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I've been thinking a lot lately about staple cards. In an effort to reduce my deck sizes, I've been examining what I NEED and what I want. I was wondering what you guys think of the matter. I'll list off my staples and some other cards I like to try to fit in. Feel free to answer however you wish or critique my choices. Whatever. I'm just curious who uses what as a staple.

Good Doms: Son of God, New Jerusalem, and Angel of the Lord

I have yet to build a deck without any of these cards. I am starting to play smaller decks, so Guardian and Harvest Time almost made it in here, but not enough for me to call them staples. In the future, they may enter this realm for me though.

Evil Doms: Christian Martyr, Destruction of Nehushtan, Falling Away

Burial is a notable exception in this category, but lately I have found it to be bad in my deckstyles, which are typically site locks or fast decks, neither of which typically is aided by the discarding of one soul. Falling Away is also beginning to slip out of contention as a staple. It's become too situational to me and has no use except for it's given use, unlike a Dom such as Harvest Time (for Confusion of Mind, etc).

Other Cards: 2 varying ways of site access, Confusion of Mind, Chariot of Fire

I feel like I use more staples than this, but I can't really think of any. Wall of Protection contends for a spot, but even that does not go in most decks I build historically, though it has increased in use recently. The site access typically comes as two sites, because I don't like tying up my artifact slot, although sometimes an artifact is used. Confusion of Mind has almsot no downside, so I see no reason not to staple it. Chariot of Fire again has no real downside, and if I play right, can possible be a Destruction Magnet if I am anticipate no need to use it in the game.


What are your staples?

I purposely exculded lost souls from my lists because it varies greatly based on my deck. This combined with the genesis of many new SA souls has made such that I can not say I have even 2 or 3 souls that I will always use. A couple years ago I would have said NT, Female, and Two/Three Liner, but now, that's just not true. The Revealer is the closest thing to a staple soul for me, and even that doesn't get used in every deck.

N.t Soul
Prevent Soul
Female Soul
Wanderer Soul
1st Round Soul

Sog
Aotl

CM
Burial
Don

Holy of Holies

Store House
Raiders Camp
Soon to be Highplaces :p

Deacons
Lios
Aocp
Lazerus or however you spell it

Anything pale green or grey lol

And anything signed

I have no staples. I've built decks without Son of God, I've built decks without pretty much every staple card mentioned.

For the most part though (assuming this is Type-1):

Son of God
New Jerusalem
Angel of the Lord
Christian Martyr

Unholy Writ
Captured Ark

2-line
N.T Only
Female Only

Promised Land / New Jerusalem / Dragon Raid

Uzzah

I listed a bunch of deck staples here.

Uzzah as a staple is definately sometihng I've considered. But, whenever he's in my off colored decks, I usually end up gutting him.

Blue Tassels/Unholy Writ are definately both things I have considered, but I don't own either. 

always i mean always Gray.

SOG
AOTL
CM
Burial
HT
Destruction
Falling Away
Guardian
New Jerusalem

Yeah, those are in about 99% of my decks.

Dragon Raid
Promised Land

Uzzah typically, not sure if he's a staple yet...

At least 7 ls 

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