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I'm not 100% sure, but I believe since they share the same name and art they are considered the same for deck building.

A couple months back I started the following discussion on the elder's board. Everyone that participated in the discussion, including Bryon, agreed that both Gibeonite Trickery are legal in the same deck. Likewise for Ehud's Dagger. I'm sure there are other examples too.

Currently we have duplicate deck building rules in the 10th Anniversary Rule Book (starting on page 56) and an update to those rules on the Priests Insert.

Quote from: Priests Insert

Duplicate Rues for Deck Building
1) Character cards with the same title and the same art are considered duplicates for deck building. Therefore, Jeremiah (white) and Jeremiah (teal) are duplicate characters and only one is allowed in a T1 deck of 50-99 cards.

2) Character cards with the same title and same brigade are considered duplicate characters unless they are generic characters and have different art. Therefore, Michael (Warriors), Michael (Kings) and Michael (Angel Wars) are considered the same hero and only one is allowed in a Type 1 deck of 50-99 cards. However, Sadducees (G deck) and Sadducees (Apostles, 3 variants) all have different art and are generic characters, so one of each is allowed in a T1 deck of 50-99 cards.

Based on this I believe it's legal to have both Gibeonite Trickery (Pa - brown) and Gibeonite Trickery (Ra2 - black) in the same deck. Since they are enhancements, not characters, the "same name and same art" rule doesn't apply. I don't think there's anything broken about leaving it this way. Thoughts?

It's probably best if the same duplicate rules that apply to characters apply to enhancements and other cards. Otherwise your going to run into more problems down the road if you try to reprint things like A New Beginning in different brigades.  Not to mention being able to have 2x Authority of Christ (one Promo, one limited ) is pretty ridiculous in type 1.  And what about variants? Can I have two Haman's Plots (one plot has Haman's head on the right and another version has it on the Left)?

From what I have read you can have aocp and aoc in your deck, correct? If so then I don't see why differences in special ability, border color, or brigade matter whereas differences in artwork do not.

Quote from: Priests Insert

Duplicate Rues for Deck Building
1) Character cards with the same title and the same art are considered duplicates for deck building. Therefore, Jeremiah (white) and Jeremiah (teal) are duplicate characters and only one is allowed in a T1 deck of 50-99 cards.

2) Character cards with the same title and same brigade are considered duplicate characters unless they are generic characters and have different art. Therefore, Michael (Warriors), Michael (Kings) and Michael (Angel Wars) are considered the same hero and only one is allowed in a Type 1 deck of 50-99 cards. However, Sadducees (G deck) and Sadducees (Apostles, 3 variants) all have different art and are generic characters, so one of each is allowed in a T1 deck of 50-99 cards.

Based on this I believe it's legal to have both Gibeonite Trickery (Pa - brown) and Gibeonite Trickery (Ra2 - black) in the same deck. Since they are enhancements, not characters, the "same name and same art" rule doesn't apply. I don't think there's anything broken about leaving it this way. Thoughts?

Reviving this topic since we have a new rulebook, and the wording there is different from the Priests insert referenced above.  As it is a rulebook (and more recent), it should take precedence over the old rule in any case.  It does not refer to characters, but cards, and the relevant section (for Trickery, at least) is the first one (underlined).  Can we get some clarification please?

Defining Duplicate Cards:
•Same Title + Same Art = Same Card.
Cards with the same title and same art are considered duplicates. For example, Saph (black brigade) and Saph (gray brigade) are  duplicates. Since they have special abilities, you are allowed only 1 Saph in a deck of fewer than 100 cards.
•Same Title + Same Brigade = Same Card (except generic characters with different art).
Cards with the same title and same brigade are considered duplicates. For example, John (purple brigade, deck J) and John (purple
brigade, deck H), and John (purple brigade, promo) are duplicates. Since they have special  abilities, you are allowed only 1 John in a deck of fewer than 100 cards. The only exception to this rule is generic characters with different art.  For example, you can have 4 different versions of Sadducees in your deck, since they are  generic characters with different art.
•Different Art + Different Brigade = Different Card.
Cards that have the same title are not considered duplicates for deck building if their art and brigade are different. For example, you can have one Peter (purple brigade) and one Peter (red brigade) in your deck. However, since Peter is a unique character, you can only have one in play at a time.