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pillys and babs are popular

Depends on what kind of deck you want to use. Most speed decks usaully include a small stand alone defense with characters such as KoT, Garrison, Uzzah etc. Philly defenses usually rely on using characters with big numbers backed up by negates, but can also be paired with sitelock pretty easily. Babylonian defenses usually require a few more cards to be effective, but can be very strong.

Gates of Jerusalem, Demons, Herods, and Babylonians (only if you're using Prophets) are the best defenses this year. Heretics are also very good, but require a lot of skill to play in T1.

Did I miss something? Polarius didn't include Greeks in his list?

I've seen and used a lot of demons/magicians/Babylonians

I've also seen a lot of gray defenses, but all the grey defenses I've seen were dependent on capture or emperors, and I'm not a fan of either