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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Deck Building & Design => Type 1 Deck Advice => Topic started by: bmc25 on February 16, 2017, 05:10:11 PM
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I've been toying around with some different ideas for lockout decks and was wondering if John Early's 2015 site lockout deck, or a variant thereof, would be a viable deck today?
Does the arrest / Stoic philosophers combo still work?
Cards in deck: 56
Lost Souls: 7
Rejoice
3 Liner
Female Only
Site Doubler
Hand Discard
Speed Bump
Thorns
Dominants:7
Shipwreck
Burial
Angel of the Lord
Destruction of Nehushtan
Falling Away
Mayhem
Christian Martyr
Sites:6
Pergamum
Hostile Environment
Fortress of Antonia (TEC)
Fortress of Antonia (WA) (2)
Damascus (TEC)
Artifacts:5
Holy of Holies
Darius Decree
Household Idols
Shrine to Artemis
The New Covenant
Fortresses:4
High Places
The Gates of Hell
Areopagus
Herod’s Temple
Evil Characters:13
Demetrius the Silversmith
Stoic Philosophers
Epicurean Philosophers
The Priest of Zeus
Simon the Magician
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Hellenistic Jews
The Goat with Horn
Wandering Spirit
Trembling Demon
King of Tyrus
The god of this World
Messenger of Satan
Evil Enhancements:7
Seized by Rioters
Joseph in Prison
Worldly Wisdom
Danites Attack
Abomination of Desolation
Arrest in Gethsemane
Table of Demons
Dual-Alignment Enhancements:1
Gamaliel’s Speech
Good Enhancements:3
Love
Kindness
Raising of Lazarus
Heroes:3
Zacchaeus
Angel of Warning
Watchful Servant
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i believe yes this conceptually is still viable(really more so revolving around making your opponent deck out and having watchful servant),
but no- this current build is not strong enough to defend in this meta the way it did in 2015
with certain build changes, yes it could be viable, but i think that if you are interested in this style of deck there are other more viable options currently such as:
egyptian deck discard! :)
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I have an Egyptian deck discard deck I'm working on that uses faithful servant, it's fun, but slow.
Does the arrest stoic combo still work?
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Joshua and Moses put the biggest hurt on this deck. Joshua because he steals the Sites that help stall until the defense is fully set up and Moses obviously because he negates Stoics.
The Arrest/Stoic combo does still work, but is much less reliable due to Moses.
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if you have your own joshua to steal back sites, then this might work, if you can keep holy of holies up while moses is out.
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if you have your own joshua to steal back sites, then this might work, if you can keep holy of holies up while moses is out.
Smart players discard sites stolen with Joshua
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Joshua and Moses put the biggest hurt on this deck. Joshua because he steals the Sites that help stall until the defense is fully set up and Moses obviously because he negates Stoics.
The Arrest/Stoic combo does still work, but is much less reliable due to Moses.
But doesn't Holy of Holies stop Moses too?
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Holy of Holies is a prevent, so if Moses is already in play then Holy of Holies does not negate him.
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What is a "lockout" deck?
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Joshua and Moses put the biggest hurt on this deck. Joshua because he steals the Sites that help stall until the defense is fully set up and Moses obviously because he negates Stoics.
The Arrest/Stoic combo does still work, but is much less reliable due to Moses.
Or if one of the sites is Caesarea Phillipi, which protects itself and other NT sites and an adds an extra layer of protection for your NT Greeks in territory.