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i have been out for years and i decided to start rebuilding my deck.. can anyone give me a list of all the heroes people generally use in a FBTNB deck? thanks

Traditional FBTNB has:

Helez
Ira
Israelite Archer
Benaniah
Asahel
Heldai
Ishmaiah
Maharai

That is the basic skeleton. Some also use

Captain of the Host
The Strong Angel

but some do not due to consistency issues (only Israelite Archer bands to them). Some also expand with:

Jacob
Simeon
Moses
The Angel under the Oak
Captain of the Host

Since Captain also has synergy with Archer from the traditional banding, its a pretty consistent sub-theme. Also, the extra drawing from Oak is a welcome addition to FBTNB, since one of the decks glaring weaknesses is the lack of speed.

Some also add an Abishai to the lineup to enable Foreign Sword (easily one of the best, if not the best, enhancement in FBTNB arsenal) going live more often.

Right now there are two kinds of FBTNB decks. The traditional W/C banding one, here. And the one that generally just negates characters, found here

Those decks went 1 and 2 at nats this year, so those heroes are generally a good place to start.

Pharisees, Assyrian/Magicians, or splash Gray/Pale Green (Pretty much just Damsel, Assyrian Survivor, Confusion, Death of Unrighteous, Emperor Vittles, Sabbath Breaker, and Balaam's Disobedience). Maybe add a Balaam, Covenant with Death, and Magic Charms.