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I would have maybe expected a Caleb's Sword or an Achan's Sin, but I guess I really can't argue with those results.

(if their defense is heavy enough on deck discard to somewhat hurt you, they probably won't have many battle winners to back it up)

Have you played Josh's deck discard?

Also, I dont know if your suggestions would really help the deck that much. If all he draws is isrealite archer, he cant really do much since his enhs wont work on him. Recruiting officer is also there for site access.

So what would you take out to make a spot for these 2 cards?

Well, for Achan's sin you could surely take out The Rabshakeh Attacks - an even more effective defense against big bands. As for Caleb's Sword...maybe you could take out a less necessary hero? That could even things out a bit.

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(if their defense is heavy enough on deck discard to somewhat hurt you, they probably won't have many battle winners to back it up)

Have you played Josh's deck discard?

Also, I dont know if your suggestions would really help the deck that much. If all he draws is isrealite archer, he cant really do much since his enhs wont work on him. Recruiting officer is also there for site access.

that is what beat him. My loss was me trying out a new deck that utterly flopped, though now I have got it nearly perfected. Honestly, my loss to prof during the early stages was that decks only loss so far.

Add in I am Healing
Wheel Within a Wheel, Recruiting officer, and Jerusalem Tower out for Battle Cry, Isrealite Archer, and Capt of the Host.

Part of the benefit of having 10 GCs is that I don't really care if many of them die, therefore removing my need for I am Healing.

Recruiting Officer has been critical for site access in multiple games, and J-Tower has caused many of my opponent's much disappointment

Israelite Archer and CotH are a nice band, but would add in 2 characters that I couldn't use my GEs with.  It also increased the chances of my opponent being able to band in my own GCs if my WoP hasn't come up yet.

Battle Cry is nice, but with so many banding GCs, I didn't feel like I needed to add any of Red's several banding GEs.

At least that is my thought process on those cards.  Do you have a different perspective?

Is it just me or do you have only one true battle winner on your defense? How has the D held up?

Good catch.  There is only one there (Forgotten History), and that is only under the right circumstances.  However, the D seems to consistently hold up far better than I expect.  In fact, I find that many times I am rarely attacked during a game.  Most people don't seem to want to attack PG defense until after they've drawn their SoG for some "confusing" reason

How did your game with 99 go?

It went about as good as it possibly could go against a well-built Herolite deck.  Much of this was due to the draw, but there was also a lot of sneakiness on both our parts

He drew Saul/Paul early on as well as HG to convert him.  He turned over HG, placed Saul/Paul in his territory, and I played AotL before he could actually do the convert.  I assumed that he had a good healing card in hand for after the conversion.  However, I didn't know that he already had Healing of Naaman in his hand as well.  Therefore, Saul was now Paul, and I was about to be in trouble considering that Built on the Rock and Zeal for the Lord were already in his Storehouse.

But on the next turn, it was my turn to be sneaky.  I attacked with someone and he blocked and tried to capture my hero.  I redirected it and captured his Paul sitting in his territory to turn him into a LS and also win the battle since he was counting on that capture.  The next turn, he exchanged LSs for my shuffler (to give me on my next turn and get Paul back I assume).  Then he attacked with Zach (to get a fort), but I went ahead and gave him Paul to put in his LoR which was Guardian'd.  So Paul was gone for the game.

That left Zach who he converted to teal, and Annanias (purple).  He could still get enough wins with Zeal, Burning Incense, and AoCP for the win.  However on his next rescue, I blocked with Assyrian Archer banded Ki.ng Tiggy.  He played Burning Incense, and I negated.  He played Zeal, and I negated.  He died, and I got the free extra capture of Annanias, leaving no offense left in his deck.

Therefore the game really came down to whether my offense could break through his formidable defense.  However, I attacked early, often, and without mercy.  This eventually wore it down to the point that I was able to take 3 LSs and add a SoG/NJ for the 5-1 win.

Uhm how did tiggy (o.t. capture) capture ananias of D (N.T.)?

Good point, we didn't think of that.  I think I won on the turn following that battle, but perhaps if AoCP had been in his hand, the final score should have been 5-2.  In any case, I think the rest of my defense was protected by Assyrian Camp, so the AoCP would have only won 1 battle.