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I played this deck for two weeks of ROOT, and played a slightly modified version of it at the Chambersburg, PA district tournament that took first in T12P and tied for third in T1MP. I'm retiring it for a while since it's getting boring, but I like so much I definitely might look at picking it up again when the serious tournament season comes around. Any suggestions or thoughts?

Cards in deck: 50
Lost Souls: 8
   Lost Soul (hopper)
   Lost Soul (N.T. only)
   Lost Soul (revealer)
   Lost Soul (shame)
   Lost Soul (shuffler)
   Lost Soul (Shut Door)
   Lost Soul (Wanderer)
   Lost Souls (2-line)

Lamb Dominants: 4
   Angel of the Lord
   Grapes of Wrath
   New Jerusalem
   Son of God

Grim Reaper Dominants: 3
   Christian Martyr
   Falling Away
   Mayhem

Fortresses: 3
   Fishing Boat
   Herod's Temple
   The Garden Tomb

Artifacts: 3
   Four-Drachma Coin
   Lampstand of the Sanctuary
   Unholy Writ

Purple Covenant Cards: 1
   The New Covenant (Bread and Wine)

Multi-Color Heroes: 1
   Simon the Zealot (Red/Purple)

White Heroes: 5
   Joanna
   Mary Magdalene
   Mary the Mother of James
   Salome
   Susanna

Red Heroes: 1
   Peter

Purple Heroes: 5
   Bartholomew (Nathanael)
   John
   Matthew (Levi)
   Philip
   Thomas

Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 2
   Passover Hymn (Purple/White)
   Pentecost

White Hero Enhancements: 4
   Consider the Lilies
   'He Is Risen'
   No Need for Spices
   Words of Encouragement

Red Hero Enhancements: 1
   Mustering for War

Purple Hero Enhancements: 3
   Authority of Christ
   My Lord and My God
   Reach of Desperation

Gray Evil Characters: 1
   Sabbath Breaker

Brown Evil Characters: 2
   Gomer
   Uzzah

Brown Evil Enhancements: 1
   Haman's Plot

I've found First Fruits to be really handy. Is there a reason you went with No need for Spices over magnificat?

Yeah, I wanted to add First Fruits and kept forgetting. I'd probably take NNFS out for it, which I originally went with over Magnificat since it's more likely to win a battle if my opponent is banding.

Nope. The only decks that use sites at all are Israelite Royalty decks, and if I do run into one of those with Boat buried (since the vast majority of the time they won't have Assyrian splash), I can turn up the speed with Matt, Susie, and the set-aside enhancements, and rush through the deck quickly.

I would love to have a match with this against my "balance" deck.  I am very surprised your defense held, makes me wish I had been able to go to the PA tourney.