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Land of Redemption is pleased to present an article by Jason R. about the development of the Scrolls Only format. This article went live the end of this past week but just now getting around to featuring it. Check it out here: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12051

Also Land of Redemption is pleased to announce chazmaniandevil (Charles L.) will be coming on board as an editor for LoR. Charles is a National Champion having won Booster Draft in 2020 and is a top notch player. LoR is pleased to have him join on board to help edit content and create content of his own in the coming future.

It is that time of year! Time for the annual Christmas Card Swap facilitated by John Hendrix. Check out all the details on Land of Redemption: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12094

Who enjoyed Seth Morlan's (thecoolguy aka bingaling4243) first article in the series "Underused Cards" on good alignment cards? Well part two is here on Land of Redemption and it is on evil alignment cards: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12118

Also, join Taylor for a devotional on Gabriel at Land of Redemption: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12185

How has your deck building been going this tournament season especially after territory class enhancements became limited to 1 total use per turn in prep/discard phase combined? Well I decided to share a story about my deck building journey this season as well as my main deck build I have been running post the rule change. This deck is called "The Soul Surfer" and recently won Series X of the RobM Zoom/Discord Invitational Tournament with a 4-0 record. I think it is a pretty solid deck and hope you enjoy the article about it on Land of Redemption: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12281

Join Mike Miller for part 2 of his series on Redemption from the perspective of a 60 year old. This article is a devotional/testimony on "The Battle Phase": http://landofredemption.com/?p=12433

Good morning? Good night? What is it for you? Well regardless it is spoiler time... Check out A Peek Behind the Curtain of Israel's Rebellion on Land of Redemption with insights from the playtesters and lead card designer Tyler Stevens: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12476

Have you been curious about the direction of Redemption moving forward and hankering some new details on the upcoming Israel's Rebellion set? Well look no further than the latest article by Tyler Stevens featuring insight from each member of the Redemption Elder team on Land of Redemption: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12509

Nationals is over which means it is time for yours truly to share some of the deck builds I kept secret for the benefit of my play group members using them at Nationals. I have three deck builds I will be sharing with you all over the coming weeks which represent many hours of deck building labor. I built all three of these decks for my play group members and they ran them at Nationals. The first deck build is featured in an article entitled "CtheTree's Take On: Black Widow". Check it out here on Land of Redemption: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12567

Nationals is over which means it is time for yours truly to share some of the deck builds I kept secret for the benefit of my play group members using them at Nationals. I have shared one deck build already, will share one today, and I will be sharing one more with you all over the coming weeks which represent many hours of deck building labor. I built all three of these decks for my play group members and they ran them at Nationals. The second deck build is featured in an article entitled "CtheTree's Take On: Valley Girls". Check it out here on Land of Redemption: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12589

Join Mike Miller for his final article in his five part series for Land of Redemption. This one is entitled "Real Life Redemption". Check it out here: http://landofredemption.com/?p=12622

Land of Redemption is pleased to present a write up on a complete "Ruth Aggro" deck by Seth M. which you can check out here: https://landofredemption.com/complete-decks-ruth-aggro/. Also don't forget to sign up for the annual Redemption Christmas Card Swap by December 15: https://landofredemption.com/redemption-christmas-card-swap-2023/.

Announcing THE DECK DATABASE:

A while back I mentioned on a Threshing Floor Podcast episode how I would be starting a Deck Database on Land of Redemption. What I meant by this is when I publish a deck build that article will periodically be updated as I update the deck build for as long as the deck remains relevant in the meta. Once a deck is no longer relevant in the meta I will "retire" it to "The Deck Archive" category on LoR. I recently have gone through and updated all but one of my main deck builds I published in the past year that are still relevant in this meta. The one article I did not update this month (Soul Surfer) was just updated in December. At the bottom of each article is now a change log reflecting what has changed  with each update as well as an explanation of why the changes were made. The goal in doing this is to reflect the refining process deck builds should go through to account for changes in the meta. I hope this is helpful to the community. So without further ado I present to you the revamped versions of Blues Clues, Valley Girls, Black Widow, and Money Tree. All can be viewed here on Land of Redemption: https://landofredemption.com/category/complete-decks/the-deck-database/. I do have three brand new deck builds that I plan to share in the coming weeks/months or so when I have the time to write the articles. They are called The Pianist, The Showstopper, and Cherry Picker. Stay tuned...

Also The Deck Database is open to other folks who might want to contribute decks of their own to it. Please remember in order to contribute to the Deck Database you must follow the format of providing a deck list as well as a "primer" of the deck which is an explanation of how the deck works. Also if you fail to update your deck within 1 year it will be moved to The Deck Archive category. If it does get updated it will be moved back to The Deck Database. I hope this can become something like Moxfield is for Magic the Gathering: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/public. This is my inspiration for The Deck Database.

Interested in learning how to develop a successful Redemption playgroup? Well one of the most qualified individuals in this department multiple time Redemption National Champion Brian Jones has written a fantastic article entitled "The Development of a Successful Playgroup" explaining a key system that has led to his play group being on the healthiest play groups in the whole Redemption community. Check out the article here on Land of Redemption: https://landofredemption.com/the-development-of-a-successful-playgroup/