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Silver users are bums. One could say they need to get a Job >:c.

Here's the way I see silver.  Since Warriors, they have had some of the beefiest characters of any brigade: mainly Mike, Strong Angel and Captain.  Add Gathering and any other angel becomes a Super-Captain.  Silver also has a number of significant battle winners it has accumulated over the years.  Finally, with Angel Wars, it got an entire set with the offense dedicated exclusively to silver.

As far back as Priests, I was able to make a silver offense using all NT angels, with Covenant of Eden, Chamber of Angels and Fourth Living Creature.  For those keeping score at home, that's an offense protected from discard, remove and capture and has access to all the major "restricted" Lost Souls (NT, */4, female since I had Arianna and Kira), and at various turns could protect my hand, deck, Lost Souls, etc from my blocking opponents.

It's true that a lot of silver cards - especially newer ones - are situationally awesome, but in those situations, they are beasts.  Even Attending Angel, for which I will take the credit/blame for its new ability, can do a lot against poison decks and orange/pale decks that like to do paralysis and/or Blindness immunity.

With Disciples, and to a lesser extent Thesaurus, there was an opportunity to explore another aspect of silver that hasn't been propped up as much in the years since Warriors, and that was how well they support a human second brigade.  Silver/blue and silver/purple were popular themes back in the days of yore.  More recently, I've seen decks that were a combination of silver/teal and sometimes a third color (either royals or prophets).

In the past, there have been concerns that giving brigades powerful cards of a certain type would lead to "cookie-cutter" themed decks, with a lot of the best choices being obvious.  But brigades need strong cards that coordinate with each other in order to stand alone well.  Brigades also need viable options to mix and match with other brigades, to encourage multi-brigade use as well.  Similarly, you need cards that punish players for using only one brigade, and you need cards that punish players for splashing.  It all seems like it contradicts each other, but in the big picture, you want players to be able to have success in a lot of different ways, and you want players to be able to stop each other in a lot of different ways.

Silver has always been a strong brigade and IMO is still a strong brigade.  Historically it has had excellent characters but Enhancements that were more situational and not always pure battle winners.  I personally thought the Destroyer pack in RoA was a nice boost to silver, and though the recent trend is to increase its value as a support brigade, I don't think there's any reason to worry that silver won't continue to get strong standalone cards in the future.

In short, I think the biggest problem with standalone silver right now is that the other colors are finally catching up to it.

Bibically, though, aren't angels mainly support (eg giving a message, protecting, aiding) for the person who God is either using or is trying to reach. Basically, do angels bibically share the gospel of Christ and help lead some one to salvation or do they mainly aid the person who God is using (hope that makes sence)?

The random increase angel is trash, but the Convenience Store is really good with Jacob.

Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on August 24, 2010, 07:37:50 PM

... How do you band to it in general FBTN banding chains, without gathering? Also, it doesn't specify the increase is permanent, so unless you find some way to band to him, hes fairly useless.

Any card that can band to a silver or male Hero?

And yes, the increase is permanent, because there is nothing on the card that says it is NOT permanent.  See also: Jairus' Daughter, Timothy, Bread of Life, Meeting in the Wilderness, The Body of Christ, Chastisement of the Lord, Drawn Water, Jacob's New Name, Elisha's Bones, Listening to God, The Vineyard, Wandering Spirit, Molten Calf Worship.

Does it stack with itself?

So...2 cards?

Protect all cards in holder’s hand and draw pile from being discarded or removed by an evil special ability.

Protect cards in your hand and deck from discard by opponent (no restriction on the type of discard).  Increase your human Heroes by 1/1 (no such ability on Arianna).  Cannot be prevented (Arianna can be prevented).

Quote from: Master KChief on August 24, 2010, 09:33:39 PM

strengthening angel = pro if used with elijahs mantle.

Fixed.