom's including AOTL on an EC.  However, if you pass, and their little 2/3 Messenger of Satan plays confusion on your deck to d/c your SoG, you cannot negate that ability simply by playing AOTL.  You can play the dominant, after confusion completes its SA, and you will win the battle (provided they dont Martyr your hero) but you will still be one SOG short. ( that is why I always play with at least three in my deck )

Ok! Thanks!
Also, Dominants can be played at any time right?

Yes, provided another card ability isn't in the process of completing.  For example, if I rescue with a Hero that causes you to discard a card from your hand you must discard the card first before you can play your dominant.  As soon as you've discarded you're free to play your dominant.