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Which is the better Redemption hero?

Joshua the High Priest
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Captain of the Host
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Voting closed: March 24, 2011, 05:53:10 PM

Author Topic: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host  (Read 3418 times)

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Which is the better Redemption hero?

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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2011, 06:40:02 PM »
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You can't beat Josh's protection.

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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2011, 07:06:03 PM »
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2011, 07:19:54 PM »
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Captain's ability to splash is useful in more than just one type of deck. Joshua isn't that good outside of a Z-temple deck (For what I've seen). Also Captain + Army of the Lord with TSA = Lost Soul 99% of the time
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2011, 07:22:28 PM »
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Captain's ability to splash is useful in more than just one type of deck. Joshua isn't that good outside of a Z-temple deck (For what I've seen). Also Captain + Army of the Lord with TSA = Lost Soul 99% of the time

Captain negates TSA...

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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2011, 07:26:37 PM »
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Right...but TSA has numbers. Captain + Army of the Lord would work with any W/C angel. Silver is weak though.

Versatility, Captain wins hands down. Stoppability, Joshua wins hands down. Joshua has a bit more of an edge as far as usefulness goes, mainly because of brigade and Z's Temple.

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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2011, 10:39:12 PM »
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2011, 10:44:05 PM »
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mmmmm......tough call....2 great heroes and both useful in their own right...wow....tough choice, but I'll go with..............


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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2011, 10:58:31 PM »
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mmmmm......tough call....2 great heroes and both useful in their own right...wow....tough choice, but I'll go with..............


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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2011, 11:46:30 PM »
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I'm actually pretty surprised Captain is winning. I thought this would be all Josh. I mean, Josh is unstoppable, but there are so many CBP evil cards now, as well as Herods, that Captain is just a bit too easy to stop now IMO.
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2011, 12:01:31 AM »
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you'd think so but the fact is he's still quite an annoyance simply cause hes an angel
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2011, 12:09:47 AM »
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you'd think so but the fact is he's still quite an annoyance simply cause hes an angel

Exactly right. Josh needs Z-Temple to protect him from capture whereas most of the popular capture cards (Writ, Charms, Herod's Dungeon) do nothing against Captain. Captain also stops Uzzah.
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2011, 09:38:45 AM »
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This is a really tough one.

Josh is essential in any Teal deck.  CotH is essential in any Silver deck.
Teal is better.  Point - Josh (dominating win)

Josh + Zeal (and maybe TBlast + Holy Unto the Lord) could easily be splashed in any deck for a LS (or 3).  But CotH is the definition of splash.  His band range from prophets decks (Simeon) to Genesis decks (Jacob) to speed decks (Israelite Archer) to FBN banding decks, etc.
Versatility.  Point - CotH (dominating win)

Josh doesn't win a battle unless he has an enhancement to play.  CotH wins battles all by himself.
Raw power.  Point - CotH (dominating win)

CBN stuff will beat both guys because neither gets inish normally.  CBP stuff beats CotH.  CBI stuff beats Josh.  Josh is protected by Z-temple from almost everything.  CotH is basically protected from discard by Chamber of Angels and from some common capture (ie. Unholy Writ) because he isn't human.
Vulnerability.  Point - Josh (close win)

Winner: I think I'll go with CotH.  His 2 wins were bigger.
« Last Edit: March 22, 2011, 09:57:51 AM by Prof Underwood »

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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2011, 09:52:06 AM »
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Throwing a wrench into your works, Capitan is protected from a lot by virtue of not being human.
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2011, 05:21:05 PM »
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Hmm... guess who Im votin for!  ::)  I do like Josh though. But, again he is bad for initiative. Captain can be banded to by Jacob, and is a BTN hero.
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2011, 05:23:16 PM »
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Captain is worse for initiative. And even if you could get inish, nothing would work on him anyway.

Teal has four interrupts. Joshua really doesn't need inish.

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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2011, 09:45:09 PM »
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Teal has four interrupts. Joshua really doesn't need inish.
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2011, 10:00:27 AM »
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First-turn Captain is pretty hard to beat, though.
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Re: The Elite Eight - Joshua the High Priest or Captain of the Host
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2011, 10:48:54 AM »
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I think this is the most swingy matchup so far. Joshua was the strong winner at first, but Captain is winning by far now.
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